12-letter words containing r, e, u, g
- green manure — a crop of growing plants, as clover and other nitrogen-fixing plants, plowed under to enrich the soil.
- green turtle — a sea turtle, Chelonia mydas, common in tropical and subtropical seas, the flesh of which is used for turtle soup: now greatly reduced in number and endangered in some areas.
- gregariously — fond of the company of others; sociable.
- grey gurnard — a species of scorpionfish, Eutriglia gurnardus
- grid current — the current that moves within the vacuum tube from the grid to the cathode.
- grievousness — causing grief or great sorrow: grievous news.
- griseofulvin — an antibiotic, C 17 H 17 ClO 6 , obtained from a species of Penicillium, used in the treatment of ringworm and other fungous infections of the skin.
- grossularite — a mineral, calcium aluminum garnet, Ca 3 Al 2 Si 3 O 12 , occurring in gray-white to pinkish crystals.
- grotesquerie — Grotesque quality or grotesque things collectively.
- 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.
- group of ten — the ten nations who met in Paris in 1961 to arrange the special drawing rights of the IMF: Belgium, Canada, France, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Sweden, UK, US, and West Germany
- group theory — the branch of mathematics that deals with the structure of mathematical groups and mappings between them.
- groupuscules — Plural form of groupuscule.
- growth curve — a curve on a graph in which a variable is plotted against time to illustrate the growth of the variable
- grudge match — You can call a contest between two people or groups a grudge match when they dislike each other.
- grudgingness — The state or quality of grudging.
- gruesomeness — The characteristic or quality of being gruesome.
- guaranteeing — a promise or assurance, especially one in writing, that something is of specified quality, content, benefit, etc., or that it will perform satisfactorily for a given length of time: a money-back guarantee.
- gubernacular — relating to a gubernaculum
- gubernaculum — a part or organ that directs the movement or course of another part.
- guelder rose — a shrub, Viburnum opulus, of the honeysuckle family, native to the Old World, having broad clusters of white flowers and scarlet fruit.
- guelder-rose — a shrub, Viburnum opulus, of the honeysuckle family, native to the Old World, having broad clusters of white flowers and scarlet fruit.
- guest worker — a foreign worker permitted to work in a country, especially in Western Europe, on a temporary basis.
- guide center — a command to a marching formation to align itself behind a guide marching at the head of the formation.
- guilt-ridden — If a person is guilt-ridden, they feel very guilty about something.
- guinea grass — a grass, Panicum maximum, native to Africa, used for forage in warm regions of North and South America.
- gully-washer — a usually short, heavy rainstorm.
- gullywashers — Plural form of gullywasher.
- gun carriage — the structure on which a gun is mounted or moved and from which it is fired.
- gustav hertz — Gustav [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1887–1975, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1925.
- gustave dore — (Paul) Gustave [pawl gy-stav] /pɔl güˈstav/ (Show IPA), 1832?–83, French painter, illustrator, and sculptor.
- gut reaction — instinctive response
- gutta-percha — the milky juice, nearly white when pure, of various Malaysian trees of the sapodilla family, especially Palaquium gutta.
- gutter press — press specializing in sensationalism