11-letter words containing gr
- filmography — a collection of writings about motion pictures, especially detailed essays dealing with specific films.
- finno-ugric — the major branch of the Uralic family of languages, subdivided into Finnic, which includes Finnish and Estonian, and Ugric, which includes Hungarian.
- first grade — school year: age 6-7
- flexography — a relief printing technique similar to letterpress that employs rubber or soft plastic plates, a simple inking system, and fast-drying inks.
- flote grass — an aquatic perennial grass, Glyceria fluitans, whose metre-long stems and pale green leaves are often seen floating in still or sluggish water. The related sweet grass (G. plicata) has broader, darker leaves and owes its name to the fact that cattle like to eat it
- focus group — a representative group of people questioned together about their opinions on political issues, consumer products, etc.
- food grains — the small hard seedlike fruits of a grass, esp a cereal plant, used as a foodstuff
- foregrounds — Plural form of foreground.
- frost grape — riverbank grape.
- gain ground — profit or advantage.
- geographers — Plural form of geographer.
- geographies — the science dealing with the areal differentiation of the earth's surface, as shown in the character, arrangement, and interrelations over the world of such elements as climate, elevation, soil, vegetation, population, land use, industries, or states, and of the unit areas formed by the complex of these individual elements.
- give ground — the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
- glyptograph — an engraved or carved design, as on a gem.
- go to grass — to graze
- golden gram — (in the East Indies) the chickpea used as a food for people and cattle.
- good graces — If you are in someone's good graces, they are pleased with you.
- goose grass — cleavers.
- gorillagram — a jocular greetings message delivered to someone celebrating a birthday, engagement, etc, by a person dressed as a gorilla
- grab handle — A grab handle is a handle on the side of an object such as a bathtub that you hold in order to help you get in and out.
- gracelessly — In a graceless manner.
- gracileness — The state or quality of being gracile.
- gradability — a measure of a truck's pulling power expressed as the steepest grade the truck can climb with a full load.
- gradational — any process or change taking place through a series of stages, by degrees, or in a gradual manner.
- grade point — Education. a numerical equivalent to a received letter grade, usually 0 for F, 1 for D, 2 for C, 3 for B, and 4 for A, that is multiplied by the number of credits for the course: used to compute a grade point average.
- grade sheet — a piece of paper on which a student's grades are recorded
- graded area — (in dialect geography) an area whose dialect has been influenced by the dialect of one or more neighboring focal areas. Compare focal area, relic area.
- graded post — a position in a school having special responsibility for which additional payment is given
- gradiometer — any instrument used to measure a gradient, as the rate of change of the geomagnetic field. Compare gradient (def 3a).
- gradualness — The condition of being gradual.
- graduations — Plural form of graduation.
- graham land — a part of the British Antarctic Territory, in the N section of the Antarctic Peninsula: formerly the British name for the entire peninsula.
- graian alps — a mountain range in France and Italy, in the W Alps. Highest peak, Gran Paradiso, 13,324 feet (4061 meters).
- grain coast — a historic region on the Gulf of Guinea, in W Africa, in present-day Liberia.
- graminivore — An herbivorous animal, a grazer, that feeds primarily on grasses.
- graminology — the branch of botany concerned with the study of grasses
- grammalogue — a word symbolized by a sign or letter.
- grammarians — Plural form of grammarian.
- grammatical — of or relating to grammar: grammatical analysis.
- gramophones — Plural form of gramophone.
- granadillas — Plural form of granadilla.
- grand banks — an extensive shoal SE of Newfoundland: fishing grounds. 350 miles (565 km) long; 40,000 sq. mi. (104,000 sq. km).
- grand canal — a canal in E China, extending S from Tientsin to Hangchow. 900 miles (1450 km) long.
- grand chain — a figure in formation dances, such as the lancers and Scottish reels, in which couples split up and move around in a circle in opposite directions, passing all other dancers until reaching their original partners
- grand duchy — a territory ruled by a grand duke or grand duchess.
- grand falls — former name of Churchill Falls.
- grand final — the final game of the season in any of various sports, esp football
- grand forks — a town in E North Dakota.
- grand haven — a city in W Michigan.
- grand juror — a person serving on a grand jury.