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13-letter words containing gra

  • filmographies — Plural form of filmography.
  • fluorographic — of or pertaining to fluorography
  • fourth-grader — a child in the fourth grade
  • frame grabber — (hardware)   A device that captures a single frame from an analog video signal (from a video camera or VCR) and stores it as a digital image under computer control.
  • glossographer — a glossator.
  • good gracious — Some people say good gracious or goodness gracious in order to express surprise or annoyance.
  • gracelessness — The state of being graceless.
  • grade cricket — competitive cricket, in which cricket club teams are arranged in grades
  • graded reader — A graded reader is a story which has been adapted for people learning to read or learning a foreign language. Graded readers avoid using difficult grammar and vocabulary.
  • gradient post — a small white post beside a railway line at a point where the gradient changes having arms set at angles representing the gradients
  • gradient wind — a wind with a velocity and direction that are mathematically defined by the balanced relationship of the pressure gradient force to the centrifugal force and the Coriolis force: conceived as blowing parallel to isobars.
  • graecia magna — Magna Graecia.
  • graffiti-bomb — Military. a projectile, formerly usually spherical, filled with a bursting charge and exploded by means of a fuze, by impact, or otherwise, now generally designed to be dropped from an aircraft.
  • graham island — an island in the Pacific Ocean, in W British Columbia, Canada: largest and northernmost of the Queen Charlotte Islands. 2485 sq. mi. (6436 sq. km).
  • grain alcohol — alcohol (def 1).
  • grain of salt — salt crystal
  • grain refiner — any chemical added to a molten metal or alloy to check grain growth.
  • grain sorghum — any of several varieties of sorghum, as durra or milo, having starchy seeds, grown for grain and forage.
  • gram molecule — that quantity of a substance whose weight in grams is numerically equal to the molecular weight of the substance.
  • gram's method — a method of staining and distinguishing bacteria, in which a fixed bacterial smear is stained with crystal violet, treated with Gram's solution, decolorized with alcohol, counterstained with safranine, and washed with water.
  • gram-negative — (of bacteria) not retaining the violet dye when stained by Gram's method.
  • gram-positive — (of bacteria) retaining the violet dye when stained by Gram's method.
  • gram-variable — of or relating to bacteria that stain irregularly with Gram's stain, being neither Gram-positive nor Gram-negative.
  • graminicolous — (esp of parasitic fungi) living on grass
  • graminivorous — feeding or subsisting on grass: a graminivorous bird.
  • grammatically — of or relating to grammar: grammatical analysis.
  • grammaticized — Simple past tense and past participle of grammaticize.
  • gran paradiso — the highest peak in the Graian Alps, in N Italy. 13,324 feet (4061 meters).
  • granary bread — bread made from Granary flour
  • grand drapery — a valance across the proscenium arch, forming part of the decorative frame for the stage.
  • grand duchess — the wife or widow of a grand duke.
  • grand guignol — a short drama stressing horror and sensationalism.
  • grand larceny — larceny in which the value of the goods taken is above a certain legally specified amount.
  • grand marnier — a French cognac-based liqueur with an orange flavour
  • grand marshal — marshal (def 8).
  • grand old man — a highly respected, usually elderly man who has been a major or the most important figure in a specific field for many years.
  • grand opening — celebratory first-day event
  • grand passion — an intense or overwhelming attraction or love.
  • grand prairie — a city in NE Texas.
  • grand quarter — a quartered coat of arms, itself one of the quarters of a coat of arms.
  • grand slammer — Bridge. the winning of all thirteen tricks of a deal. Compare little slam.
  • grandad shirt — a long-sleeved collarless shirt
  • grandchildren — a child of one's son or daughter.
  • granddaughter — a daughter of one's son or daughter.
  • grandfathered — Simple past tense and past participle of grandfather.
  • grandfatherly — of or characteristic of a grandfather.
  • grandiloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
  • grandiloquous — grandiloquent
  • grandioseness — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
  • grandma mosesAnna Mary Robertson ("Grandma Moses") 1860–1961, U.S. painter.
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