12-letter words containing k, r, a, g
- figure-skate — to take part in figure skating
- finger lakes — group of long, narrow glacial lakes in WC N.Y.
- fire walking — a religious rite in which people walk barefoot over white-hot ashes, stones, etc
- frankalmoign — a form of tenure by which religious bodies held lands, esp on condition of praying for the soul of the donor
- free skating — a freestyle competition with no required elements, in which skaters perform an original program of jumps, spins, sequences, etc., to music of their choice.
- frying steak — a steak that is cooked by frying
- garment rack — A garment rack is a rail used in stores to hang items of clothing on display, such as shirts and coats.
- garter snake — any of numerous harmless snakes of the genus Thamnophis, common in North and Central America, ranging in size from 14 to 30 inches (36 to 76 cm) and typically having three longitudinal stripes on the back.
- georges bank — a bank extending generally NE from Nantucket: fishing grounds. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- get cracking — to break without complete separation of parts; become fissured: The plate cracked when I dropped it, but it was still usable.
- giant killer — sb who defeats a larger opponent
- giant-killer — A giant-killer is a sportsman, sportswoman, or team that unexpectedly beats a much stronger opponent.
- give or take — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- glacier milk — water flowing in a stream from the snout of a glacier and containing particles of rock
- glacier peak — a volcanic mountain in NW central Washington, in the Cascade range. 10,541 feet (3213 meters).
- glatt kosher — prepared for eating according to the dietary laws followed by Hasidic Jews, which differ somewhat from those followed by other observers of kashruth: glatt kosher meat.
- gopher snake — a bullsnake, Pituophis melanoleucus, of western North America, that invades burrows to prey on rodents.
- gordian knot — pertaining to Gordius, ancient king of Phrygia, who tied a knot (the Gordian knot) that, according to prophecy, was to be undone only by the person who was to rule Asia, and that was cut, rather than untied, by Alexander the Great.
- grand kabuki — kabuki (def 2).
- granite peak — the highest elevation in Montana, in the S part. 12,799 feet (3901 meters).
- grape picker — someone who picks grapes
- grass hockey — field hockey.
- grass skiing — turfskiing.
- graustarkian — of, like, or characteristic of colorful, implausible, highly melodramatic and romantic situations or circumstances
- graving dock — an excavated shore dry dock for the repair and maintenance of ships.
- grayson kirk — Grayson (Louis) 1903–1997, U.S. educator: president of Columbia University 1953–68.
- greater kudu — a spiral-horned antelope, Tragelaphus strepsiceros, which inhabits the bush of Africa
- greenbackism — a former political party, organized in 1874, opposed to the retirement or reduction of greenbacks and favoring their increase as the only paper currency.
- greenmarkets — Plural form of greenmarket.
- griddlecakes — Plural form of griddlecake.
- groom's cake — a fruit cake in layers of graduated size, served at a wedding.
- ground shark — any of various requiem sharks, especially of the genus Carcharhinus.
- ground track — the path on the earth's surface below an aircraft, missile, rocket, or spacecraft.
- hard linking — hard link
- hard-working — industrious; zealous: a hardworking family man.
- hauraki gulf — an inlet of the Pacific Ocean, on the N coast of North Island, New Zealand.
- heimskringla — a book of the 13th century narrating the history of the kings of Norway by Snorri Sturluson.
- high-ranking — A high-ranking person has an important position in a particular organization.
- hiking trail — a specially designated route for hikers to use
- infrakingdom — (taxonomy) A taxonomic category sometimes inserted below subkingdom.
- jackass brig — a two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on the foremast with a fore-and-aft mainsail; brigantine.
- jailbreaking — Present participle of jailbreak.
- jaw-breaking — Informal. a word that is hard to pronounce.
- joking apart — seriously: said to recall a discussion to seriousness after there has been joking
- jury-packing — the practice of contriving that the majority of those chosen for a jury will be persons likely to have partialities affecting a particular case.
- kangaroo dog — an Australian breed of large rough-haired dog that resembles a greyhound and is bred to hunt kangaroos
- kangaroo paw — any plant of the Australian genus Anigozanthos, resembling a kangaroo's paw, esp the red-and-green flowered A. manglesii, which is the floral emblem of Western Australia: family Haemodoraceae
- kangaroo rat — any of various small jumping rodents of the family Heteromyidae, of Mexico and the western U.S.
- karnaugh map — A Karnaugh map is a pictorial method used to minimize Boolean expressions without having to use Boolean algebra theorems.
- karyomapping — a technique for determining whether an embryo has inherited a genetic defect by analysing DNA taken from it and its close relatives