12-letter words containing t, r, a, n, g
- grain growth — a tendency of certain grains to grow and absorb others when heated under certain conditions.
- gramophonist — a person who uses a gramophone
- gran turismo — (of an automobile) certified as conforming to the specifications, as fuel capacity and engine displacement, for a class of standard automobiles (Gran Turismo) qualified to engage in various types of competitions. Abbreviation: GTO.
- grand master — the head of a military order of knighthood, a lodge, fraternal order, or the like.
- grandaughter — Alternative spelling of granddaughter.
- grande-terre — two islands (Basse-Terre and Grande-Terre) separated by a narrow channel in the Leeward Islands of the West Indies: together with five dependencies they form an overseas department of France. 687 sq. mi. (1179 sq. km). Capital: Basse-Terre.
- grandfathers — Plural form of grandfather.
- grandmasters — Plural form of grandmaster.
- grandmothers — Plural form of grandmother.
- grandparents — a parent of a parent.
- grandstanded — Simple past tense and past participle of grandstand.
- grandstander — the main seating area of a stadium, racetrack, parade route, or the like, usually consisting of tiers with rows of individual seats.
- granite city — a city in SW Illinois, near St. Louis, Missouri.
- granite peak — the highest elevation in Montana, in the S part. 12,799 feet (3901 meters).
- granny smith — a variety of crisp, green-skinned apple, for eating raw or for cooking.
- granodiorite — a coarse-grained acid igneous rock containing almost twice as much plagioclase as orthoclase: intermediate in composition between granite and diorite
- grant-in-aid — a subsidy furnished by a central government to a local one to help finance a public project, as the construction of a highway or school.
- granulations — Plural form of granulation.
- granuloblast — an immature granulocyte.
- granulocytes — Plural form of granulocyte.
- granulocytic — Of, or pertaining to, granulocytes.
- gratefulness — warmly or deeply appreciative of kindness or benefits received; thankful: I am grateful to you for your help.
- gratifyingly — In a manner that gratifies.
- gratulations — a feeling of joy.
- graustarkian — of, like, or characteristic of colorful, implausible, highly melodramatic and romantic situations or circumstances
- grave accent — a mark ( ˋ ) used to indicate:
- gravity wind — a light wind directed downslope, occurring at night because of the cooling and densification of the air near the ground.
- gray panther — a member of an organized group of elderly people seeking to secure or protect their rights by collective action.
- grayanotoxin — a toxin found in the nectar of some species of rhododendron and other plants of the family Ericaceae and in food made from their nectar, as unpasteurized honey, poisonous to humans and animals.
- grease paint — an oily mixture of melted tallow or grease and a pigment, used by actors, clowns, etc., for making up their faces.
- great plains — a semiarid region E of the Rocky Mountains, in the U.S. and Canada.
- great sunday — Easter Sunday.
- great-nephew — a son of one's nephew or niece; grandnephew.
- greater than — (character) ">" ASCII character 62. Common names: ITU-T: greater than; ket ("<" = bra); right angle; right angle bracket; right broket. Rare: into, toward; write to; blow ("<" = suck); gozinta; out; zap (all from Unix I/O redirection); INTERCAL: right angle. See also less than.
- greenmarkets — Plural form of greenmarket.
- gretna green — a village in S Scotland, near the English border, to which many English couples formerly eloped to be married.
- grey panther — a member of the generation of affluent older consumers, who regard themselves as young, active, and sociable
- 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
- ground alert — the state of waiting for orders in or near combat airplanes ready to take to the air at once.
- ground fault — the momentary, usually accidental, grounding of a conducting wire.
- ground plate — Electricity. a metal plate for making a ground connection to the earth.
- ground staff — The people who are paid to maintain a sports ground are called the ground staff.
- ground state — the state of least energy of a particle, as an atom, or of a system of particles.
- ground track — the path on the earth's surface below an aircraft, missile, rocket, or spacecraft.
- ground water — the water beneath the surface of the ground, consisting largely of surface water that has seeped down: the source of water in springs and wells.
- 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
- gut reaction — instinctive response
- gutturalness — The quality of being guttural.