13-letter words containing s, e, r, o
- gram's method — a method of staining and distinguishing bacteria, in which a fixed bacterial smear is stained with crystal violet, treated with Gram's solution, decolorized with alcohol, counterstained with safranine, and washed with water.
- gram-positive — (of bacteria) retaining the violet dye when stained by Gram's method.
- grandioseness — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
- grandma moses — Anna Mary Robertson ("Grandma Moses") 1860–1961, U.S. painter.
- granuliferous — full of granules, or producing granules
- grass widower — a man who is separated, divorced, or lives apart from his wife.
- grave clothes — the wrappings in which a dead body is interred
- grease monkey — a mechanic, especially one who works on automobiles or airplanes.
- great goddess — The, a vaguely defined deity symbolizing maternity, the fertility of the earth, and femininity in general; the central figure in the religions of ancient Anatolia, the Near East, and the eastern Mediterranean, later sometimes taking the form of a specific goddess, as Cybele, Rhea, or Demeter.
- great society — the goal of the Democratic Party under the leadership of President Lyndon B. Johnson, chiefly to enact domestic programs to improve education, provide medical care for the aged, and eliminate poverty.
- green goddess — an army fire engine
- grey-thompson — Tanni (Carys Davina) Baroness. born 1969, Welsh wheelchair athlete; won eleven gold medals for Britain in wheelchair racing in the Paralympic Games (1988–2004); a crossbench peer in the House of Lords since 2010
- grimes golden — a yellow variety of apple that ripens in late autumn.
- grocery store — supermarket, food shop
- gros de tours — a ribbed silk fabric made with a two- or three-ply warp interlaced with organzine and tram filling.
- gross premium — A gross premium is the total premium of an insurance contract before brokerage or discounts have been deducted.
- gross tonnage — the total volume of a vessel, expressed in units of 100 cubic feet (gross ton) with certain open structures, deckhouses, tanks, etc., exempted.
- grossglockner — a mountain in S Austria: highest peak in the Hohe Tauern range. 12,457 feet (3799 meters).
- grotesqueness — odd or unnatural in shape, appearance, or character; fantastically ugly or absurd; bizarre.
- grotesqueries — Plural form of grotesquery.
- ground sluice — a trench, cut through a placer or through bedrock, through which a stream is diverted in order to dislodge and wash the gravel.
- ground stroke — a stroke made by hitting the ball after it has bounced from the ground. Compare volley (def 4b).
- groundkeepers — Plural form of groundkeeper.
- groundskeeper — a person who is responsible for the care and maintenance of a particular tract of land, as an estate, a park, or a cemetery.
- groundstrokes — Plural form of groundstroke.
- groundworkers — Plural form of groundworker.
- growth shares — ordinary shares with good prospects of appreciation in yield and value
- gymnospermous — of or relating to a gymnosperm; having exposed or naked seeds.
- gynecocracies — Plural form of gynecocracy.
- gyrocompasses — Plural form of gyrocompass.
- gyromagnetism — the condition or state of being gyromagnetic
- habeas corpus — a writ requiring a person to be brought before a judge or court, especially for investigation of a restraint of the person's liberty, used as a protection against illegal imprisonment.
- haber process — a process for synthesizing ammonia from gaseous nitrogen and hydrogen under high pressure and temperature in the presence of a catalyst.
- haemarthrosis — Alternative form of hemarthrosis.
- hagiographers — Plural form of hagiographer.
- hagiographies — Plural form of hagiography.
- hair restorer — a lotion claimed to promote hair growth
- harbor master — an official who supervises operations in a harbor area and administers its rules.
- harbourmaster — (British, Canada, nautical) An official responsible for the enforcement of regulations in a port.
- hard shoulder — The hard shoulder is the area at the side of a motorway or other road where you are allowed to stop if your car breaks down.
- hardware shop — a shop that sells metal tools and implements and mechanical equipment and components, etc
- harness horse — a horse used for pulling vehicles.
- hart's-tongue — a fern, Phyllitis scolopendrium, having long, leathery, wavy-edged leaves.
- harvest mouse — an Old World field mouse, Micromys minutus, that builds a spherical nest among the stems of grains and other plants.
- have eyes for — to be interested in
- hazardousness — The condition of being hazardous.
- he's your man — he's the person needed (for a particular task, role, job, etc)
- heading sword — a sword used for beheading.
- health resort — spa
- heart surgeon — a surgeon who specializes in performing operations on the heart