11-letter words containing gr
- guru granth — the sacred scripture of the Sikhs, believed by them to be the embodiment of the gurus
- h-r diagram — Hertzsprung-Russell diagram.
- hagiographa — the third of the three Jewish divisions of the Old Testament, variously arranged, but usually comprising the Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Song of Solomon, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nehemiah, and Chronicles.
- hagiography — the writing and critical study of the lives of the saints; hagiology.
- haplography — the accidental omission of a letter or letter group that should be repeated in writing, as in Missippi for Mississippi.
- haplogroups — Plural form of haplogroup.
- hard ground — an etching ground applied to the surface of a plate held over a small flame and spread by a dabber or brayer. Compare soft ground (def 1).
- harmonogram — the image produced by a harmonograph
- hazel grove — a plantation of hazel trees
- heath grass — a European grass, Sieglingia decumbens, growing in spongy, wet, cold soils.
- helicograph — an instrument for drawing helices.
- heliographs — Plural form of heliograph.
- heliography — The scientific study of the sun.
- hellgramite — The aquatic larval form of the dobsonfly, having a segmented body with legs on each segment, and a head with prominent pincers, prized as fish bait.
- heterograft — xenograft.
- hexyl group — any of five univalent, isomeric groups having the formula C 6 H 13 −.
- hierography — a treatise on religion or sacred things
- high ground — a position of moral or ethical superiority: The candidate has claimed the moral high ground.
- hippogriffs — Plural form of hippogriff.
- histography — a treatise on or description of organic tissues.
- holographed — to make by the use of holography.
- holographer — One who creates holograms.
- holographic — Also, holographic [hol-uh-graf-ik, hoh-luh-] /ˌhɒl əˈgræf ɪk, ˌhoʊ lə-/ (Show IPA), holographical. wholly written by the person in whose name it appears: a holograph letter.
- home ground — an area, locality, or subject with which one is intimately familiar: When you see those familiar mountains appear on the horizon, you'll know you are back on home ground. Baseball and football are home ground for this sports-loving community.
- homographic — a word of the same written form as another but of different meaning and usually origin, whether pronounced the same way or not, as bear 1 “to carry; support” and bear 2 “animal” or lead 1 “to conduct” and lead 2 “metal.”.
- hoppergrass — grasshopper (def 1).
- horographer — a person who reckons time
- house group — a group of Christians who regularly meet to worship, study the Bible, etc, in someone's house
- hyalography — the technique of writing or engraving on glass.
- hydrography — the science of the measurement, description, and mapping of the surface waters of the earth, with special reference to their use for navigation.
- hyetography — the study of the annual and geographical distribution of rainfall.
- hygrographs — Plural form of hygrograph.
- hygrometers — Plural form of hygrometer.
- hygrometric — of or relating to the hygrometer or hygrometry.
- hygrophytes — Plural form of hygrophyte.
- hygroscopes — Plural form of hygroscope.
- hygroscopic — absorbing or attracting moisture from the air.
- hymnography — the craft of hymn composition
- hypogravity — The presence of an apparently decreased gravitational field (such as in an aircraft following a parabolic path).
- hypsography — a branch of geography that deals with the measurement and mapping of the topography of the earth above sea level.
- hythergraph — a climatic graph showing relationships between temperature and humidity or temperature and precipitation.
- ichnography — the art of drawing a ground plan or layout of a building.
- iconography — symbolic representation, especially the conventional meanings attached to an image or images.
- ideogrammic — Being, or pertaining to, an ideogram.
- ideographic — an ideogram.
- idiographic — pertaining to or involving the study or explication of individual cases or events (opposed to nomothetic).
- imido group — the bivalent group =NH linked to one or two acid groups.
- imino group — the bivalent group =NH not linked to any acid group.
- immigrating — Present participle of immigrate.
- immigration — the act of immigrating.