11-letter words containing n, e, g, o, t
- geolocation — the process of determining the location of an electronic device, as a computer, cell phone, satellite, etc.
- geomagnetic — of or relating to geomagnetism.
- george town — Also, George Town. a seaport in and the capital of the state of Penang, in NW Malaysia.
- geosteering — Geosteering is the process of directing the drill bit to high-quality parts of the reservoir using petrophysical (=relating to the physical qualities of rock) data.
- geotechnics — the application of science in order to utilize the earth's natural resources in engineering projects
- geotectonic — tectonic (def 2).
- germination — to begin to grow or develop.
- gerodontics — the branch of dentistry dealing with aging and aged persons.
- gerontocrat — A member of a gerontocracy; an aged leader, especially one clinging on to power or ruling only by virtue of age.
- gerontology — the branch of science that deals with aging and the problems of aged persons.
- gerontophil — experiencing sexual attraction to old people
- gestational — the process, state, or period of gestating.
- get down to — start
- get next to — to ingratiate oneself with; become friendly or intimate with
- get nowhere — make no progress
- get the nod — sb: have permission
- get wind of — hear rumours of
- ghettoizing — Present participle of ghettoize.
- ghost dance — a ritual dance intended to establish communion with the dead, especially such a dance as performed by various messianic western American Indian cults in the late 19th century.
- ghostliness — of, characteristic of, or resembling a ghost; phantasmal; spectral.
- giant otter — a large brown South American river otter, Pteronura brasiliensis, having a creamy chest patch and a long flat tail with a flanged border, hunted for its hide: now greatly reduced in number and endangered in some areas.
- gilt bronze — ormolu (def 2).
- give notice — warn, inform
- glomerating — Present participle of glomerate.
- glomeration — a glomerate condition; conglomeration.
- glutathione — a crystalline, water-soluble peptide of glutamic acid, cysteine, and glycine, C 10 H 17 N 3 O 6 S, found in blood and in animal and plant tissues, and important in tissue oxidations and in the activation of some enzymes.
- gnathostome — (zoology) Any vertebrate with jaws, including amphibians, reptiles, mammals, and most modern fish.
- gnetophytes — Plural form of gnetophyte.
- go flatline — [Cyberpunk SF, refers to flattening of EEG traces upon brain-death] also "flatlined". 1. To die, terminate, or fail, especially irreversibly. In hacker parlance, this is used of machines only, human death being considered somewhat too serious a matter to employ jargon-jokes about. 2. To go completely quiescent; said of machines undergoing controlled shutdown. "You can suffer file damage if you shut down Unix but power off before the system has gone flatline." 3. Of a video tube, to fail by losing vertical scan, so all one sees is a bright horizontal line bisecting the screen.
- go it alone — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- go-it-alone — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- goaltenders — Plural form of goaltender.
- goaltending — goalkeeping.
- goatishness — The state or condition of being goatish.
- goitrogenic — tending to produce goiter.
- goldbeating — the art or process of beating out gold into gold leaf.
- golden gate — a strait in W California, between San Francisco Bay and the Pacific. 2 miles (3.2 km) wide.
- gonadectomy — (surgery) The procedure to remove an ovary or testis.
- gonadotrope — a gonadotropic substance.
- goniometers — Plural form of goniometer.
- goniometric — Of, relating to, or determined by a goniometer.
- good nature — pleasant disposition; kindly nature; amiability.
- goodnatured — Alternative spelling of good-natured.
- goosetongue — The plant sneezewort.
- gouvernante — (archaic) governess.
- gouvernment — Obsolete form of government.
- governments — Plural form of government.
- governmenty — pompous.
- governorate — an administrative division of a country, especially Egypt.
- grade point — Education. a numerical equivalent to a received letter grade, usually 0 for F, 1 for D, 2 for C, 3 for B, and 4 for A, that is multiplied by the number of credits for the course: used to compute a grade point average.