12-letter words containing n, a, d, g, t
- garden state — New Jersey (used as a nickname).
- gastric band — A gastric band is a device that is fitted inside someone's stomach to make it smaller in order to help them lose weight.
- genetic load — the extent to which a population deviates from the theoretically fittest genetic constitution.
- giant lizard — a monitor lizard, Varanus komodoensis, of certain Indonesian islands E of Java, that grows to a length of 10 feet (3 meters): the largest lizard in the world; now rare.
- giant powder — dynamite composed of nitroglycerin and kieselguhr.
- glad tidings — Glad tidings means good news.
- gladiatorian — (dated) Of or relating to gladiators or to combat in general; gladiatorial.
- glutaredoxin — (enzyme) Any of a family of small redox enzymes that use glutathione as a cofactor.
- gluten bread — bread made from gluten flour.
- glycerinated — to impregnate with glycerin.
- gold-beating — the art or process of beating out gold into gold leaf.
- gold-plating — the incorporation of costly and unnecessary features or refinements into a product or structure.
- golden aster — any North American, asterlike, composite plant of the genus Chrysopsis, having bright, golden-yellow flower heads, as C. mariana, of the eastern U.S.
- golden ratio — the ratio of two lengths, equal in value to (1 + √5)/2, and given by b/a = (b + a)/b; it is the reciprocal of the golden section and also equal to (1 + golden section)
- golden stars — a plant, Bloomeria crocea, of the amaryllis family, native to southern California, having clusters of golden-orange, starlike flowers.
- golden state — California (used as a nickname).
- gonadotropic — pertaining to substances formed in the anterior pituitary gland that affect the activity of the ovary or testis.
- gonadotropin — a gonadotropic substance.
- good-natured — having or showing a pleasant, kindly disposition; amiable: a warm, good-natured person.
- 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.
- gradeflation — grade inflation.
- grand master — the head of a military order of knighthood, a lodge, fraternal order, or the like.
- grandaughter — Alternative spelling of granddaughter.
- grande-terre — two islands (Basse-Terre and Grande-Terre) separated by a narrow channel in the Leeward Islands of the West Indies: together with five dependencies they form an overseas department of France. 687 sq. mi. (1179 sq. km). Capital: Basse-Terre.
- grandfathers — Plural form of grandfather.
- grandmasters — Plural form of grandmaster.
- grandmothers — Plural form of grandmother.
- grandparents — a parent of a parent.
- grandstanded — Simple past tense and past participle of grandstand.
- grandstander — the main seating area of a stadium, racetrack, parade route, or the like, usually consisting of tiers with rows of individual seats.
- granodiorite — a coarse-grained acid igneous rock containing almost twice as much plagioclase as orthoclase: intermediate in composition between granite and diorite
- grant-in-aid — a subsidy furnished by a central government to a local one to help finance a public project, as the construction of a highway or school.
- gravity wind — a light wind directed downslope, occurring at night because of the cooling and densification of the air near the ground.
- great sunday — Easter Sunday.
- grindability — to wear, smooth, or sharpen by abrasion or friction; whet: to grind a lens.
- ground alert — the state of waiting for orders in or near combat airplanes ready to take to the air at once.
- ground fault — the momentary, usually accidental, grounding of a conducting wire.
- ground plate — Electricity. a metal plate for making a ground connection to the earth.
- ground staff — The people who are paid to maintain a sports ground are called the ground staff.
- ground state — the state of least energy of a particle, as an atom, or of a system of particles.
- ground track — the path on the earth's surface below an aircraft, missile, rocket, or spacecraft.
- ground water — 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.
- guanethidine — a potent adrenergic neuron blocking agent, C 10 H 22 N 4 , used in the treatment of hypertension.
- guardianista — a reader of the Guardian newspaper, seen as being typically left-wing, liberal, and politically correct
- hand setting — Also called French telephone. a telephone having a mouthpiece and earpiece mounted at opposite ends of a handle.
- handcrafting — Present participle of handcraft.
- hard-hitting — striking or capable of striking with force.
- hardstanding — a hard surface on which cars, aircraft etc. may stand
- head-hunting — a headhunting expedition: The men left the village to go on a headhunt.
- headlighting — The lighting associated with a headlight.