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13-letter words containing g, y, r

  • glyceric acid — a colorless, syrupy liquid, C 3 H 6 O 4 , obtained by oxidizing glycerol.
  • glycoproteins — Plural form of glycoprotein.
  • gnu c library — (library)   (glibc) The run-time library for the GNU C compiler, gcc, and others. glibc is the source code for libc.a. It is maintained separately from the compilers and is a superset of ANSI C and POSIX.1 and a large subset of POSIX.2. Mailing list: <[email protected]> (bugs).
  • god's country — an area or region supposed to be favored by God, especially a naturally beautiful rural area.
  • golden remedy — a very successful way of dealing with a problem
  • gone to glory — dead
  • goodheartedly — In a goodhearted manner.
  • goodhumoredly — In a good-humored manner.
  • goodnaturedly — In a good-natured manner.
  • governability — to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.
  • grammatically — of or relating to grammar: grammatical analysis.
  • granary bread — bread made from Granary flour
  • grand drapery — a valance across the proscenium arch, forming part of the decorative frame for the stage.
  • grand larceny — larceny in which the value of the goods taken is above a certain legally specified amount.
  • grandfatherly — of or characteristic of a grandfather.
  • grandmotherly — of or characteristic of a grandmother.
  • grape variety — type of grape
  • graphemically — In terms of or by means of graphemes.
  • gravity clock — a clock driven by its own weight as it descends a rack, cord, incline, etc.
  • gravity fault — a fault along an inclined plane in which the upper side or hanging wall appears to have moved downward with respect to the lower side or footwall (opposed to reverse fault).
  • gravity hinge — a hinge closing automatically by means of gravity.
  • gravity meter — gravimeter (def 2).
  • gravity scale — a scale giving the relative density of fluids
  • gray eminence — a person who wields unofficial power, especially through another person and often surreptitiously or privately.
  • gray squirrel — a common, grayish squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis, of eastern North America.
  • grease monkey — a mechanic, especially one who works on automobiles or airplanes.
  • great grimsby — seaport in Humberside, NE England, at the mouth of the Humber estuary: county district pop. 91,000
  • great society — the goal of the Democratic Party under the leadership of President Lyndon B. Johnson, chiefly to enact domestic programs to improve education, provide medical care for the aged, and eliminate poverty.
  • greek cypriot — a Cypriot of Greek descent
  • greek tragedy — (in ancient Greek theatre) a play in which the protagonist, usually a man of importance and outstanding personal qualities, falls to disaster through the combination of a personal failing and circumstances with which he cannot deal
  • grey squirrel — a grey-furred squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis, native to E North America but now widely established elsewhere
  • grey-thompson — Tanni (Carys Davina) Baroness. born 1969, Welsh wheelchair athlete; won eleven gold medals for Britain in wheelchair racing in the Paralympic Games (1988–2004); a crossbench peer in the House of Lords since 2010
  • grocery store — supermarket, food shop
  • gross anatomy — the branch of anatomy that deals with structures that can be seen with the naked eye.
  • ground cherry — Also called husk tomato. any of several plants belonging to the genus Physalis, of the nightshade family, the several species bearing an edible berry enclosed in an enlarged calyx.
  • groundhog day — February 2, in most parts of the U.S., the day on which, according to legend, the groundhog first emerges from hibernation. If it is a sunny day and the groundhog sees its shadow, six more weeks of wintry weather are predicted.
  • group annuity — a plan in which the members of a group, usually employees of the same company, receive annuities upon retirement.
  • group therapy — psychotherapy in which a number of patients discuss their problems together, usually under the leadership of a therapist, using shared knowledge and experiences to provide constructive feedback about maladaptive behavior.
  • grylloblattid — a primitive insect of the order Grylloblattidea, having a soft, unpigmented wingless body with long antennae and no eyes, living under stones in moderately high mountains of the western U.S., Japan, and the U.S.S.R.
  • guanabara bay — a deep bay in the Atlantic Ocean, on the SE coast of Brazil: site of Rio de Janeiro.
  • guernsey lily — a bulbous plant, Nerine sarniensis, of the amaryllis family, native to southern Africa, having clusters of crimson flowers.
  • gunnery range — place used for rifle practice
  • gymnospermous — of or relating to a gymnosperm; having exposed or naked seeds.
  • gynandromorph — an individual exhibiting morphological characteristics of both sexes.
  • gynecocracies — Plural form of gynecocracy.
  • gyro repeater — a navigational compass, under the control of a gyroscope, that automatically indicates true north.
  • gyrocompasses — Plural form of gyrocompass.
  • gyrofrequency — the frequency of rotation of an electron or other charged particle in a magnetic field, directly proportional to the charge of the particle and to the field strength and inversely proportional to the mass of the particle.
  • gyromagnetism — the condition or state of being gyromagnetic
  • heart surgery — operation to treat cardiac problems
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