11-letter words containing g, v
- gas vacuole — a gas-filled structure that provides buoyancy in some aquatic bacteria
- gauze weave — leno (def 1).
- geneva gown — a loose, large-sleeved, black preaching gown worn by members of the Protestant clergy: so named from its use by the Calvinist clergy of Geneva, Switzerland.
- genu valgum — knock-knee.
- gerlachovka — a mountain in N Slovakia: highest peak of the Carpathian Mountains. 8737 feet (2663 meters).
- germinative — capable of germinating, developing, or creating; of or pertaining to germination.
- get weaving — to hurry; start to do something
- give a damn — to declare (something) to be bad, unfit, invalid, or illegal.
- give a hand — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- give a hoot — not care
- give a shit — excrement; feces.
- give a toss — If you say that you do not give a toss about someone or something, you are emphasizing that you do not care about them at all.
- give battle — to commence fighting
- give credit — allow delayed payment
- give ground — the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
- give it hot — to punish or thrash someone
- give notice — warn, inform
- give thanks — be thankful, express thankfulness
- give way to — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- globe valve — a valve with a globular body, closed by a disk seating on an opening in an internal wall.
- glove maker — someone who makes gloves
- go ape over — to become crazy or extremely enthusiastic about
- gouvernante — (archaic) governess.
- gouvernment — Obsolete form of government.
- governesses — Plural form of governess.
- governments — Plural form of government.
- governmenty — pompous.
- governorate — an administrative division of a country, especially Egypt.
- graminivore — An herbivorous animal, a grazer, that feeds primarily on grasses.
- grand haven — a city in W Michigan.
- grand river — former name of the Colorado River above its junction with the Green River in SE Utah.
- granivorous — (of an animal, especially a bird) eating grain and seeds.
- gravedigger — a person whose occupation is digging graves.
- graveldiver — any of several eellike fishes of the family Scytalinidae, found off the Pacific coast of North America, especially Scytalina cerdale, which burrows among rocks.
- gravenstein — a variety of large, yellow apple with red streaks
- graverobber — a person who steals valuables from graves and tombs: Graverobbers had emptied the Mayan tomb before archaeologists could examine its contents.
- gravestones — Plural form of gravestone.
- gravidation — (obsolete) gravidity.
- gravidities — Plural form of gravidity.
- gravimeters — Plural form of gravimeter.
- gravimetric — of or relating to measurement by weight.
- gravisphere — the area in which the gravitational force of a celestial body is predominant.
- gravitating — to move or tend to move under the influence of gravitational force.
- gravitation — Physics. the force of attraction between any two masses. Compare law of gravitation. an act or process caused by this force.
- gravitative — of or relating to gravitation.
- gravity dam — a dam resisting the pressure of impounded water through its own weight.
- gravity-fed — the supplying of fuel, materials, etc., by force of gravity.
- gravy train — a position in which a person or group receives excessive and unjustified money or advantages with little or no effort: The top executives were on the gravy train with their huge bonuses.
- green river — Henrietta Howland Robinson ("Hetty") 1835–1916, U.S. financier.
- greeneville — a city in E Tennessee.