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12-letter words containing n, e, r, d, o

  • front-loader — a machine or appliance, as a washing machine, loaded and unloaded through an opening in the front (as distinguished from a top loader).
  • furazolidone — a nitrofuran, C 8 H 7 N 3 O 5 , that is used in the treatment of giardiasis, and bacterial gastroenteritis and dysentery.
  • garden grove — a city in SW California.
  • get round to — find time
  • giant powder — dynamite composed of nitroglycerin and kieselguhr.
  • glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
  • glutaredoxin — (enzyme) Any of a family of small redox enzymes that use glutathione as a cofactor.
  • glyndebourne — an estate in SE England, in East Sussex: site of a famous annual festival of opera founded in 1934 by John Christie
  • go on record — to set down in writing or the like, as for the purpose of preserving evidence.
  • go the round — to be circulated among a number of people: said of a story, rumor, etc.
  • go-go dancer — an entertainer who performs popular dances on a stage or platform for the patrons of a discotheque or nightclub.
  • 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 horde — the army of Mongol Tartars that overran eastern Europe in the 13th century, established a khanate in Russia, and maintained suzerainty there until the 15th century.
  • golden perch — a freshwater food fish, Plectroplites ambiguus, that inhabits inland waters of Australia.
  • 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 share — a share in a company that controls at least 51% of the voting rights, esp one retained by the UK government in some privatization issues
  • golden stars — a plant, Bloomeria crocea, of the amaryllis family, native to southern California, having clusters of golden-orange, starlike flowers.
  • golden syrup — treacle (def 2b).
  • golden trout — a very colorful freshwater fish, Salmo aguabonita or Oncorhynchus aguabonita, of the salmon family, native to the Sierra Nevada, having a red and orange body and golden sides.
  • golden years — the years that follow retirement from work
  • golden-brown — of brown with a golden tinge
  • good-natured — having or showing a pleasant, kindly disposition; amiable: a warm, good-natured person.
  • gormandizers — gourmandise1 .
  • gourmandizer — One who gourmandizes.
  • gradeflation — grade inflation.
  • grand coulee — a dry canyon in central Washington: cut by the Columbia River in the glacial period. 52 miles (84 km) long; over 400 feet (120 meters) deep.
  • grandmothers — Plural form of grandmother.
  • granodiorite — a coarse-grained acid igneous rock containing almost twice as much plagioclase as orthoclase: intermediate in composition between granite and diorite
  • green dragon — a mythical monster generally represented as a huge, winged reptile with crested head and enormous claws and teeth, and often spouting fire.
  • grosswardein — German name of Oradea.
  • ground alert — the state of waiting for orders in or near combat airplanes ready to take to the air at once.
  • ground cable — a heavy chain for securing permanent floating moorings, as a number of mooring buoys.
  • ground cedar — a ground pine, Lycopodium complanatum.
  • ground cover — the herbaceous plants and low shrubs in a forest, considered as a whole.
  • ground force — a military force that operates on the ground
  • ground level — ground state.
  • ground plane — (in perspective drawing) the theoretical horizontal plane receding from the picture plane to the horizon, beginning at the level of the base line.
  • ground plate — Electricity. a metal plate for making a ground connection to the earth.
  • ground rules — Usually, ground rules. basic or governing principles of conduct in any situation or field of endeavor: the ground rules of press conferences.
  • ground state — the state of least energy of a particle, as an atom, or of a system of particles.
  • 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.
  • groundedness — the solid surface of the earth; firm or dry land: to fall to the ground.
  • groundkeeper — groundskeeper.
  • groundlessly — In a groundless manner; without justification.
  • groundsheets — Plural form of groundsheet.
  • groundstroke — A stroke played after the ball has bounced, as opposed to a volley.
  • groundworker — One who works on the ground, as opposed to an aviator, etc.
  • hadrosaurine — Hadrosaurid.
  • haemosiderin — Alternative form of hemosiderin.
  • half-drowned — to die under water or other liquid of suffocation.
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