11-letter words containing ger
- gerodontics — the branch of dentistry dealing with aging and aged persons.
- gerontocrat — A member of a gerontocracy; an aged leader, especially one clinging on to power or ruling only by virtue of age.
- gerontology — the branch of science that deals with aging and the problems of aged persons.
- gerontophil — experiencing sexual attraction to old people
- gerrymander — U.S. Politics. the dividing of a state, county, etc., into election districts so as to give one political party a majority in many districts while concentrating the voting strength of the other party into as few districts as possible.
- ginger beer — a soft drink similar to ginger ale but containing more ginger flavor.
- ginger lily — any of various plants belonging to the genus Hedychium, of the ginger family, native to Asia, especially the white ginger, H. coronarium, having white, fragrant flowers.
- ginger wine — an alcoholic drink made from fermented bruised ginger, sugar, and water
- gingerbread — a type of cake flavored with ginger and molasses.
- gingersnaps — Plural form of gingersnap.
- globigerina — any marine foraminifer of the genus Globigerina, having a calcareous shell, occurring either near the surface of the sea or in the mud at the bottom.
- gold digger — a person who seeks or digs for gold in a gold field.
- gold-digger — a person who seeks or digs for gold in a gold field.
- golden ager — an elderly person, especially one who has retired.
- golden-ager — an elderly person, especially one who has retired.
- grangerized — Simple past tense and past participle of grangerize.
- gravedigger — a person whose occupation is digging graves.
- gunslingers — Plural form of gunslinger.
- handwringer — a person who wrings the hands often as a display of worry or upset
- harbingered — Simple past tense and past participle of harbinger.
- hatemongers — Plural form of hatemonger.
- head-banger — metalhead.
- headbangers — Plural form of headbanger.
- high german — the group of West Germanic languages that in a.d. c400–c500 underwent the second consonant shift described by Grimm's Law. Abbreviation: HG.
- hip huggers — trousers that begin at the hips instead of the waist
- hip-huggers — (of a garment) having a close-fitting waistline placed at the hip rather than at the natural waist: hiphugger jeans.
- interfinger — (of sedimentary rocks) to change laterally from one type to another in a zone where the two types form interpenetrating wedges.
- ironmongers — Plural form of ironmonger.
- ironmongery — a hardware store or business.
- jazz singer — a singer whose vocal technique is similar to that of a musical instrument, and whose singing has a strong jazz feeling, chiefly imparted through phrasing, melodic improvisation, and rhythmic subtlety.
- jiggermasts — Plural form of jiggermast.
- jolly roger — a flag flown by pirates, having the device of a white skull and crossbones on a black field.
- juggernauts — Plural form of juggernaut.
- krugersdorp — a city in S Transvaal, in the NE Republic of South Africa, NW of Johannesburg.
- ladyfingers — Plural form of ladyfinger.
- lan manager — (operating system) Microsoft's OS/2-based network operating system. Developed in conjunction with 3Com, Lan Manager runs as a task under OS/2. Because of this, a file server may concurrently be used for other tasks, such as database services. It offers good mulitasking.
- lead singer — main singer in a popular music group
- leapfrogger — One who leapfrogs.
- ledger beam — a reinforced-concrete beam having projecting ledges for receiving the ends of joists or the like.
- ledger line — Also, leger line. Also called added line. Music. a short line added when necessary above or below the staff to increase the range of the staff.
- left-winger — A left-winger is a person whose political beliefs are close to socialism, or closer to them than most of the other people in the same group or party.
- legerdemain — sleight of hand.
- lingeringly — In a lingering manner, persistently, tending to remain.
- load-lugger — a motor vehicle that is capable of carrying a load rather than, or as well as, passengers
- loggerheads — a thick-headed or stupid person; blockhead.
- lollygagger — (slang) A lazy person, one who lollygags; a slacker, ne'er-do-well.
- malingerers — Plural form of malingerer.
- malingering — to pretend illness, especially in order to shirk one's duty, avoid work, etc.
- man manager — a person who manages personnel in the manner specified
- managership — a person who has control or direction of an institution, business, etc., or of a part, division, or phase of it.