11-letter words containing r, i, n, g
- gibberellin — any of a class of growth hormones occurring in fungi and plants.
- gibberingly — While gibbering; with wild, incoherent speech.
- gibson girl — the idealized American girl of the 1890s as represented in the illustrations of Charles Dana Gibson.
- gill-netter — a person who uses a gill net in fishing.
- gilt bronze — ormolu (def 2).
- gimbal-ring — Sometimes, gimbal. a contrivance, consisting of a ring or base on an axis, that permits an object, as a ship's compass, mounted in or on it to tilt freely in any direction, in effect suspending the object so that it will remain horizontal even when its support is tipped.
- ginger beer — a soft drink similar to ginger ale but containing more ginger flavor.
- ginger lily — any of various plants belonging to the genus Hedychium, of the ginger family, native to Asia, especially the white ginger, H. coronarium, having white, fragrant flowers.
- ginger wine — an alcoholic drink made from fermented bruised ginger, sugar, and water
- gingerbread — a type of cake flavored with ginger and molasses.
- gingersnaps — Plural form of gingersnap.
- girlfriends — Plural form of girlfriend.
- girlishness — The quality of being girlish.
- give ground — the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
- glamorizing — Present participle of glamorize.
- glaringness — The quality of being glaring.
- glazing-bar — a supporting or strengthening bar for a glass window, door, etc
- glen burnie — a city in E central Maryland, near Baltimore.
- glimmerings — Plural form of glimmering.
- globigerina — any marine foraminifer of the genus Globigerina, having a calcareous shell, occurring either near the surface of the sea or in the mud at the bottom.
- glomerating — Present participle of glomerate.
- glomeration — a glomerate condition; conglomeration.
- glucuronide — a glycoside that yields glucuronic acid upon hydrolysis.
- glycerinate — to impregnate with glycerin.
- god-fearing — deeply respectful or fearful of God.
- godchildren — Plural form of godchild.
- going train — the gear train for moving the hands of a timepiece or giving some other visual indication of the time.
- goitrogenic — tending to produce goiter.
- goldbergian — Rube Goldberg.
- golden girl — successful or celebrated woman
- gonfalonier — the bearer of a gonfalon.
- 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.
- goods train — freight train.
- gooney bird — any of several albatrosses, especially the black-footed albatross and the Laysan albatross, occurring on islands in the Pacific Ocean, often near naval bases.
- 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.
- 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.
- gracileness — The state or quality of being gracile.
- gradational — any process or change taking place through a series of stages, by degrees, or in a gradual manner.
- grade point — Education. a numerical equivalent to a received letter grade, usually 0 for F, 1 for D, 2 for C, 3 for B, and 4 for A, that is multiplied by the number of credits for the course: used to compute a grade point average.
- graduations — Plural form of graduation.
- graian alps — a mountain range in France and Italy, in the W Alps. Highest peak, Gran Paradiso, 13,324 feet (4061 meters).
- grain coast — a historic region on the Gulf of Guinea, in W Africa, in present-day Liberia.
- graminivore — An herbivorous animal, a grazer, that feeds primarily on grasses.
- graminology — the branch of botany concerned with the study of grasses