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12-letter words containing gro

  • matto grosso — Mato Grosso.
  • methyl group — the univalent group CH 3 −, derived from methane.
  • microgrooves — Plural form of microgroove.
  • morton grove — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
  • orange grove — small orchard of orange trees
  • oxford group — an organization founded at Oxford University in 1921 by Frank Buchman, advocating absolute morality in public and private life.
  • parent group — a large organization that owns a number of smaller separate commercial or industrial firms
  • pentyl group — any of the univalent, isomeric groups having the formula C 5 H 1 1 –.
  • peroxy group — the bivalent group –O 2 –, derived from hydrogen peroxide.
  • phenyl group — the univalent group C 6 H 5 –, derived from benzene.
  • ponta grossa — a city in S Brazil.
  • propyl group — any of two univalent, isomeric groups having the formula C 3 H 7 −.
  • retail group — a group of companies under single ownership, which sell goods to individual customers
  • rice growing — the cultivation of rice as a food crop
  • simple group — a group that has no normal subgroup except the group itself and the identity.
  • smart growth — People such as architects and environmentalists use smart growth to refer to the construction of new buildings and roads within a town or city so that they are close to people's workplaces and mass transit systems and so that open spaces are not built on.
  • sooty grouse — blue grouse.
  • spoil ground — an area within a body of water, especially in the sea, where dredged material is deposited.
  • status group — a social stratum sharing the same lifestyle or occupation and having the same level of prestige.
  • stone-ground — (of wheat or other grain) ground between millstones, especially those made of burstone, so as to retain the whole of the grain and preserve nutritional content.
  • target group — intended audience or customers
  • touch ground — (of a ship) to strike the sea bed
  • trojan group — a group of asteroids oscillating about either of two points, equidistant from the sun and Jupiter, that forms an equilateral triangle with the sun and Jupiter.
  • ungroundedly — without basis
  • vine-growing — of, relating to, or characterized by the cultivation of grapevines
  • waste ground — an empty piece of land
  • well-groomed — having the hair, skin, etc., well cared for; well-dressed, clean, and neat: a well-groomed young man.
  • white-ground — pertaining to or designating a style of vase painting developed in Greece from the 6th to the 4th centuries b.c., characterized chiefly by a white background of slip onto which were painted polychromatic figures.
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