11-letter words containing gr
- graph paper — paper printed with a pattern of straight or curved lines, especially a grid of small squares, for plotting or drawing graphs and curves.
- graphically — giving a clear and effective picture; vivid: a graphic account of an earthquake.
- graphicness — The quality of being graphic: grotesqueness or vividness.
- graphitized — (chemistry, of carbon) Converted to graphite.
- graphomania — The compulsion to write books.
- graphomotor — pertaining to the muscular movements in writing.
- graphophone — a phonograph for recording and reproducing sounds on wax records.
- graptolites — Plural form of graptolite.
- graptolitic — relating to, or containing, graptolites
- grass cloth — a cloth made from plant fibres, such as jute or hemp
- grass court — an outdoor tennis court having a grass surface.
- grass finch — any of several Australian weaverbirds, especially of the genus Poephila.
- grass green — a green colour like grass
- grass roots — the common or ordinary people, especially as contrasted with the leadership or elite of a political party, social organization, etc.; the rank and file.
- grass skirt — a skirt made from long grass, typically worn by female dancers from some Pacific islands
- grass snake — Also called ring snake. a common European snake, Natrix natrix, having a collar of bright orange or yellow.
- grass snipe — the pectoral sandpiper.
- grass style — a style of Japanese calligraphy and sumi-e painting, characterized chiefly by free or loose brush strokes.
- grass widow — a woman who is separated, divorced, or lives apart from her husband.
- grass-green — yellowish green.
- grasscutter — a device used to cut grass, as a lawn mower.
- grasshopper — any of numerous herbivorous, orthopterous insects, especially of the families Acrididae and Tettigoniidae, having the hind legs adapted for leaping and having chewing mouth parts, some species being highly destructive to vegetation. Compare locust (def 1), long-horned grasshopper.
- gratifiable — to give pleasure to (a person or persons) by satisfying desires or humoring inclinations or feelings: Her praise will gratify all who worked so hard to earn it.
- gratinating — to gratiné.
- gratuitious — Misspelling of gratuitous.
- gratulating — Present participle of gratulate.
- gratulation — a feeling of joy.
- gratulatory — (archaic) congratulatory.
- gravedigger — a person whose occupation is digging graves.
- graveldiver — any of several eellike fishes of the family Scytalinidae, found off the Pacific coast of North America, especially Scytalina cerdale, which burrows among rocks.
- gravenstein — a variety of large, yellow apple with red streaks
- graverobber — a person who steals valuables from graves and tombs: Graverobbers had emptied the Mayan tomb before archaeologists could examine its contents.
- gravestones — Plural form of gravestone.
- gravidation — (obsolete) gravidity.
- gravidities — Plural form of gravidity.
- gravimeters — Plural form of gravimeter.
- gravimetric — of or relating to measurement by weight.
- gravisphere — the area in which the gravitational force of a celestial body is predominant.
- gravitating — to move or tend to move under the influence of gravitational force.
- gravitation — Physics. the force of attraction between any two masses. Compare law of gravitation. an act or process caused by this force.
- gravitative — of or relating to gravitation.
- gravity dam — a dam resisting the pressure of impounded water through its own weight.
- gravity-fed — the supplying of fuel, materials, etc., by force of gravity.
- gravy train — a position in which a person or group receives excessive and unjustified money or advantages with little or no effort: The top executives were on the gravy train with their huge bonuses.
- gray market — a market operating within the law but charging prices substantially below list prices or those fixed by an official agency.
- gray matter — Anatomy. nerve tissue, especially of the brain and spinal cord, that contains fibers and nerve cell bodies and is dark reddish-gray. Compare white matter.
- gray mullet — mullet1 (def 1).
- gray-headed — having gray hair.
- grease wool — shorn fleece before it has been cleaned
- greasepaint — an oily mixture of melted tallow or grease and a pigment, used by actors, clowns, etc., for making up their faces.