12-Letter Words Starting with G

""An inherited metabolic disorder characterized by the deficiency of an enzyme that is necessary for the metabolism of galactose. The disorder results in elevated levels of galactose in the blood and, if untreated, can lead to mental retardation and eye and liver abnormalities.""

""GALACTOSE A white, crystalline sugar, C6H12O6, isomeric with dextrose, obtained by the decomposition of milk sugar, and also from certain gums. When oxidized it forms mucic acid. Called also lactose (though it is not lactose proper). C6H12O6, isomeric with dextrose, obtained by the decomposition of milk sugar, and also from certain gums. When oxidized it forms mucic acid. Called also lactose (though it is not lactose proper).""

Instrument for measuring small electric currents

Instrument for detecting small electric currents - mangrove et al (anagram)

Man got a lever working, device in physics lab (wordplay)

Potter's Field!

Art of scoring points

Contests + guy + boat

GAMESOME {playful=adj}

The formation or production of gametes.

Gametophore

Gametophyte

""GAMETOPHYTE In the alternation of generations in plants, that generation or phase which bears sex organs and produces gametes. In the lower plants, as the alg\'91, the gametophyte is the conspicuous part of the plant body; in mosses it is the so-called moss plant; in ferns it is reduced to a small, early perishing body; and in seed plants it is usually microscopic or rudimentary.""

Having the petals united or joined so as to form a tube or cup; monopetalous.

Gangsterdom

Gangsterism

Garnishment

""Pl. gastrocnemii (-m - ) The largest, most prominent muscle of the calf of the leg, the action of which extends the foot and bends the knee.""

Gastronomy

One who eats and drinks well

""Pl -schaften (German) [-ʃaftən] (Sociology) (often capital) a social group united by common beliefs, family ties, etc. Compare gesellschaft [German, literally: community]""

Gemmologist

Gendarmerie

""The study of the chemical composition of, and of actual or possible chemical changes in, the crust of the earth.""

The magnetism of the earth.

One skilled in geometry; a geometer; a mathematician.

GEOMETRISE

GEOMETRIZE To investigate or apprehend geometrical quantities or laws; to make geometrical constructions; to proceed in accordance with the principles of geometry.

Geothermal

Germination

Gerrymander

Pl. gingivectomies Surgical removal of gum tissue.

The state of experiencing joy and pleasure.

GLAMOURIZE

Glassmaking

""Pl. glioblastomas or glioblastomata (-m -t ) A malignant tumor of the central nervous system, usually occurring in the cerebrum of adults.""

Gloominess

Glucosamine

Glutaminase

""A nonbarbiturate sedative and hypnotic drug, C 13 H 15 NO 2 .""

Goniometry

GORMANDISE

Gormandizer

GORMANDIZE To eat greedily; to swallow voraciously; to feed ravenously or like a glutton.

Tittle-tattler

Good spoonerism made up about leader of group, a tattler

Gourmandise

Gourmandism

GOURMANDIZE

Gourmandize

Pertaining to a country's rulers

Relating to ruling system

Type of intervention, frequently in strikes.

Gradiometer

Nan's clocks (wordplay)

Women like Moses

Glenway Westcott book (with "The").

Gravimetry

""GREENBACK One of the legal tender notes of the United States; first issued in 1862, and having the devices on the back printed with green ink, to prevent alterations and counterfeits.""

GREENMAILER greenmail

Greenmail

Groundmass

Sense morgue's developed (wordplay)

Grumpiness

""GUESSTIMATE an estimate based on little information, being little better than a guess.""

Less-than-certain totals

Figures in the ballpark

Ballpark figures

Gunsmithing

Gutturalism

""One of a sect of philosophers, said to have been found in India by Alexander the Great, who went almost naked, denied themselves the use of flesh, renounced bodily pleasures, and employed themselves in the contemplation of nature.""

Abnormal enlargement of the breasts in a male.

""Of, relating to, or resulting from the magnetic properties of a spinning, electrically charged particle.""