12-letter words containing t, i, g, r
- great divide — the continental divide of North America; the Rocky Mountains.
- great plains — a semiarid region E of the Rocky Mountains, in the U.S. and Canada.
- great primer — an 18-point type of a size larger than Columbian, formerly used for Bibles.
- great schism — a period of division in the Roman Catholic Church, 1378–1417, over papal succession, during which there were two, or sometimes three, claimants to the papal office.
- great spirit — the chief deity in the religion of many North American Indian tribes.
- greenlighted — to give permission to proceed; authorize: The renovation project was green-lighted by the board of directors.
- grey wagtail — a greyish species of wagtail, Motacilla cinerea, found in temperate regions
- grid circuit — that part of a circuit that contains the cathode and the grid of a vacuum tube.
- grid current — the current that moves within the vacuum tube from the grid to the cathode.
- grindability — to wear, smooth, or sharpen by abrasion or friction; whet: to grind a lens.
- groin strain — damage to the groin area caused by overexertion, esp suffered by a sports player
- gross profit — gross receipts less the cost of goods or production but before the deduction of such other costs as rent or salaries.
- gross weight — total weight without deduction for tare, tret, or waste.
- grossularite — a mineral, calcium aluminum garnet, Ca 3 Al 2 Si 3 O 12 , occurring in gray-white to pinkish crystals.
- grotesquerie — Grotesque quality or grotesque things collectively.
- guaranteeing — a promise or assurance, especially one in writing, that something is of specified quality, content, benefit, etc., or that it will perform satisfactorily for a given length of time: a money-back guarantee.
- guardianista — a reader of the Guardian newspaper, seen as being typically left-wing, liberal, and politically correct
- guide center — a command to a marching formation to align itself behind a guide marching at the head of the formation.
- guilt-ridden — If a person is guilt-ridden, they feel very guilty about something.
- guilty party — the person or people responsible for an offence or misdeed
- gut reaction — instinctive response
- gut-churning — nerve-wracking
- guttersnipes — Plural form of guttersnipe.
- gutturalized — pronounced with guttural coarticulation.
- gutwrenching — Alternative spelling of gut-wrenching.
- gyromagnetic — of or relating to the magnetic properties of a rotating charged particle.
- hair-trigger — easily activated or set off; reacting immediately to the slightest provocation or cause: a hair-trigger temper.
- half-turning — split spindle.
- hamartiology — the doctrine of sin in Christian theology
- hamstringing — Present participle of hamstring.
- handcrafting — Present participle of handcraft.
- hard-hitting — striking or capable of striking with force.
- hardstanding — a hard surface on which cars, aircraft etc. may stand
- hazard light — Usually, hazard lights. an indicator light on a vehicle that flashes to warn that it is unexpectedly slowing down, reversing, or not moving.
- hearing test — a test to establish whether someone's hearing is normal or whether they have suffered some degree of hearing loss
- heartburning — rankling discontent, especially from envy or jealousy; grudge.
- hearteningly — In a heartening way; cheeringly.
- heartrending — causing or expressing intense grief, anguish, or distress.
- heartstrings — (obsolete, anatomy) The tendons once thought to brace the heart. (15th-19th c.).
- heartwarming — gratifying; rewarding; satisfying: a heartwarming response to his work.
- hedenbergite — a contact metamorphic mineral of the pyroxene family, calcium ferrous silicate, CaFe(SiO 3) 2 , that forms black prismatic crystals in crystalline limestone.
- hellgramites — Plural form of hellgramite.
- hellgrammite — the aquatic larva of a dobsonfly, used as bait in fishing.
- heortologist — a person who studies heortology
- herpetologic — Alternative form of herpetological.
- herring boat — a fishing boat that specializes in catching herring
- heterodyning — Present participle of heterodyne.
- hierogrammat — a writer of hierograms.
- high country — a mountainous area below the timberline; a forested mountain area.
- high spirits — lively or boisterous mood