11-letter words containing u, r, g
- goes around — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- golden hour — the first hour after a serious accident, when it is crucial that the victim receives medical treatment in order to have a chance of surviving
- golden rule — a rule of ethical conduct, usually phrased “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you,” or, as in the Sermon on the Mount, “Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so unto them.” Matt. 7:12; Luke 6:31.
- golf course — the ground or course over which golf is played. A standard full-scale golf course has 125 to 175 acres (51 to 71 hectares), usually with 18 holes varying from 100 to 650 yards (91 to 594 meters) in length from tee to cup.
- gomme syrup — simple syrup.
- good nature — pleasant disposition; kindly nature; amiability.
- goodnatured — Alternative spelling of good-natured.
- goof around — to blunder; make an error, misjudgment, etc.
- gourmandise — unrestrained enjoyment of fine foods, wines, and the like.
- gourmandism — a person who is fond of good eating, often indiscriminatingly and to excess.
- gourmandize — to enjoy fine food and drink, especially often and in lavish quantity.
- gourmet sex — lovemaking that is particularly passionate, enjoyable, and imaginative
- gouvernante — (archaic) governess.
- gouvernment — Obsolete form of government.
- gradualness — The condition of being gradual.
- graduations — Plural form of graduation.
- grammalogue — a word symbolized by a sign or letter.
- grand duchy — a territory ruled by a grand duke or grand duchess.
- grand juror — a person serving on a grand jury.
- grand mufti — a Muslim religious leader.
- granduncles — Plural form of granduncle.
- 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)
- graniferous — bearing grain
- granivorous — (of an animal, especially a bird) eating grain and seeds.
- granularity — of the nature of granules; grainy.
- granulating — Present participle of granulate.
- granulation — the act or process of granulating.
- granuliform — having a granular structure
- granulocyte — a circulating white blood cell having prominent granules in the cytoplasm and a nucleus of two or more lobes.
- granulomata — an inflammatory tumor or growth composed of granulation tissue.
- grape juice — nectar of the grape
- grape sugar — dextrose.
- grapefruits — Plural form of grapefruit.
- grapefruity — Resembling or characteristic of grapefruit.
- grass court — an outdoor tennis court having a grass surface.
- grasscutter — a device used to cut grass, as a lawn mower.
- gratuitious — Misspelling of gratuitous.
- gratulating — Present participle of gratulate.
- gratulation — a feeling of joy.
- gratulatory — (archaic) congratulatory.
- gray mullet — mullet1 (def 1).
- great mogul — the emperor of the former Mogul Empire in India founded in 1526 by Baber.
- great runes — Uppercase-only text or display messages. Some archaic operating systems still emit these. See also runes, smash case, fold case. Decades ago, back in the days when it was the sole supplier of long-distance hardcopy transmittal devices, the Teletype Corporation was faced with a major design choice. To shorten code lengths and cut complexity in the printing mechanism, it had been decided that teletypes would use a monocase font, either ALL UPPER or all lower. The Question Of The Day was therefore, which one to choose. A study was conducted on readability under various conditions of bad ribbon, worn print hammers, etc. Lowercase won; it is less dense and has more distinctive letterforms, and is thus much easier to read both under ideal conditions and when the letters are mangled or partly obscured. The results were filtered up through management. The chairman of Teletype killed the proposal because it failed one incredibly important criterion: "It would be impossible to spell the name of the Deity correctly." In this way (or so, at least, hacker folklore has it) superstition triumphed over utility. Teletypes were the major input devices on most early computers, and terminal manufacturers looking for corners to cut naturally followed suit until well into the 1970s. Thus, that one bad call stuck us with Great Runes for thirty years.
- great-uncle — a granduncle.
- greedy guts — a glutton
- 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 pound — a unit of account used in calculating Britain's contributions to and payments from the Community Agricultural Fund of the EU
- green stuff — paper money.
- green thumb — an exceptional aptitude for gardening or for growing plants successfully: Houseplants provide much pleasure for the city dweller with a green thumb.
- greenhouses — Plural form of greenhouse.