15-letter words containing gr
- hyperaggressive — characterized by or tending toward unprovoked offensives, attacks, invasions, or the like; militantly forward or menacing: aggressive acts against a neighboring country.
- ideographically — an ideogram.
- in (the) grease — fat and ready to be killed
- integral domain — a commutative ring in which the cancellation law holds true.
- integrationists — Plural form of integrationist.
- into the ground — beyond what is requisite or can be endured; to exhaustion
- island grey fox — a similar and related animal, U. littoralis, inhabiting islands off North America
- isopropyl group — the univalent group C 3 H 7 , an isomer of the propyl group.
- joint agreement — a formal decision about future action which is made by two or more countries, groups, or people
- junggrammatiker — a group of linguists of the late 19th century who held that phonetic laws are universally valid and allow of no exceptions; neo-grammarians.
- langres plateau — a calcareous plateau of E France north of Dijon between the Seine and the Saône, reaching over 580 m (1900 ft): forms a watershed between rivers flowing to the Mediterranean and to the English Channel
- leaves of grass — a book of poems (first edition, 1855; final edition, 1891–92) by Walt Whitman.
- lemon-grass oil — a yellowish to brownish oil distilled from the leaves of certain lemon grasses, especially Cymbopogon citratus, used chiefly in perfumery.
- lexicographical — the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries.
- like grim death — as if afraid for one's life
- loading program — a series of instructions entered automatically in a program that starts the processing.
- long-grain rice — a type of rice that has long grains, rather than round grains
- lymphogranuloma — any of certain diseases characterized by granulomatous lesions of lymph nodes.
- macroaggregated — in the form of a macroaggregate
- macrophotograph — a photograph taken at very close range
- mascarene grass — a creeping grass, Zoysia tenuifolia, naturalized in California and Florida, having fine leaves and shoots that make good turf.
- master's degree — a degree awarded by a graduate school or department, usually to a person who has completed at least one year of graduate study.
- maternity grant — (in the British National Insurance scheme) a flat-rate benefit for pregnant women on low incomes
- methylene group — the bivalent organic group >CH 2 , derived from methane.
- microaggression — a subtle but offensive comment or action directed at a minority or other nondominant group that is often unintentional or unconsciously reinforces a stereotype: microaggressions such as "I don't see you as black.".
- microphotograph — microfilm (def 1).
- microradiograph — an enlarged version of an image obtained by a form of radiography that reveals minute details
- microtopography — microrelief.
- mollier diagram — a graph showing the enthalpy of a substance as a function of its entropy when some physical property of the substance, as temperature or pressure, is kept at a specified constant value.
- mushroom growth — rapid increase or growth
- negro spiritual — a type of religious song originating among Black slaves in the American South
- nitramino group — the univalent group –NHNO 2 .
- no great shakes — to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
- non-grammatical — (of a sentence or expression) not conforming to the grammatical rules of a given language.
- nonagricultural — not applied to or generally practicing agriculture: a nonagricultural nation.
- nonbiographical — not biographical, not relating to biography or events in a person's life
- nonphotographic — not involving photographic equipment or techniques
- nuisance ground — a garbage dump.
- ocean greyhound — a fast ship, esp a liner
- onward progress — progress that advances or improves (a situation, etc)
- ordinary degree — a university degree without honours
- over-aggressive — characterized by or tending toward unprovoked offensives, attacks, invasions, or the like; militantly forward or menacing: aggressive acts against a neighboring country.
- overprogramming — the act or instance of programming unnecessary details
- palaeogeography — the study of geographical features of the geological past
- palaeontography — the branch of palaeontology concerned with the description of fossils
- paroemiographer — a person who writes or collects proverbs
- personal growth — development as an individual
- peter the great — ("the Great") 1672–1725, czar of Russia 1682–1725.
- phenylene group — any of three bivalent, isomeric groups having the formula –C 6 H 4 –, derived from benzene by the removal of two hydrogen atoms.
- phonautographic — relating to a phonautograph or a piece of equipment that records sound visually by detecting the sound waves and indicating them on a graph