12-letter words containing gre
- greathearted — having or showing a generous heart; magnanimous.
- grecian bend — (especially in the late 19th century) a posture or walk, often considered fashionable, in which the body is bent forward from the waist.
- greek church — Greek Orthodox Church (def 1).
- greek yogurt — a thick, creamy, protein-rich yogurt made by removing most of the liquid whey, as by centrifuge or straining.
- greek-letter — designating or of a student fraternity or sorority whose name is designated by a combination of Greek letters
- greeked text — words which appear on screen as grey lines when the type size is too small for actual letters to be shown
- green dragon — a mythical monster generally represented as a huge, winged reptile with crested head and enormous claws and teeth, and often spouting fire.
- green iguana — the common iguana (Iguana iguana)
- green keeper — greenskeeper.
- green manure — a crop of growing plants, as clover and other nitrogen-fixing plants, plowed under to enrich the soil.
- green monkey — a W African variety of a common guenon monkey, Cercopithecus aethiops, having greenish-brown fur and a dark face
- green pepper — the mild-flavored, unripe fruit of the bell or sweet pepper, Capsicum annuum grossum, used as a green vegetable.
- green plover — lapwing.
- green turtle — a sea turtle, Chelonia mydas, common in tropical and subtropical seas, the flesh of which is used for turtle soup: now greatly reduced in number and endangered in some areas.
- green-collar — noting or pertaining to workers, jobs, or businesses that are involved in protecting the environment or solving environmental problems.
- green-wellie — characterizing or belonging to the upper-class set devoted to hunting, shooting, and fishing
- greenbackism — a former political party, organized in 1874, opposed to the retirement or reduction of greenbacks and favoring their increase as the only paper currency.
- greenbottles — Plural form of greenbottle.
- greenfinches — Plural form of greenfinch.
- greengrocers — Plural form of greengrocer.
- greengrocery — a greengrocer's shop.
- greenishness — The quality of being greenish.
- greenlighted — to give permission to proceed; authorize: The renovation project was green-lighted by the board of directors.
- greenmarkets — Plural form of greenmarket.
- greenskeeper — a person charged with the care and maintenance of a golf course.
- greenwashing — Present participle of greenwash.
- gregarianism — the practice of living or clustering together in crowds or flocks
- gregariously — fond of the company of others; sociable.
- gregory viii — (Alberto de MoraorAlberto di Morra) died 1187, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1187.
- gregory xiii — (Ugo Buoncompagni) 1502–85, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1572–85, educator and innovator of the modern calendar.
- gretna green — a village in S Scotland, near the English border, to which many English couples formerly eloped to be married.
- grey gurnard — a species of scorpionfish, Eutriglia gurnardus
- grey panther — a member of the generation of affluent older consumers, who regard themselves as young, active, and sociable
- grey wagtail — a greyish species of wagtail, Motacilla cinerea, found in temperate regions
- grey warbler — a small bush bird that hatches the eggs of the shining cuckoo
- hand grenade — a grenade or explosive shell that is thrown by hand and exploded either by impact or by means of a fuze.
- hand-grenade — a grenade or explosive shell that is thrown by hand and exploded either by impact or by means of a fuze.
- hunter green — a dark green color of yellowish cast.
- in agreement — of the same opinion
- kendal green — a coarse woolen cloth, green in color.
- little egret — any of several usually white herons that grow long, graceful plumes during the breeding season, as Egretta garzetta (little egret) of the Old World.
- little grebe — a small grebe, Tachybaptus ruficollis, of the Old World.
- margrethe ii — born 1940, queen of Denmark since 1972.
- middle greek — Medieval Greek.
- modern greek — the Greek language since c1500. Abbreviation: ModGk.
- mongrelizing — Present participle of mongrelize.
- nonagreement — Absence of agreement; disagreement, discord.
- on aggregate — If one team beats another on aggregate, it wins because it has a higher total score than the other team after a series of games.
- optical grep — vgrep
- porto alegre — a state in S Brazil. 107,923 sq. mi. (279,520 sq. km). Capital: Pôrto Alegre.