13-letter words containing g, r, o, t, e, s
- meteorologist — the science dealing with the atmosphere and its phenomena, including weather and climate.
- miscategorize — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- misgovernment — to govern or manage badly.
- modern greats — (at Oxford University) the Honour School of Philosophy, Politics, and Economics
- mousetrapping — Present participle of mousetrap.
- mythographies — Plural form of mythography.
- neurolinguist — One who studies neurolinguistics.
- night terrors — a sudden feeling of extreme fear that awakens a sleeping person, usually during slow-wave sleep, and is not associated with a dream or nightmare.
- night-terrors — a sudden feeling of extreme fear that awakens a sleeping person, usually during slow-wave sleep, and is not associated with a dream or nightmare.
- nitrogen base — Chemistry, Biochemistry. a nitrogen-containing organic compound that has the chemical properties of a base, especially a pyrimidine or purine: Four nitrogen bases are present in a DNA molecule.
- no entry sign — a sign, esp a traffic sign, that prohibits entry into a place
- nonsegregated — Not segregated.
- north sea gas — natural gas extracted from deposits beneath the North Sea
- numerologists — the study of numbers, as the figures designating the year of one's birth, to determine their supposed influence on one's life, future, etc.
- nutrigenomics — the study of how individual genetic makeup interacts with diet, especially the effects of this interaction on a person's health.
- octogenarians — Plural form of octogenarian.
- on good terms — in a friendly way, amicably
- open registry — ship registration under a national flag available to all ships regardless of nationality.
- orchestrating — Present participle of orchestrate.
- organ whistle — a steam or air whistle in which the jet is forced up against the thin edge of a pipe closed at the top.
- originalities — Plural form of originality.
- orthogonalise — to make (vectors, functions, etc.) orthogonal.
- orthographies — Plural form of orthography.
- osmoregulator — Any organism that practices osmoregulation.
- ostreophagous — oyster-eating
- outprocessing — to end a military tour of duty, accompanied by necessary paperwork: All enlisted soldiers out-process as a class.
- outside-right — a footballer who plays on the outside right wing of the field
- outstretching — Present participle of outstretch.
- over-standing — overreach (def 13).
- over-trusting — reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
- package store — a store selling sealed bottles or other containers of alcoholic beverages that may only be consumed off the premises.
- pastel orange — suntan (def 3).
- persona grata — an acceptable person, especially a diplomatic representative acceptable to the government to which he or she is accredited.
- phraseologist — a person who treats of or is concerned with phraseology.
- phytoestrogen — an estrogen-like compound occurring naturally in plants of the legume family and in grains, vegetables, and fruits.
- pigeon breast — chicken breast.
- plethysmogram — the recording of a plethysmograph.
- pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
- post-graduate — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or consisting of post-graduates: a postgraduate seminar.
- post-marriage — (broadly) any of the diverse forms of interpersonal union established in various parts of the world to form a familial bond that is recognized legally, religiously, or socially, granting the participating partners mutual conjugal rights and responsibilities and including, for example, opposite-sex marriage, same-sex marriage, plural marriage, and arranged marriage: Anthropologists say that some type of marriage has been found in every known human society since ancient times. See Word Story at the current entry.
- postage meter — an office machine used in bulk mailing that imprints prepaid postage and a dated postmark.
- postage rates — the rates charged for the delivery of mail, depending on type, weight etc
- postbourgeois — (in Marxist thought) belonging to a period of society after the decline of the bourgeoisie
- postemergence — occurring or applied after emergence of a plant from the soil and before full growth: postemergence frost.
- postemergency — of, relating to, or occurring in the period after an emergency
- posting error — an error made while carrying over an entry from a journal to a ledger
- prediagnostic — of, relating to, or used in diagnosis.
- prestigiously — indicative of or conferring prestige: the most prestigious address in town.
- presto chango — change at once (usually used imperatively, as in a magician's command).
- progestogenic — relating to progestogen