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11-letter words containing g, u, r, a

  • gratulation — a feeling of joy.
  • gratulatory — (archaic) congratulatory.
  • gray mullet — mullet1 (def 1).
  • great mogul — the emperor of the former Mogul Empire in India founded in 1526 by Baber.
  • great runes — Uppercase-only text or display messages. Some archaic operating systems still emit these. See also runes, smash case, fold case. Decades ago, back in the days when it was the sole supplier of long-distance hardcopy transmittal devices, the Teletype Corporation was faced with a major design choice. To shorten code lengths and cut complexity in the printing mechanism, it had been decided that teletypes would use a monocase font, either ALL UPPER or all lower. The Question Of The Day was therefore, which one to choose. A study was conducted on readability under various conditions of bad ribbon, worn print hammers, etc. Lowercase won; it is less dense and has more distinctive letterforms, and is thus much easier to read both under ideal conditions and when the letters are mangled or partly obscured. The results were filtered up through management. The chairman of Teletype killed the proposal because it failed one incredibly important criterion: "It would be impossible to spell the name of the Deity correctly." In this way (or so, at least, hacker folklore has it) superstition triumphed over utility. Teletypes were the major input devices on most early computers, and terminal manufacturers looking for corners to cut naturally followed suit until well into the 1970s. Thus, that one bad call stuck us with Great Runes for thirty years.
  • great-uncle — a granduncle.
  • green audit — the process of assessing the environmental impact of an organization, process, project, product, etc.: A green audit of your home can reveal ways in which you can reduce energy consumption.
  • groin-vault — a vault or ceiling created by the intersection of vaults.
  • ground bait — chum2 (def 1).
  • ground ball — a batted ball that rolls or bounces along the ground.
  • ground bass — a short fundamental bass part continually repeated throughout a movement.
  • ground beam — a reinforced concrete beam for supporting walls, joists, etc., at or near ground level, itself either resting directly upon the ground or supported at both ends by piers.
  • ground game — game animals, such as hares or deer, found on the earth's surface: distinguished from game birds
  • ground plan — Also called groundplot. the plan of a floor of a building.
  • ground wave — a radio wave that propagates on or near the earth's surface and is affected by the ground and the troposphere.
  • groundshare — to share the facilities and running costs of a single stadium with another team
  • groundwater — 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.
  • guadalajara — a state in W Mexico. 31,152 sq. mi. (80,685 sq. km). Capital: Guadalajara.
  • guaniferous — yielding guano
  • guaranteers — Plural form of guaranteer.
  • guarantying — a warrant, pledge, or formal assurance given as security that another's debt or obligation will be fulfilled.
  • guard's van — The guard's van of a train is a small carriage or part of a carriage in which the guard travels.
  • guardedness — The state or condition of being guarded.
  • guardhouses — Plural form of guardhouse.
  • guardswoman — A female guardsman.
  • guardswomen — Plural form of guardswoman.
  • gubernation — the act of governing or ruling
  • guinea corn — durra.
  • guinea worm — a long, slender roundworm, Dracunculus medinensis, parasitic under the skin of humans and animals, common in parts of India and Africa.
  • gulf stream — a warm ocean current flowing N from the Gulf of Mexico, along the E coast of the U.S., to an area off the SE coast of Newfoundland, where it becomes the western terminus of the North Atlantic Current.
  • gullywasher — a usually short, heavy rainstorm.
  • gurgitation — a surging rise and fall; ebullient motion, as of water.
  • guru granth — the sacred scripture of the Sikhs, believed by them to be the embodiment of the gurus
  • gustatorily — in a gustatory manner
  • gutter ball — a bowling ball that is rolled into one of the gutters and does not hit any pins.
  • gutturalism — The quality of being guttural.
  • gutturalize — to speak or pronounce (something) in a guttural manner.
  • hacking run — (jargon)   (Analogy with "bombing run" or "speed run") A hack session extended long outside normal working times, especially one longer than 12 hours. May cause you to "change phase the hard way".
  • haircutting — an act or instance of cutting the hair.
  • handwrought — formed or shaped by hand, as metal objects.
  • hang around — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
  • haplogroups — Plural form of haplogroup.
  • hard ground — an etching ground applied to the surface of a plate held over a small flame and spread by a dabber or brayer. Compare soft ground (def 1).
  • hard-fought — firmly or passionately contested or struggled for
  • harpoon gun — a small cannon for shooting harpoons.
  • harrumphing — Present participle of harrumph.
  • hattiesburg — a city in SE Mississippi.
  • headborough — the official in charge of a tithing
  • heater plug — one of usually four plugs fitted to the cylinder block of a diesel engine that warms the engine chamber to facilitate starting in cold weather
  • heptangular — having seven angles.
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