12-Letter Words Starting with G

Gadzookery

Excessive flow of milk from the breasts during lactation.

""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).""

Galactoside

Gallerygoer

Resembling the domestic fowls and pheasants; of or pertaining to the Gallinae.

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)

""An instrument or apparatus for detecting the presence of electrical currents, especially such as are of feeble intensity.""

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.

GANGLION a group of nerve cells

Ganglioside

Gangsterdom

The act or process of converting into gas.

""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

Gastroscope

Of or pertaining to gastroscopy.

Gastrotrich

""The process of invagination, in embryonic development, by which a gastrula is formed.""

Gelatinous

Gemmologist

Concerned with tracing a tree (wordplay)

Upset college again concerning family history

Tree experts (wordplay)

""GENERATION The act of generating or begetting; procreation, as of animals.""

Generosity

GENEROUS willing to give

A person of good breeding; a lady or a gentleman.

Reverential bending of knee

Knee-bending

GEOBOTANIC

Geobotanist

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

Of the earth.

Study or science of

In a geological manner.

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.

An earth scientist

Relating to the effect of physical features on international relations

Being under high pressure within the earth.

""Any one of the sciences, such as geology or geochemistry, that deals with the earth.""

Pl. geostrategies The branch of geopolitics that deals with strategy.

""The downward bend or subsidence of the earth's crust, which allows of the gradual accumulation of sediment, and hence forms the first step in the making of a mountain range; opposed to geanticlinal. geanticlinal.""

Geosyncline

GEOTECHNIC

Geothermal

Germination

An antique cabinet (wordplay)

Senior government (wordplay)

Gerontocrat

Old Age

One who gesticulates.

Helps for autobiographers

Silent partners of a sort

Literary stand-ins

Authoring for someone else

Worth setting puzzles produced under assumed name

Like work of unacknowledged author, worth testing out

Having revolting habits means lushes need hosing to be reformed

Gillyflower

Pl. gingivectomies Surgical removal of gum tissue.

Glaciology

Geology () Translations

Of ancient Roman combat

Pleased to get one lariat designed to catch old combatant

The state of experiencing joy and pleasure.

GLAMOURIZE

Girl in Great Britain puts down craftspeople

Craftsmen with inflationary effects on their products

Art of making bottles etc

GLASSWORKER glasswork

GLAUCOUS bluish green

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

Globeflower

One gets hammered, making a noise!

Bell-like instrument

Percussion instrument with metal bars

Gloominess

GLORIOUS magnificent

Glossiness

Glossolalia

Person associated with (-ist)

Glucokinase

Glucosamine

Glucosidase

Glucuronide

Glutathione

Gluttonous

GLYCOGEN a carbohydrate

""The production or formation of sugar from gycogen, as in the liver.""

English word

Any of a group of conjugated proteins having a carbohydrate as the nonprotein component.

Glycosidase

GLYCOSYLATE

Glycosylate

Goaltending

Stuffed say, in order to eat old tripe

Rhubarb wolfed down? I approve!

Bolted, say, ordinary passable rubbish

High-level argot

Vapid verbiage

Meaningless language

Goddaughter

Godfather

Goldbrick

Goldenness

Acting on or stimulating the gonads: a gonadotropic hormone.

""A hormone secreted by the pituitary gland and placenta, which stimulates the gonads and controls reproductive activity.""

Goniometry

Googolplex

Vegetarian's dessert (wordplay)

Tasty pie filling

Unwelcome visitors for fruit plants

Gooseflesh

Goosegrass

GORGEOUS beautiful

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.

Governorate

From Kennon to Long, in Louisiana.

Indulgent, elegant, courtesy

Gradiometer

English word

Grandiflora

Nan's clocks (wordplay)

Women like Moses

Glenway Westcott book (with "The").

(Earth Sciences / Geological Science) a coarse-grained acid igneous rock containing almost twice as much plagioclase as orthoclase: intermediate in composition between granite and diorite [from grano + diorite ]

Granulation

Granulocyte

GRANULOCYTE

Graphology

He will take you by your hand

Handwriting studier

One asking for your hand before getting to know you

Certain military aircraft.

Fabled fritterers

Mixed drinks

Gratuitous

Gratulation

Gravitation

Produce sellers, in Britain or Australia

GREENGROCER A retailer of vegetables or fruits in their fresh or green state.

Greenockite

How some people socialize

GRIEVOUS causing grief

""An antibiotic, C 17 H 17 ClO 6 , administered orally for the treatment of ringworm and other fungal infections of the skin, hair, and nails.""

Grogginess

""A pale green, pink, brown, or black garnet, Ca 3 Al 2 (SiO 4 ) 3 , occurring alone or as a constituent of the common garnet.""

Old king with quotes about a lake cuts a bizarre figure

Groundburst

Groundfish

Groundless

Groundmass

Layers beneath kippers of crushed leaves

Groundswell

Groundwater

Groupuscule

Growliness

Sense morgue's developed (wordplay)

""GUILLOTINE A machine for beheading a person by one stroke of a heavy ax or blade, which slides in vertical guides, is raised by a cord, and let fall upon the neck of the victim.""

""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.""

Pl. gynecocracies or gynocracies Government by women.

Gynecology

""The branch of medicine dealing with health care for women, especially the diagnosis and treatment of disorders affecting the female reproductive organs.""

Abnormal enlargement of the breasts in a male.

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