13-letter words containing g, r, o, a
- south georgia — a British island in the S Atlantic, about 800 miles (1290 km) SE of the Falkland Islands. About 1000 sq. mi. (2590 sq. km).
- spectrography — a spectroscope for photographing or producing a representation of a spectrum.
- spermatogenic — relating to the development of spermatozoa
- sporting lady — a prostitute.
- sportscasting — the reporting of a sports event by radio or television broadcast.
- spring-loaded — (of a machine part) kept normally in a certain position by a spring: a spring-loaded safety valve.
- springboarded — a flexible board, projecting over water, from which divers leap or spring.
- staghorn fern — any of several epiphytic Old World ferns of the genus Platycerium, having broad, often antlerlike leaves and cultivated as a houseplant.
- stalagmometer — an instrument for determining the number of drops, or the weight of each drop, in a given volume of liquid.
- stalagmometry — measurement of drops of liquid using a staktometer
- standing crop — the totality of living things in an ecosystem at a given time.
- standing room — space in which to stand, as in a theater, stadium, or the like.
- starring role — a main role; the main role
- starting post — the upright pole marking the beginning of a racecourse
- staying power — ability or strength to last or endure; endurance; stamina.
- steganography — the practice of concealing messages in such a way that only the sender and the recipient know that there is a message
- stereographer — a person who takes stereoscopic photographs.
- stereological — of, relating to, stereology
- stereoregular — pertaining to stereochemical regularity or having repeating units in a sequential configuration
- stock raising — the breeding and raising of livestock.
- storage organ — any swollen plant part in which food is stored, as fruit, root, or tuber.
- store baggage — If a hotel stores baggage, it puts a guest's baggage in a storage room until it is needed by the guest.
- store manager — sb who runs a shop
- stork parking — spaces reserved in a parking lot for cars driven by pregnant women or new mothers.
- storm warning — a showing of storm signals.
- straightforth — straight or directly forward
- strangulation — Pathology, Surgery. to compress or constrict (a duct, intestine, vessel, etc.) so as to prevent circulation or suppress function.
- strong safety — the defensive back assigned to cover the area across from the strong side of the opponent's offensive line and primarily responsible for defending against pass plays.
- strong waters — an archaic name for alcoholic drink
- subcategorize — to split into subcategories
- subgeneration — a generation within another generation
- sugar factory — a factory which refines sugar from organic sources into a form that can be used in cooking etc
- sugar of lead — lead acetate.
- sugar of milk — lactose.
- sugar orchard — sugarbush (def 2).
- superorganism — a form of life composed of mutually interdependent parts that maintain various vital processes.
- superregional — involving many regions
- surgical boot — a specially designed boot or shoe that compensates for deformities of the foot or leg
- swedenborgian — of or relating to Emanuel Swedenborg, his religious doctrines, or the body of followers adhering to these doctrines and constituting the Church of the New Jerusalem, or New Church.
- symbolography — the writing of symbolic characters or tracing of symbolic figures
- syringomyelia — a disease of the spinal cord in which the nerve tissue is replaced by a cavity filled with fluid.
- tangata māori — someone of Māori origin
- tangoreceptor — a receptor stimulated by touch.
- tansy ragwort — a European composite plant, Senecio jacobaea, naturalized in North America, having numerous yellow flowers.
- taphrogenesis — the process of forming rifts, resulting in regional faulting and subsidence
- taylor's gold — a variety of pear from New Zealand
- temple orange — a hybrid fruit, Citrus nobilis, that is a cross between the sweet orange and the tangerine.
- teratogenesis — the production or induction of malformations or monstrosities, especially of a developing embryo or fetus.
- tergiversator — to change repeatedly one's attitude or opinions with respect to a cause, subject, etc.; equivocate.
- thanatography — an account or story of a person's death experience