15-letter words containing g, r, o, s, e
- gorlin syndrome — a rare congenital disorder in which cancer destroys the facial skin and causes blindness; skeletal anomalies can also occur
- gossipmongering — The behaviour of a gossipmonger; the spreading of salacious rumours.
- governing class — the social class that holds the power in a country
- governmentalism — the trend toward expansion of the government's role, range of activities, or power.
- governmentalist — one who promotes the philosophy of governmentalism
- graduate school — a school, usually a division of a university, offering courses leading to degrees more advanced than the bachelor's degree.
- grafenberg spot — a patch of tissue in the front wall of the vagina, claimed to be erectile and highly erogenous.
- grapes of wrath — a novel (1939) by John Steinbeck.
- grasshopper pie — a custardlike pie, flavored and colored with green crème de menthe and served in a graham-cracker crust.
- great recession — the protracted worldwide economic recession following the financial crisis of 2007–08
- great south bay — an Atlantic Ocean inlet, between the S shore of Long Island and Fire Island and other barrier islands. 45 miles (72 km) long.
- great synagogue — (according to Jewish tradition) a council of 120 members, established by Ezra, that directed the Jews chiefly in religious matters, c450–c200 b.c., and made significant contributions to the Jewish liturgy and Bible.
- green mountains — a mountain range in E North America, extending from Canada through Vermont into W Massachusetts: part of the Appalachian system. Highest peak: Mount Mansfield, 1338 m (4393 ft)
- green's theorem — one of several theorems that connect an integral in n -dimensional space with one in (n − 1)-dimensional space.
- grimes (golden) — a yellow autumn eating apple
- gros de londres — a cross-ribbed, silk dress fabric with ribs alternating in color or between coarse and fine yarn.
- gross indecency — sexual offence
- ground meristem — an area of primary meristematic tissue, emerging from and immediately behind the apical meristem, that develops into the pith and the cortex.
- ground observer — a person stationed in a position on the ground to watch, follow, and report on flights of aircraft, especially of enemy aircraft.
- ground squirrel — any of several terrestrial rodents of the squirrel family, as of the genus Citellus and chipmunks of the genus Tamias. circ;circ;
- groundbreakings — Plural form of groundbreaking.
- group insurance — life, accident, or health insurance available to a group of persons, as the employees of a company, under a single contract, usually without regard to physical condition or age of the individuals.
- group separator — (character) (GS) ASCII character 29.
- group therapist — a psychotherapist who conducts group therapy
- guest of honour — If you say that someone is the guest of honour at a dinner or other social occasion, you mean that they are the most important guest.
- gyrostabilizers — Plural form of gyrostabilizer.
- hardhead sponge — any of several commercial sponges, as Spongia officinalis dura, of the West Indies and Central America, having a harsh, fibrous, resilient skeleton.
- hedge your bets — play it safe, lessen a risk
- hemangiosarcoma — A fast-growing, highly invasive variety of cancer, a sarcoma arising from the lining of blood vessels, occurring almost exclusively in dogs and rarely in cats.
- heterogeneities — the quality or state of being heterogeneous; composition from dissimilar parts; disparateness.
- heterogeneously — different in kind; unlike; incongruous.
- hiberno-english — Also called Anglo-Irish. the English language as spoken in Ireland.
- hierogrammatist — a writer of hierograms, hierogrammate
- high priesthood — the condition or office of a high priest.
- high resolution — a great amount of detail visible in a photographic, TV, or video image
- high-resolution — having or capable of producing an image characterized by fine detail: high-resolution photography; high-resolution lens.
- historiographer — a historian, especially one appointed to write an official history of a group, period, or institution.
- horse-and-buggy — of or relating to the last few generations preceding the invention of the automobile: vivid recollections of horse-and-buggy days.
- housing project — a publicly built and operated housing development, usually intended for low- or moderate-income tenants, senior citizens, etc.
- hovering vessel — a vessel in territorial waters apparently collaborating in illicit operations.
- hughes syndrome — a condition of the autoimmune system caused by antibodies reacting against phospholipids, leading to thrombosis
- huntingdonshire — a former county in E England, now part of Cambridgeshire.
- hypergalactosis — an abnormally large secretion of milk.
- ignition source — An ignition source is a process or event which can cause a fire or explosion.
- integrationists — Plural form of integrationist.
- interior design — the design and coordination of the decorative elements of the interior of a house, apartment, office, or other structural space, including color schemes, fittings, furnishings, and sometimes architectural features.
- interior-sprung — (esp of a mattress) containing springs
- interiorscaping — The design, installation, and maintenance of interiorscapes.
- interrogatories — conveying or expressing a question; interrogative.
- irreligiousness — The state or quality of being irreligious; ungodliness.