15-letter words containing r, o, g, e
- garbage collect — garbage collection
- garboard strake — the first strake on each side of a keel.
- gardening tools — tools used for gardening, such as a trowel, spade, rake, etc
- gas thermometer — a device for measuring temperature by observing the change in either pressure or volume of an enclosed gas.
- gastroenteritis — inflammation of the stomach and intestines.
- gender politics — debate about the roles and relations of men and women
- general holiday — a public holiday
- general journal — A general journal is a journal recording all of the transactions of a business.
- general officer — an officer ranking above colonel.
- general-purpose — useful in many ways; not limited in use or function: a good general-purpose dictionary.
- generalisations — Plural form of generalisation.
- generalizations — Plural form of generalization.
- geneva protocol — the agreement in 1925 to ban the use of asphyxiating, poisonous, or other gases in war. It does not ban the development or manufacture of such gases
- geochronologist — A geologist whose speciality is geochronology.
- geodemographics — the study and grouping of the people in a geographical area according to socioeconomic criteria, esp for market research
- geodetic survey — a land area survey in which the curvature of the surface of the earth is taken into account.
- geometric ratio — the ratio of consecutive terms in a geometric progression.
- geomorphogenist — one who studies, or is an expert in, geomorphogeny
- geomorphologist — A geologist whose speciality is geomorphology.
- georg simon ohm — Georg Simon [gey-awrk zee-mawn] /geɪˈɔrk ˈzi mɔn/ (Show IPA), 1787–1854, German physicist.
- george marshall — Alfred, 1842–1924, English economist.
- geostrophically — By means of, or in terms of, geostrophy.
- gesta romanorum — a popular collection of tales in Latin with moral applications, compiled in the late 13th century as a manual for preachers
- get it together — to achieve one's full potential, either generally as a person or in a particular field of activity
- get one's cards — to be told to leave one's employment
- get outta here! — go away!
- get the drop on — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- giant sunflower — a composite plant, Helianthus giganteus, of eastern North America, growing nearly 12 feet (4 meters) high and having very large yellow flower heads.
- gila woodpecker — a dull-colored woodpecker, Melanerpes uropygialis, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- glazier's point — a small, pointed piece of sheet metal, for holding a pane of glass in a sash until the putty has hardened.
- globe artichoke — artichoke (defs 1, 2).
- gloucester city — a city in W New Jersey, on the Delaware River.
- gloucestershire — a county in SW England. 1255 sq. mi. (2640 sq. km). County seat: Gloucester.
- gnome computers — (company) A small UK hardware and software company. They make transputer boards for the Acorn Archimedes among other things. E-mail: Chris Stenton <[email protected]>.
- gnu mirror site — GNU archive site
- go by the board — If something goes by the board, it is rejected or ignored, or is no longer possible.
- go like a dream — to move, develop, or work very well
- go through hell — If you go through hell, or if someone puts you through hell, you have a very difficult or unpleasant time.
- goal difference — the number of goals scored by a team minus the number of goals it has conceded
- gödel's theorem — either of two theorems published by the mathematician Kurt Gödel in 1931 that prove all mathematical systems are incomplete in that their truth or consistency can only be proved using a system of a higher order
- godfather offer — a takeover bid pitched so high that the management of the target company is unable to dissuade shareholders from accepting it
- gold prospector — a person who searches for the natural occurrence of gold
- golden boy/girl — If you refer to a man as a golden boy or a woman as a golden girl, you mean that they are especially popular and successful.
- golden eardrops — a Californian plant, Dicentra chrysantha, of the fumitory family, having bluish-green foliage and branched clusters of yellow flowers.
- golden samphire — a Eurasian coastal plant, Inula crithmoides, with fleshy leaves and yellow flower heads: family Asteraceae (composites)
- golden starfish — an award given to a bathing beach that meets EU standards of cleanliness
- golden triangle — (sometimes lowercase) an area of Southeast Asia encompassing parts of Burma, Laos, and Thailand, significant as a major source of opium and heroin.
- goldenrain tree — a small, deciduous Asian tree (Koelreuteria paniculata) of the soapberry family having small yellow flowers and papery fruit pods
- good and proper — thoroughly
- good king henry — a European, chenopodiaceous weed, Chenopodium bonus-henricus, naturalized in North America, having spinachlike leaves.