12-letter words containing r, e, s, t
- generalities — Plural form of generality.
- generativist — a person who follows or promotes the theories of generative grammar.
- generatrices — Plural form of generatrix.
- generosities — Plural form of generosity.
- gentleperson — a person of good family and position; gentleman or lady.
- geochemistry — the science dealing with the chemical changes in and the composition of the earth's crust.
- geostrategic — Of, pertaining to, or using geostrategy.
- german sixth — (in musical harmony) an augmented sixth chord having a major third and a perfect fifth between the root and the augmented sixth
- germinations — Plural form of germination.
- gerontogeous — belonging to the Old World.
- gersdorffite — a mineral, sulfide-arsenide of nickel, NiAsS, occurring in metallic, light-gray cubes.
- gesticulator — to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
- get to grips — to deal with (a problem or subject)
- ghost writer — a person who writes one or numerous speeches, books, articles, etc., for another person who is named as or presumed to be the author.
- ghostbusters — Plural form of ghostbuster.
- ghostwriters — Plural form of ghostwriter.
- ghostwritten — Written by a ghostwriter.
- gila monster — a large, venomous lizard, Heloderma suspectum, of the southwestern U.S. and northwestern Mexico, covered with beadlike scales of yellow, orange, and black.
- give rise to — to get up from a lying, sitting, or kneeling posture; assume an upright position: She rose and walked over to greet me. With great effort he rose to his knees.
- glass cutter — a tool for cutting glass.
- glatt kosher — prepared for eating according to the dietary laws followed by Hasidic Jews, which differ somewhat from those followed by other observers of kashruth: glatt kosher meat.
- glomerulitis — inflammation of the glomeruli of the kidney.
- gnatcatchers — Plural form of gnatcatcher.
- goddaughters — Plural form of goddaughter.
- 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 stars — a plant, Bloomeria crocea, of the amaryllis family, native to southern California, having clusters of golden-orange, starlike flowers.
- goldsmithery — the occupation of a goldsmith
- gopher state — Minnesota (used as a nickname).
- gospel truth — an unquestionably true statement, fact, etc.
- governorates — Plural form of governorate.
- gracefullest — Superlative form of graceful.
- graduateship — the time or condition of being a graduate
- grammaticise — to make grammatical
- grand master — the head of a military order of knighthood, a lodge, fraternal order, or the like.
- grandfathers — Plural form of grandfather.
- grandmasters — Plural form of grandmaster.
- grandmothers — Plural form of grandmother.
- grandparents — a parent of a parent.
- grandstanded — Simple past tense and past participle of grandstand.
- grandstander — the main seating area of a stadium, racetrack, parade route, or the like, usually consisting of tiers with rows of individual seats.
- granulocytes — Plural form of granulocyte.
- grapple shot — a grapnellike projectile fired from a gun and used as a hold for the end of a line in rescue operations or in kedging.
- grass cutter — a device used to cut grass, as a lawn mower.
- grass-cutter — a device used to cut grass, as a lawn mower.
- gratefulness — warmly or deeply appreciative of kindness or benefits received; thankful: I am grateful to you for your help.
- grease paint — an oily mixture of melted tallow or grease and a pigment, used by actors, clowns, etc., for making up their faces.
- great gatsby — a novel (1925) by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
- great plains — a semiarid region E of the Rocky Mountains, in the U.S. and Canada.
- great schism — a period of division in the Roman Catholic Church, 1378–1417, over papal succession, during which there were two, or sometimes three, claimants to the papal office.
- great spirit — the chief deity in the religion of many North American Indian tribes.