11-letter words containing n, o, g, r
- 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.
- graduations — Plural form of graduation.
- grain coast — a historic region on the Gulf of Guinea, in W Africa, in present-day Liberia.
- graminivore — An herbivorous animal, a grazer, that feeds primarily on grasses.
- graminology — the branch of botany concerned with the study of grasses
- gramophones — Plural form of gramophone.
- grand forks — a town in E North Dakota.
- grand juror — a person serving on a grand jury.
- grand monde — fashionable society; high society
- grand opera — a serious, usually tragic, opera in which most of the text is set to music.
- grand piano — a piano having the frame supported horizontally on three legs.
- grand total — final sum or amount
- grandiflora — any of several plant varieties or hybrids characterized by large showy flowers, as certain kinds of petunias, baby's breath, or roses.
- grandiosely — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
- grandiosity — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
- grandmother — the mother of one's father or mother.
- grangemouth — a port in Scotland, in Falkirk council area: now Scotland's second port, with oil refineries, shipyards, and chemical industries. Pop: 17 771 (2001)
- graniferous — bearing grain
- granitiform — resembling granite
- granivorous — (of an animal, especially a bird) eating grain and seeds.
- granny bond — (in Britain) an informal name for retirement issue certificate, an index-linked savings certificate, originally available only to people over retirement age
- granny knot — a reef knot with the ends crossed the wrong way, making it liable to slip or jam
- granolithic — (of concrete) containing fine granite chippings or crushed granite, used to render floors and surfaces.
- granulation — the act or process of granulating.
- granuliform — having a granular structure
- granulocyte — a circulating white blood cell having prominent granules in the cytoplasm and a nucleus of two or more lobes.
- granulomata — an inflammatory tumor or growth composed of granulation tissue.
- graphomania — The compulsion to write books.
- graphophone — a phonograph for recording and reproducing sounds on wax records.
- gratulation — a feeling of joy.
- gravestones — Plural form of gravestone.
- gravidation — (obsolete) gravidity.
- gravitation — Physics. the force of attraction between any two masses. Compare law of gravitation. an act or process caused by this force.
- greco-roman — of or having both Greek and Roman characteristics: the Greco-Roman influence.
- green heron — green-backed heron.
- green onion — a young onion with a slender green stalk and a small bulb, used as a table vegetable, usually raw, especially in salads; scallion.
- green osier — a dogwood tree, Cornus alternifolia, of the eastern U.S., having clusters of small white flowers and dark-blue fruit.
- green pound — a unit of account used in calculating Britain's contributions to and payments from the Community Agricultural Fund of the EU
- green power — the power of money, viewed as a social force.
- green words — green bytes
- greenbottle — any of several metallic-green blowflies, as Phaenicia sericata.
- greengrocer — a retailer of fresh vegetables and fruit.
- greenhouses — Plural form of greenhouse.
- greenockite — a yellow mineral, cadmium sulfide, CdS, associated with zinc ores and used as a source of cadmium.
- grind house — a burlesque house, especially one providing continuous entertainment at reduced prices.
- grind-house — a burlesque house, especially one providing continuous entertainment at reduced prices.
- grindstones — Plural form of grindstone.
- groenendael — former name of Belgian sheepdog.
- groin-vault — a vault or ceiling created by the intersection of vaults.
- gros ventre — a river in W central Wyoming, flowing W to the Snake River. 100 miles (161 km) long.