13-letter words containing ge
- get away with — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- get on top of — When something gets on top of you, it makes you feel unhappy or depressed because it is very difficult or worrying, or because it involves more work than you can manage.
- get one's p45 — to be dismissed from one's employment
- get over with — If you want to get something unpleasant over with, you want to do it or finish experiencing it quickly, since you cannot avoid it.
- get rid of sb — If you get rid of someone who is causing problems for you or who you do not like, you do something to prevent them affecting you any more, for example by making them leave.
- get so (that) — to reach the point or state where
- get somewhere — to make progress
- get the shaft — to be tricked or cheated
- get the works — to be the victim of extreme measures
- get-up-and-go — energy, drive, and enthusiasm.
- get-well card — a greeting card sent to a person who is unwell, expressing a wish for a speedy recovery
- ginger family — the plant family Zingiberaceae, characterized by tropical, often aromatic herbaceous plants having rhizomes, long sheathing leaves, and clusters of tubular flowers, and including cardamon, ginger, and turmeric.
- ginger-haired — having ginger hair
- gingerbreaded — flavoured with gingerbread
- glazing agent — substance used to varnish
- gluconeogenic — glucose formation in animals from a noncarbohydrate source, as from proteins or fats.
- glue language — (language) Any language, usually a scripting language, used to write glue to integrate tools and other programs to solve some problem.
- gospel singer — a singer performing gospel music
- gossipmongers — Plural form of gossipmonger.
- gottlob frege — (person, history, philosophy, mathematics, logic, theory) (1848-1925) A mathematician who put mathematics on a new and more solid foundation. He purged mathematics of mistaken, sloppy reasoning and the influence of Pythagoras. Mathematics was shown to be a subdivision of formal logic.
- gravity hinge — a hinge closing automatically by means of gravity.
- greek tragedy — (in ancient Greek theatre) a play in which the protagonist, usually a man of importance and outstanding personal qualities, falls to disaster through the combination of a personal failing and circumstances with which he cannot deal
- green fingers — skill at gardening
- green gentian — a plant, Frasera speciosa, of the gentian family, native to the northwestern U.S., having open clusters of purple-spotted, greenish-white flowers that blend in with its leaves.
- gross tonnage — the total volume of a vessel, expressed in units of 100 cubic feet (gross ton) with certain open structures, deckhouses, tanks, etc., exempted.
- gunnery range — place used for rifle practice
- h and l hinge — a surface-mounted hinge that when applied resembles H and L combined.
- hack together — (jargon) To throw something together so it will work. Unlike "kluge together" or "cruft together", this does not necessarily have negative connotations.
- haematogenous — producing blood
- half-digested — to convert (food) in the alimentary canal into absorbable form for assimilation into the system.
- hallucinogens — Plural form of hallucinogen.
- hang together — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- hanging judge — sb who sentences criminals to execution
- hatemongering — The behaviour of a hatemonger; the spreading of hatred.
- heart massage — rhythmic manual compression of the sternum or heart to restore normal heartbeat, as after cardiac arrest.
- heart surgeon — a surgeon who specializes in performing operations on the heart
- heart surgery — operation to treat cardiac problems
- hedge sparrow — the dunnock.
- hedge trimmer — garden tool for cutting hedges
- hematogenesis — hematopoiesis.
- heritage site — a historical site, a building, or an area of the unspoilt natural environment, considered to be important to a country or area's heritage
- hertogenbosch — 's Hertogenbosch.
- heterogeneity — the quality or state of being heterogeneous; composition from dissimilar parts; disparateness.
- heterogeneous — different in kind; unlike; incongruous.
- heterogenesis — Also, heterogeny [het-uh-roj-uh-nee] /ˌhɛt əˈrɒdʒ ə ni/ (Show IPA). alternation of generations, especially the alternation of parthenogenetic and sexual generations.
- heterogenetic — of, relating to, or characterized by heterogenesis.
- hidden agenda — an often duplicitously undisclosed plan or motive.
- hinged girder — a type of girder with a hinge, used in bridge building
- hold a grudge — be resentful
- hold together — not fall apart