11-letter words containing g, r, o, s
- gastroscope — a lighted flexible tubular instrument passed through the mouth for examining the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum.
- gastroscopy — the examination with a gastroscope to detect disease.
- gastrosophy — the science or art of good eating
- gastrostomy — the construction of an artificial opening from the stomach through the abdominal wall, permitting intake of food or drainage of gastric contents.
- gastrotrich — any of the microscopic, multicellular animals of the class or phylum Gastrotricha, of fresh or salt waters, characterized by bands of cilia on the ventral surface of the bottle-shaped or ribbony body and by a protrusible feeding apparatus at the mouth.
- gay gordons — an energetic old-time dance
- gemmiferous — bearing buds or gemmae; gemmiparous.
- gemmiparous — producing or reproducing by buds or gemmae.
- generations — Plural form of generation.
- geocentrism — A belief that Earth is the center of the universe and does not move.
- geographers — Plural form of geographer.
- geographies — the science dealing with the areal differentiation of the earth's surface, as shown in the character, arrangement, and interrelations over the world of such elements as climate, elevation, soil, vegetation, population, land use, industries, or states, and of the unit areas formed by the complex of these individual elements.
- geoisotherm — isogeotherm.
- george bush — Barbara (Barbara Pierce) born 1925, U.S. First Lady 1989–93 (wife of George H. W. Bush).
- geosteering — Geosteering is the process of directing the drill bit to high-quality parts of the reservoir using petrophysical (=relating to the physical qualities of rock) data.
- geostrategy — The strategic use of geopolitics.
- geostrophic — of or relating to the balance between the Coriolis force and the horizontal pressure force in the atmosphere.
- gerodontics — the branch of dentistry dealing with aging and aged persons.
- gestatorial — related to carrying
- ghost story — a tale in which such elements as ghostly visitations and supernatural intervention are used to further the plot and a chilling, suspenseful atmosphere.
- ghost train — a small train at an amusement park that travels through a dark tunnel in which sounds, lights, and mechanized objects are used to scare the people in the train
- ghost-write — If a book or other piece of writing is ghost-written, it is written by a writer for another person, for example a politician or sportsman, who then publishes it as his or her own work.
- ghostbuster — A person who claims to be able to banish ghosts and poltergeists.
- ghostscript — (graphics, tool) The GNU interpreter for PostScript and PDF, with previewers for serval systems and many fonts. Ghostscript was originally written by L. Peter Deutsch <[email protected]> of Aladdin Enterprises. The first public release was v1.0 on 1988-08-11.
- ghostwriter — A person whose job it is to write material for someone else who is the named author.
- gibson girl — the idealized American girl of the 1890s as represented in the illustrations of Charles Dana Gibson.
- glamorously — In a glamorous manner.
- glamourless — Without glamour; unglamorous, mundane.
- glamourpuss — a glamorous person, esp a woman
- glassblower — A person skilled in the art of glassblowing.
- glassworker — a person who makes or does glasswork.
- glastonbury — a borough of SW England, in whose vicinity the ruins of an important Iron Age lake village have been found and to which in folklore both King Arthur and Joseph of Arimathaea have been linked, the latter as the founder of the abbey there.
- glory years — very great praise, honor, or distinction bestowed by common consent; renown: to win glory on the field of battle.
- glumiferous — having glumes
- go straight — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
- go to grass — to graze
- go to press — When a newspaper or magazine goes to press, it starts being printed.
- goal crease — crease1 (def 4).
- goal scorer — somebody who scores goals
- goalkeepers — Plural form of goalkeeper.
- goalscorers — Plural form of goalscorer.
- goaltenders — Plural form of goaltender.
- goatsbeards — Plural form of goatsbeard.
- goatsuckers — Plural form of goatsucker.
- gob-stopper — a large piece of hard candy.
- gobstoppers — Plural form of gobstopper.
- godforsaken — desolate; remote; deserted: They live in some godforsaken place 40 miles from the nearest town.
- goes around — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- golden rose — a gold, bejeweled ornament in the form of a rose or spray of roses, blessed and presented by the pope in recognition of service to the Holy See.
- goldthreads — Plural form of goldthread.