13-letter words containing gro
- groundbreaker — a person who is an originator, innovator, or pioneer in a particular activity.
- groundhog day — February 2, in most parts of the U.S., the day on which, according to legend, the groundhog first emerges from hibernation. If it is a sunny day and the groundhog sees its shadow, six more weeks of wintry weather are predicted.
- groundkeepers — Plural form of groundkeeper.
- groundnut oil — a mild-tasting oil extracted from peanuts and used in cooking
- groundskeeper — a person who is responsible for the care and maintenance of a particular tract of land, as an estate, a park, or a cemetery.
- groundstrokes — Plural form of groundstroke.
- groundworkers — Plural form of groundworker.
- group annuity — a plan in which the members of a group, usually employees of the same company, receive annuities upon retirement.
- group captain — an officer holding commissioned rank senior to a wing commander but junior to an air commodore in the RAF and certain other air forces
- group of five — France, Japan, UK, US, and Germany acting as a group to stabilize their currency exchange rates
- group therapy — psychotherapy in which a number of patients discuss their problems together, usually under the leadership of a therapist, using shared knowledge and experiences to provide constructive feedback about maladaptive behavior.
- growing pains — If a person or organization suffers from growing pains, they experience temporary difficulties and problems at the beginning of a particular stage of development.
- growing point — the undifferentiated end of a root, shoot, or vegetative axis consisting of a single cell or group of cells that divide to form primary meristematic tissue.
- growth factor — any of various proteins that promote the growth, organization, and maintenance of cells and tissues.
- growth market — a rapidly expanding market
- growth shares — ordinary shares with good prospects of appreciation in yield and value
- hollow-ground — ground so as to produce a concave surface or surfaces behind a cutting edge: the hollow-ground blade of an ice skate.
- hygrometrical — Alternative form of hygrometric.
- in the groove — a long, narrow cut or indentation in a surface, as the cut in a board to receive the tongue of another board (tongue-and-groove joint) a furrow, or a natural indentation on an organism.
- isoamyl group — the univalent group C 5 H 11 .
- john o'groats — the northern tip of Scotland, near Duncansby Head, NE Caithness, traditionally thought of as the northernmost point of Britain: from Land's End to John o'Groat's House.
- lauroyl group — the monovalent organic group C 12 H 23 O–, derived from lauric acid.
- linkage group — a group of genes in a chromosome that tends to be inherited as a unit.
- malonyl group — the bivalent group C 3 H 2 O 2 , derived from malonic acid.
- mangrove jack — a predatory food and game fish, Lutjanus argentimaculatus, of Australian rivers and tidal creeks dominated by mangroves
- metagrobolize — to mystify or puzzle
- methoxy group — the univalent group CH 3 O−.
- middle ground — an intermediate position, area, or recourse between two opposites or extremes; a halfway or neutral standpoint.
- newgroup wars — /n[y]oo'groop worz/ [Usenet] The salvos of dueling "newgroup" and "rmgroup" messages sometimes exchanged by persons on opposite sides of a dispute over whether a newsgroup should be created net-wide, or (even more frequently) whether an obsolete one should be removed. These usually settle out within a week or two as it becomes clear whether the group has a natural constituency (usually, it doesn't). At times, especially in the completely anarchic alt hierarchy, the names of newsgroups themselves become a form of comment or humour; e.g. the spinoff of alt.swedish.chef.bork.bork.bork from alt.tv.muppets in early 1990, or any number of specialised abuse groups named after particularly notorious flamers, e.g. alt.weemba.
- nitroso group — the univalent group O=N–.
- nominal group — A nominal group is the same as a noun group.
- pacific grove — a city in W California, at S end of Monterey Bay.
- parade ground — A parade ground is an area of ground where soldiers practise marching and have parades.
- pine grosbeak — a large grosbeak, Pinicola enucleator, of coniferous forests of northern North America and Eurasia, the male of which has rose and gray plumage.
- primary group — a group of individuals living in close, intimate, and personal relationship.
- reading group — a group of people who meet regularly to discuss a book that they have all read
- ruffed grouse — a North American grouse, Bonasa umbellus, having a tuft of black feathers on each side of the neck.
- second growth — the plant growth that follows the destruction of virgin forest.
- sports ground — an area of land where sports are played
- spruce grouse — a grouse, Canachites canadensis, of coniferous forests of northern North America, that feeds on evergreen buds and needles.
- support group — a group of people who meet regularly to support or sustain each other by discussing problems affecting them in common, as alcoholism or bereavement.
- teeing ground — tee2 (def 1a).
- to the ground — completely; absolutely
- torsion group — a group in which every element has finite order.
- tribune group — (in Britain) a group made up of left-wing Labour Members of Parliament: founded 1966
- undergrounder — a member of an underground group
- uranite group — the mineralogical group including uranites and related minerals.
- well-grounded — based on good reasons; well-founded: His opposition to the scheme is well-grounded.
- willow grouse — a N European grouse, Lagopus lagopus, with a reddish-brown plumage and white wings: now regarded as the same species as the red grouse (L. lagopus scoticus) of Britain
- women's group — A women's group is a group of women who meet regularly, usually in order to organize campaigns.