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11-letter words containing r, h, o

  • glyptograph — an engraved or carved design, as on a gem.
  • go straight — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
  • go to earth — to go into hiding
  • go together — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
  • godchildren — Plural form of godchild.
  • goddaughter — a female godchild.
  • golden horn — an inlet of the Bosporus, in European Turkey: forms the inner part of Istanbul.
  • golden hour — the first hour after a serious accident, when it is crucial that the victim receives medical treatment in order to have a chance of surviving
  • goldthreads — Plural form of goldthread.
  • 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).
  • 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.
  • gonorrhoeal — Alternative spelling of gonorrheal.
  • goodhearted — Kind, generous and altruistic.
  • googlewhore — (Internet slang) To promote via Google; in particular, to do so by googlebombing.
  • gopher ball — a pitched ball hit for a home run: leading the league in gopher balls.
  • gopher wood — an unidentified wood used in building Noah's ark. Gen. 6:14.
  • gopherberry — bush huckleberry.
  • gopherspace — (networking)   The sum of all files that can be reached using gopher.
  • gothic arch — a pointed arch, especially one having only two centers and equal radii.
  • gramophones — Plural form of gramophone.
  • 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)
  • granolithic — (of concrete) containing fine granite chippings or crushed granite, used to render floors and surfaces.
  • graphomania — The compulsion to write books.
  • graphomotor — pertaining to the muscular movements in writing.
  • graphophone — a phonograph for recording and reproducing sounds on wax records.
  • grass cloth — a cloth made from plant fibres, such as jute or hemp
  • grasshopper — any of numerous herbivorous, orthopterous insects, especially of the families Acrididae and Tettigoniidae, having the hind legs adapted for leaping and having chewing mouth parts, some species being highly destructive to vegetation. Compare locust (def 1), long-horned grasshopper.
  • green heron — green-backed heron.
  • greenhouses — Plural form of greenhouse.
  • 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.
  • groatsworth — the amount that is, or may be, bought or sold for a groat
  • grouchiness — The characteristic or quality of being grouchy.
  • ground itch — a disease of the skin of the feet, caused by penetration of hookworm larvae, characterized by a blisterlike eruption and itching.
  • ground-fish — bottom-fish.
  • groundcloth — A groundcloth is a piece of waterproof material which you put on the ground to sleep on when you are camping.
  • groundshare — to share the facilities and running costs of a single stadium with another team
  • groundsheet — a waterproof sheet of plastic, canvas, or other durable material spread on the ground, as under a sleeping bag or in a tent, for protection against moisture.
  • growth area — a geographic or economic area in which there is noticeable growth
  • growth cone — a flattened area at the end of a growing axon or dendrite, having radiating filopodia and lemellopodia that function as guides for the outgrowth of embryonic nerve fibers.
  • growth fund — a mutual fund that invests primarily in growth stocks.
  • growth rate — increase per unit
  • growth ring — annual ring.
  • growthiness — the quality of being growthy
  • guardhouses — Plural form of guardhouse.
  • gymnorhinal — (of a bird) having the nostrils exposed, not covered by feathers.
  • habilitator — to clothe or dress.
  • hack around — to cut, notch, slice, chop, or sever (something) with or as with heavy, irregular blows (often followed by up or down): to hack meat; to hack down trees.
  • hadrosaurid — (zoology) Any of the family Hadrosauridae of duck-billed dinosaurs; a hadrosaur.
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