12-letter words containing g, r, o, e, t
- globetrotter — a person who travels regularly or frequently to countries all over the world.
- glomerulitis — inflammation of the glomeruli of the kidney.
- glucoprotein — glycoprotein.
- glutaredoxin — (enzyme) Any of a family of small redox enzymes that use glutathione as a cofactor.
- glycoprotein — any of a group of complex proteins, as mucin, containing a carbohydrate combined with a simple protein.
- go the round — to be circulated among a number of people: said of a story, rumor, etc.
- go the route — If you go the route, you do something fully or continue with a task until you have completely finished.
- god-botherer — an over-zealous Christian
- goddaughters — Plural form of goddaughter.
- gold therapy — administration of gold salts as a treatment for disease, especially rheumatoid arthritis.
- golden aster — any North American, asterlike, composite plant of the genus Chrysopsis, having bright, golden-yellow flower heads, as C. mariana, of the eastern U.S.
- golden ratio — the ratio of two lengths, equal in value to (1 + √5)/2, and given by b/a = (b + a)/b; it is the reciprocal of the golden section and also equal to (1 + golden section)
- golden stars — a plant, Bloomeria crocea, of the amaryllis family, native to southern California, having clusters of golden-orange, starlike flowers.
- golden trout — a very colorful freshwater fish, Salmo aguabonita or Oncorhynchus aguabonita, of the salmon family, native to the Sierra Nevada, having a red and orange body and golden sides.
- goldsmithery — the occupation of a goldsmith
- good-hearted — kind or generous; considerate; benevolent.
- good-natured — having or showing a pleasant, kindly disposition; amiable: a warm, good-natured person.
- goofy-footer — a surfboard rider or snowboarder who stands with the right foot forward instead of the left foot forward
- gopher state — Minnesota (used as a nickname).
- gospel truth — an unquestionably true statement, fact, etc.
- governmental — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
- governorates — Plural form of governorate.
- gradeflation — grade inflation.
- grandmothers — Plural form of grandmother.
- granodiorite — a coarse-grained acid igneous rock containing almost twice as much plagioclase as orthoclase: intermediate in composition between granite and diorite
- granulocytes — Plural form of granulocyte.
- graph theory — the branch of mathematics dealing with linear graphs.
- grapple shot — a grapnellike projectile fired from a gun and used as a hold for the end of a line in rescue operations or in kedging.
- gravitometer — an instrument that measures specific gravities
- greek yogurt — a thick, creamy, protein-rich yogurt made by removing most of the liquid whey, as by centrifuge or straining.
- greenbottles — Plural form of greenbottle.
- gross weight — total weight without deduction for tare, tret, or waste.
- grossularite — a mineral, calcium aluminum garnet, Ca 3 Al 2 Si 3 O 12 , occurring in gray-white to pinkish crystals.
- grotesquerie — Grotesque quality or grotesque things collectively.
- ground alert — the state of waiting for orders in or near combat airplanes ready to take to the air at once.
- ground plate — Electricity. a metal plate for making a ground connection to the earth.
- ground state — the state of least energy of a particle, as an atom, or of a system of particles.
- ground water — the water beneath the surface of the ground, consisting largely of surface water that has seeped down: the source of water in springs and wells.
- groundsheets — Plural form of groundsheet.
- groundstroke — A stroke played after the ball has bounced, as opposed to a volley.
- group of ten — the ten nations who met in Paris in 1961 to arrange the special drawing rights of the IMF: Belgium, Canada, France, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Sweden, UK, US, and West Germany
- group theory — the branch of mathematics that deals with the structure of mathematical groups and mappings between them.
- growth curve — a curve on a graph in which a variable is plotted against time to illustrate the growth of the variable
- guest worker — a foreign worker permitted to work in a country, especially in Western Europe, on a temporary basis.
- gustave dore — (Paul) Gustave [pawl gy-stav] /pɔl güˈstav/ (Show IPA), 1832?–83, French painter, illustrator, and sculptor.
- gut reaction — instinctive response
- gynantherous — having the stamens converted into pistils by the action of frost, disease, or insects.
- gyromagnetic — of or relating to the magnetic properties of a rotating charged particle.
- headstrongly — In a headstrong manner.
- heortologist — a person who studies heortology