13-letter words containing o, g, d, a
- giant redwood — big tree.
- gin and tonic — a drink made with gin and quinine water, served in a tall glass and usually garnished with a slice of lime or lemon.
- gladiatorship — the work of a gladiator
- gladstone bag — a small rectangular suitcase hinged to open into two compartments of equal size.
- glamour model — a woman who models topless or nude for photographs
- gluconic acid — a colorless, water-soluble acid, C 6 H 12 O 7 , obtained by the oxidation of glucose, used commercially in a 50-percent solution for cleaning metals.
- glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
- glycolic acid — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 2 H 4 O 3 , that is a major substrate for photorespiration in plants: used chiefly for textile printing and dyeing and in pesticides.
- glyconic acid — gluconic acid.
- go over-board — over the side of a ship or boat, especially into or in the water: to fall overboard.
- go to the bad — to become wicked, shiftless, etc.; degenerate
- goal-oriented — (of a person) focused on reaching a specific objective or accomplishing a given task; driven by purpose: goal-oriented teams of teachers.
- godwin-austen — Also called Godwin Austen [god-win aw-stin] /ˈgɒd wɪn ˈɔ stɪn/ (Show IPA), Dapsang [duh p-suhng] /dəpˈsʌŋ/ (Show IPA). a mountain in N Kashmir, in the Karakoram range: second highest peak in the world. 28,250 feet (8611 meters).
- gog and magog — two nations led by Satan in a climactic battle at Armageddon against the kingdom of God. Rev. 20:8.
- gold standard — a monetary system with gold of specified weight and fineness as the unit of value.
- golden valley — a town in SE Minnesota.
- golden wattle — a broad-leaved, Australian acacia, Acacia pycnantha, of the legume family, having short clusters of yellow flowers and yielding tanbark and a useful gum.
- goldtail moth — European moth with white wings and a soft white furry body with a yellow tail tuft
- gonadotrophic — Of, pertaining to, or stimulating the functions of the gonads.
- gonadotrophin — a gonadotropic substance.
- gonadotropins — Plural form of gonadotropin.
- good behavior — satisfactory, proper, or polite conduct.
- good gracious — Some people say good gracious or goodness gracious in order to express surprise or annoyance.
- good old days — past times viewed with nostalgia
- good riddance — the act or fact of clearing away or out, as anything undesirable.
- goodheartedly — In a goodhearted manner.
- goodnaturedly — In a good-natured manner.
- goods station — a railway station dealing solely with goods trains
- goodwin sands — a line of shoals at the N entrance to the Strait of Dover, off the SE coast of England. 10 miles (16 km) long.
- gourmandizers — Plural form of gourmandizer.
- gourmandizing — Present participle of gourmandize.
- gradient post — a small white post beside a railway line at a point where the gradient changes having arms set at angles representing the gradients
- gram's method — a method of staining and distinguishing bacteria, in which a fixed bacterial smear is stained with crystal violet, treated with Gram's solution, decolorized with alcohol, counterstained with safranine, and washed with water.
- gran paradiso — the highest peak in the Graian Alps, in N Italy. 13,324 feet (4061 meters).
- grand guignol — a short drama stressing horror and sensationalism.
- grand old man — a highly respected, usually elderly man who has been a major or the most important figure in a specific field for many years.
- grand opening — celebratory first-day event
- grand passion — an intense or overwhelming attraction or love.
- grandiloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
- grandiloquous — grandiloquent
- grandioseness — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
- grandma moses — Anna Mary Robertson ("Grandma Moses") 1860–1961, U.S. painter.
- grandmotherly — of or characteristic of a grandmother.
- granodioritic — relating to granodiorite
- grass widower — a man who is separated, divorced, or lives apart from his wife.
- gravel-voiced — speaking in a rough and rasping tone
- great goddess — The, a vaguely defined deity symbolizing maternity, the fertility of the earth, and femininity in general; the central figure in the religions of ancient Anatolia, the Near East, and the eastern Mediterranean, later sometimes taking the form of a specific goddess, as Cybele, Rhea, or Demeter.
- ground attack — an attack using ground forces, as opposed to air or naval forces
- ground tackle — equipment, as anchors, chains, or windlasses, for mooring a vessel away from a pier or other fixed moorings.
- ground-to-air — (of weapons) designed to be fired at aircraft from the ground