11-letter words containing o, g, m
- goldschmidt — Richard Benedikt. 1878–1958, US geneticist, born in Germany. He advanced the theory that heredity is determined by the chemical configuration of the chromosome molecule rather than by the qualities of the individual genes
- gombeen-man — a usurer or moneylender.
- gomme syrup — simple syrup.
- gomphothere — Any of the extinct proboscideans of the family Gomphotheriidae, that lived in North America and Eurasia during the Miocene and Pliocene (12\u20141.6 million years ago), and latterly also in South America (around 3 million to 9100 years ago).
- gonadectomy — (surgery) The procedure to remove an ovary or testis.
- gonimoblast — a spore-bearing filament in the carpogonium of red algae
- goniometers — Plural form of goniometer.
- goniometric — Of, relating to, or determined by a goniometer.
- gonochorism — (biology) The situation in which the individuals of a species are of one of two distinct sexes, and retain that sexuality throughout their lives.
- gonycampsis — abnormal curvature of the knee.
- google bomb — an effort to move a website to the top of search-engine results for a particular word or phrase, by creating a large number of links that contain this search text.
- goose bumps — If you get goose bumps, the hairs on your skin stand up so that it is covered with tiny bumps. You get goose bumps when you are cold, frightened, or excited.
- goosepimple — Alt form goose pimple.
- gorilla arm — The side-effect that destroyed touch-screens as a mainstream input technology despite a promising start in the early 1980s. It seems the designers of all those spiffy touch-menu systems failed to notice that humans aren't designed to hold their arms in front of their faces making small motions. After more than a very few selections, the arm begins to feel sore, cramped, and oversized - the operator looks like a gorilla while using the touch screen and feels like one afterward. This is now considered a classic cautionary tale to human-factors designers; "Remember the gorilla arm!" is shorthand for "How is this going to fly in *real* use?".
- gorillagram — a jocular greetings message delivered to someone celebrating a birthday, engagement, etc, by a person dressed as a gorilla
- gormandized — Simple past tense and past participle of gormandize.
- gormandizer — A person who gormandizes; a glutton or gourmand.
- gormandizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gormandize.
- gossypiboma — (surgery) A gauze or surgical sponge left inside a patient's body during surgery.
- gourmandise — unrestrained enjoyment of fine foods, wines, and the like.
- gourmandism — a person who is fond of good eating, often indiscriminatingly and to excess.
- gourmandize — to enjoy fine food and drink, especially often and in lavish quantity.
- gourmet sex — lovemaking that is particularly passionate, enjoyable, and imaginative
- gouvernment — Obsolete form of government.
- governments — Plural form of government.
- governmenty — pompous.
- gradiometer — any instrument used to measure a gradient, as the rate of change of the geomagnetic field. Compare gradient (def 3a).
- graminivore — An herbivorous animal, a grazer, that feeds primarily on grasses.
- graminology — the branch of botany concerned with the study of grasses
- grammalogue — a word symbolized by a sign or letter.
- gramophones — Plural form of gramophone.
- grand monde — fashionable society; high society
- 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)
- granitiform — resembling granite
- granuliform — having a granular structure
- granulomata — an inflammatory tumor or growth composed of granulation tissue.
- graphomania — The compulsion to write books.
- graphomotor — pertaining to the muscular movements in writing.
- great mogul — the emperor of the former Mogul Empire in India founded in 1526 by Baber.
- greco-roman — of or having both Greek and Roman characteristics: the Greco-Roman influence.
- grey import — an imported vehicle that does not have an exact model equivalent in the receiving country
- ground beam — a reinforced concrete beam for supporting walls, joists, etc., at or near ground level, itself either resting directly upon the ground or supported at both ends by piers.
- ground game — game animals, such as hares or deer, found on the earth's surface: distinguished from game birds
- ground plum — a prostrate milk vetch, Astragalus crassicarpus, of the legume family, growing in the prairie regions of North America.
- grouse moor — a moor where grouse live or are hunted
- guardswoman — A female guardsman.
- guardswomen — Plural form of guardswoman.
- gudmundsson — Kristmann [krist-mahn] /ˈkrɪst mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1902–1983, Icelandic novelist.
- guildswoman — a woman who is a member of a guild