11-letter words containing t, r, i, g
- gratifiable — to give pleasure to (a person or persons) by satisfying desires or humoring inclinations or feelings: Her praise will gratify all who worked so hard to earn it.
- gratinating — to gratiné.
- gratuitious — Misspelling of gratuitous.
- gratulating — Present participle of gratulate.
- gratulation — a feeling of joy.
- gravenstein — a variety of large, yellow apple with red streaks
- gravidation — (obsolete) gravidity.
- gravidities — Plural form of gravidity.
- gravimeters — Plural form of gravimeter.
- gravimetric — of or relating to measurement by weight.
- gravitating — to move or tend to move under the influence of gravitational force.
- gravitation — Physics. the force of attraction between any two masses. Compare law of gravitation. an act or process caused by this force.
- gravitative — of or relating to gravitation.
- gravity dam — a dam resisting the pressure of impounded water through its own weight.
- gravity-fed — the supplying of fuel, materials, etc., by force of gravity.
- gravy train — a position in which a person or group receives excessive and unjustified money or advantages with little or no effort: The top executives were on the gravy train with their huge bonuses.
- greasepaint — an oily mixture of melted tallow or grease and a pigment, used by actors, clowns, etc., for making up their faces.
- great basin — a region in the Western U.S. that has no drainage to the ocean: includes most of Nevada and parts of Utah, California, Oregon, and Idaho. 210,000 sq. mi. (544,000 sq. km).
- great miami — Miami2 (def 2).
- great-niece — a daughter of one's nephew or niece; grandniece.
- green audit — the process of assessing the environmental impact of an organization, process, project, product, etc.: A green audit of your home can reveal ways in which you can reduce energy consumption.
- green light — traffic signal: go
- green-light — to give permission to proceed; authorize: The renovation project was green-lighted by the board of directors.
- greenockite — a yellow mineral, cadmium sulfide, CdS, associated with zinc ores and used as a source of cadmium.
- greenschist — schist colored green by an abundance of chlorite, epidote, or actinolite.
- grey import — an imported vehicle that does not have an exact model equivalent in the receiving country
- grey knight — an ambiguous intervener in a takeover battle, who makes a counterbid for the shares of the target company without having made his intentions clear
- grindstones — Plural form of grindstone.
- gripe water — a solution given to infants to relieve colic
- gristliness — The quality or state of being gristly.
- groin-vault — a vault or ceiling created by the intersection of vaults.
- grossierete — grossness or coarseness
- 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.
- growth ring — annual ring.
- growthiness — the quality of being growthy
- grunting ox — the yak.
- guarantying — a warrant, pledge, or formal assurance given as security that another's debt or obligation will be fulfilled.
- gubernation — the act of governing or ruling
- guide right — a command to a marching formation to align itself with a guide marching at the right side of the formation.
- guided tour — visit with commentary
- guiltridden — Alternative spelling of guilt-ridden.
- gurgitation — a surging rise and fall; ebullient motion, as of water.
- gustatorily — in a gustatory manner
- guttersnipe — a person belonging to or characteristic of the lowest social group in a city.
- guttiferous — relating to plants that produce gum or gum-like fluids
- gutturalism — The quality of being guttural.
- gutturalize — to speak or pronounce (something) in a guttural manner.
- gynocentric — Centered on or concerned exclusively with women; taking a female (or specifically a feminist) point of view.
- gyrostatics — the science that deals with the laws of rotating bodies.