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11-letter words containing t, r, a, g, o

  • gastroscopy — the examination with a gastroscope to detect disease.
  • gastrosophy — the science or art of good eating
  • gastrostomy — the construction of an artificial opening from the stomach through the abdominal wall, permitting intake of food or drainage of gastric contents.
  • gastrotrich — any of the microscopic, multicellular animals of the class or phylum Gastrotricha, of fresh or salt waters, characterized by bands of cilia on the ventral surface of the bottle-shaped or ribbony body and by a protrusible feeding apparatus at the mouth.
  • gate theory — a theory proposing that neural stimulation beyond a certain threshold level, as by application of an electric current, can overwhelm the ability of the nerve center to sense pain.
  • generations — Plural form of generation.
  • geometrical — of or relating to geometry or to the principles of geometry.
  • geostrategy — The strategic use of geopolitics.
  • germination — to begin to grow or develop.
  • gerontocrat — A member of a gerontocracy; an aged leader, especially one clinging on to power or ruling only by virtue of age.
  • gestatorial — related to carrying
  • ghost train — a small train at an amusement park that travels through a dark tunnel in which sounds, lights, and mechanized objects are used to scare the people in the train
  • giant otter — a large brown South American river otter, Pteronura brasiliensis, having a creamy chest patch and a long flat tail with a flanged border, hunted for its hide: now greatly reduced in number and endangered in some areas.
  • glastonbury — a borough of SW England, in whose vicinity the ruins of an important Iron Age lake village have been found and to which in folklore both King Arthur and Joseph of Arimathaea have been linked, the latter as the founder of the abbey there.
  • glomerating — Present participle of glomerate.
  • glomeration — a glomerate condition; conglomeration.
  • glomerulate — grouped in small, dense clusters
  • glyptograph — an engraved or carved design, as on a gem.
  • go critical — (of a nuclear power station or reactor) to reach a state in which a nuclear-fission chain reaction becomes self-sustaining
  • go crook at — to rebuke or upbraid
  • go straight — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
  • go to earth — to go into hiding
  • go to grass — to graze
  • goaltenders — Plural form of goaltender.
  • goatsbeards — Plural form of goatsbeard.
  • goatsuckers — Plural form of goatsucker.
  • goddaughter — a female godchild.
  • going train — the gear train for moving the hands of a timepiece or giving some other visual indication of the time.
  • goldthreads — Plural form of goldthread.
  • gonadotrope — a gonadotropic substance.
  • good nature — pleasant disposition; kindly nature; amiability.
  • goodhearted — Kind, generous and altruistic.
  • goodnatured — Alternative spelling of good-natured.
  • goods train — freight train.
  • gothic arch — a pointed arch, especially one having only two centers and equal radii.
  • gouvernante — (archaic) governess.
  • governorate — an administrative division of a country, especially Egypt.
  • 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.
  • 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.
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