12-letter words containing v, a, g, r
- figuratively — of the nature of or involving a figure of speech, especially a metaphor; metaphorical and not literal: The word “head” has several figurative senses, as in “She's the head of the company.”. Synonyms: metaphorical, not literal, symbolic.
- gaboon viper — a large, venomous snake, Bitis gabonica, of tropical African forests, having large retractable fangs and geometrically patterned scales of yellow, brown, and sometimes purple.
- gallivanters — Plural form of gallivanter.
- galvanometer — an instrument for detecting the existence of small electric currents and determining their strength.
- galvanometry — the method or process of determining the strength of electric currents.
- game reserve — wildlife park, safari park
- ganges river — a river flowing SE from the Himalayas in N India into the Bay of Bengal: sacred to Hindus. 1550 miles (2495 km) long.
- garden grove — a city in SW California.
- generatively — capable of producing or creating.
- generativist — a person who follows or promotes the theories of generative grammar.
- generativity — Relating to the ability to create or reproduce.
- geneva cross — a red Greek cross on a white background, displayed to distinguish ambulances, hospitals, and persons belonging to the Red Cross Society.
- give or take — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- go overboard — over the side of a ship or boat, especially into or in the water: to fall overboard.
- goal average — the number of goals scored by a team divided by the number of goals it has conceded
- governmental — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
- governorates — Plural form of governorate.
- graminivores — Plural form of graminivore.
- grand vizier — the chief officer of state of various Muslim countries, as in the former Ottoman Empire.
- grave accent — a mark ( ˋ ) used to indicate:
- gravediggers — Plural form of gravedigger.
- gravel-blind — more blind or dim-sighted than sand-blind and less than stone-blind.
- graven image — an idol.
- gravenhages' — a Dutch name of The Hague.
- gravicembalo — a harpsichord.
- graving dock — an excavated shore dry dock for the repair and maintenance of ships.
- gravitometer — an instrument that measures specific gravities
- gravitropism — (biology, botany) a plant's ability to change its growth in response to gravity.
- gravity cell — a cell containing two electrolytes that have different specific gravities.
- gravity feed — the supplying of fuel, materials, etc., by force of gravity.
- gravity wave — Astronomy, Physics. gravitational wave.
- gravity wind — a light wind directed downslope, occurring at night because of the cooling and densification of the air near the ground.
- great divide — the continental divide of North America; the Rocky Mountains.
- great vassal — (in feudal society) a man who entered into a personal relationship with a king to whom he paid homage and fealty in return for protection and often a fief.
- grooving saw — a circular saw used for making grooves
- guadalquivir — a river in S Spain, flowing W to the Gulf of Cádiz. 374 miles (602 km) long.
- gustav hertz — Gustav [goo s-tahf] /ˈgʊs tɑf/ (Show IPA), 1887–1975, German physicist: Nobel Prize 1925.
- gustave dore — (Paul) Gustave [pawl gy-stav] /pɔl güˈstav/ (Show IPA), 1832?–83, French painter, illustrator, and sculptor.
- havana cigar — any of various cigars hand rolled in Cuba, known esp for their high quality
- heliogravure — photoengraving.
- hovering act — an act forbidding or restricting the loitering of foreign or domestic vessels within the prescribed limits of a coastal nation.
- hypergravity — The presence of an apparently 'increased' gravitational field in an accelerating or rotating situation.
- indian giver — a person who gives a gift and then takes it back.
- ingravescent — (esp of a disease) becoming more severe
- interleaving — sector interleave
- intervaginal — Anatomy, Zoology. pertaining to or involving the vagina.
- intervillage — occurring between two or more villages
- interweaving — Present participle of interweave.
- intravaginal — Within the vagina.
- invercargill — a city on S South Island, in New Zealand.