11-letter words containing g, r, o, u, s
- dentigerous — bearing or having teeth
- discouraged — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- discourager — One who discourages.
- discourages — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of discourage.
- discoursing — communication of thought by words; talk; conversation: earnest and intelligent discourse.
- disgracious — Lacking grace; not pleasing; disagreeable.
- douglas fir — a coniferous tree, Pseudotsuga menziesii, of western North America, often more than 200 feet (60 meters) high, having reddish-brown bark, flattened needles, and narrow, light-brown cones, and yielding a strong, durable timber: the state tree of Oregon.
- eavestrough — gutter (def 3).
- ego surfing — the act of searching for your own name on the internet
- egregiously — Conspicuously badly (used negatively).
- enshrouding — Present participle of enshroud.
- euryphagous — eating a wide variety of foods
- fairgrounds — Alternative spelling of fairground; the grounds where a fair is held.
- farraginous — heterogeneous; mixed: a farraginous collection of random ideas.
- fergusonite — a rare-earth mineral, yttrium columbate and tantalate, found in pegmatites.
- ferruginous — Geology. iron-bearing: ferruginous clays.
- figurations — Plural form of figuration.
- flavourings — Plural form of flavouring.
- flourishing — growing vigorously; thriving; prosperous: a flourishing little business.
- fluorescing — Present participle of fluoresce.
- focus group — a representative group of people questioned together about their opinions on political issues, consumer products, etc.
- foot guards — (in Britain) an infantry unit forming part of the ceremonial guard of the monarch.
- foregrounds — Plural form of foreground.
- formulising — formulate.
- frugiferous — Bearing fruit.
- frugivorous — fruit-eating, as certain bats.
- fungivorous — feeding on fungi, as certain insects.
- garrulously — In a garrulous manner.
- gemmiferous — bearing buds or gemmae; gemmiparous.
- gemmiparous — producing or reproducing by buds or gemmae.
- george bush — Barbara (Barbara Pierce) born 1925, U.S. First Lady 1989–93 (wife of George H. W. Bush).
- ghostbuster — A person who claims to be able to banish ghosts and poltergeists.
- glamorously — In a glamorous manner.
- glamourless — Without glamour; unglamorous, mundane.
- glamourpuss — a glamorous person, esp a woman
- 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.
- glumiferous — having glumes
- goatsuckers — Plural form of goatsucker.
- goes around — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- golf course — the ground or course over which golf is played. A standard full-scale golf course has 125 to 175 acres (51 to 71 hectares), usually with 18 holes varying from 100 to 650 yards (91 to 594 meters) in length from tee to cup.
- gomme syrup — simple syrup.
- gourmandise — unrestrained enjoyment of fine foods, wines, and the like.
- gourmandism — a person who is fond of good eating, often indiscriminatingly and to excess.
- gourmet sex — lovemaking that is particularly passionate, enjoyable, and imaginative
- graduations — Plural form of graduation.
- graniferous — bearing grain
- granivorous — (of an animal, especially a bird) eating grain and seeds.
- grass court — an outdoor tennis court having a grass surface.
- gratuitious — Misspelling of gratuitous.
- greenhouses — Plural form of greenhouse.