11-letter words containing r, o, t, g
- graded post — a position in a school having special responsibility for which additional payment is given
- gradiometer — any instrument used to measure a gradient, as the rate of change of the geomagnetic field. Compare gradient (def 3a).
- graduations — Plural form of graduation.
- grain coast — a historic region on the Gulf of Guinea, in W Africa, in present-day Liberia.
- grand total — final sum or amount
- grandiosity — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
- 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)
- granitiform — resembling granite
- granny knot — a reef knot with the ends crossed the wrong way, making it liable to slip or jam
- granolithic — (of concrete) containing fine granite chippings or crushed granite, used to render floors and surfaces.
- granulation — the act or process of granulating.
- granulocyte — a circulating white blood cell having prominent granules in the cytoplasm and a nucleus of two or more lobes.
- granulomata — an inflammatory tumor or growth composed of granulation tissue.
- graphomotor — pertaining to the muscular movements in writing.
- graptolites — Plural form of graptolite.
- graptolitic — relating to, or containing, graptolites
- grass cloth — a cloth made from plant fibres, such as jute or hemp
- grass court — an outdoor tennis court having a grass surface.
- grass roots — the common or ordinary people, especially as contrasted with the leadership or elite of a political party, social organization, etc.; the rank and file.
- gratuitious — Misspelling of gratuitous.
- gratulation — a feeling of joy.
- gratulatory — (archaic) congratulatory.
- gravestones — Plural form of gravestone.
- gravidation — (obsolete) gravidity.
- gravitation — Physics. the force of attraction between any two masses. Compare law of gravitation. an act or process caused by this force.
- great abaco — two islands (Great Abaco and Little Abaco) in the N Bahamas. 776 sq. mi. (2010 sq. km).
- great gross — a unit of quantity equivalent to 12 gross. Abbreviation: GGR.
- great mogul — the emperor of the former Mogul Empire in India founded in 1526 by Baber.
- great power — a nation that has exceptional military and economic strength, and consequently plays a major, often decisive, role in international affairs.
- great world — fashionable society and its way of life
- greenbottle — any of several metallic-green blowflies, as Phaenicia sericata.
- greenockite — a yellow mineral, cadmium sulfide, CdS, associated with zinc ores and used as a source of cadmium.
- grey import — an imported vehicle that does not have an exact model equivalent in the receiving country
- grindstones — Plural form of grindstone.
- groatsworth — the amount that is, or may be, bought or sold for a groat
- groin-vault — a vault or ceiling created by the intersection of vaults.
- gros ventre — a river in W central Wyoming, flowing W to the Snake River. 100 miles (161 km) long.
- grossed out — without deductions; total, as the amount of sales, salary, profit, etc., before taking deductions for expenses, taxes, or the like (opposed to net2. ): gross earnings; gross sales.
- grosseteste — Robert. ?1175–1253, English prelate and scholar; bishop of Lincoln (1235–53). He attacked ecclesiastical abuses and wrote commentaries on Aristotle and treatises on theology, philosophy, and science
- grossierete — grossness or coarseness
- grotesquely — odd or unnatural in shape, appearance, or character; fantastically ugly or absurd; bizarre.
- grotesquery — grotesque character.
- ground bait — chum2 (def 1).
- ground itch — a disease of the skin of the feet, caused by penetration of hookworm larvae, characterized by a blisterlike eruption and itching.
- ground rent — the rent at which land is let to a tenant either for a long term or perpetually.
- groundburst — The explosion of a bomb dropped from the air when it hits the ground.
- groundcloth — A groundcloth is a piece of waterproof material which you put on the ground to sleep on when you are camping.
- 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.
- groundstone — A simple neolithic stone tool made by grinding.