11-letter words containing a, c, e, y
- geophysical — the branch of geology that deals with the physics of the earth and its atmosphere, including oceanography, seismology, volcanology, and geomagnetism.
- getaway car — an automobile used by criminals in order to leave the scene of a crime quickly
- gimcrackery — cheap, showy, useless trifles, ornaments, trinkets, etc.
- glacier bay — a national park in SE Alaska, made up of large tidewater glaciers. 4381 sq. mi. (11,347 sq. km).
- glycerinate — to impregnate with glycerin.
- glycosidase — (enzyme) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a glycoside.
- glycosylate — (organic chemistry) To react with a sugar to form a glycoside (especially a glycoprotein).
- glyptotheca — a space devoted to sculpture
- gonadectomy — (surgery) The procedure to remove an ovary or testis.
- gracelessly — In a graceless manner.
- granulocyte — a circulating white blood cell having prominent granules in the cytoplasm and a nucleus of two or more lobes.
- gynaecology — Alternative form of gynecology.
- gynaecomast — a man who suffers from gynaecomastia
- gynecocracy — gynarchy.
- gynecopathy — any disease occurring only in women.
- gypsy scale — either of two scales that often form the basis of Hungarian Gypsy music.
- hadley cell — an atmospheric convection pattern in which a current of hot equatorial air rises, divides, cools as it moves toward the poles, descends, and warms as it returns to the equator
- haemocyanin — a blue copper-containing respiratory pigment in crustaceans and molluscs that functions as haemoglobin
- haines city — a town in central Florida.
- hairy vetch — a plant, Vicia villosa, of the legume family, native to Eurasia, having hairy stems and violet and white flowers, widely grown as forage and as a cover crop.
- hairy-faced — having a face covered with hair.
- heavy chain — a type of polypeptide chain present in an immunoglobulin molecule
- heavy cream — thick cream having a high percentage of butterfat.
- heavy crude — a type of crude oil that does not flow easily and has greater viscosity and specific density than other types of crude
- hedonically — of, characterizing, or pertaining to pleasure: a hedonic thrill.
- hematocryal — cold-blooded; poikilothermal.
- hemodynamic — the branch of physiology dealing with the forces involved in the circulation of the blood.
- hepatectomy — excision of part of the liver.
- hepatocytes — Plural form of hepatocyte.
- hepatoscopy — medical examination of the liver.
- heretically — of, relating to, or characteristic of heretics or heresy.
- heterocarpy — the production of more than one kind of fruit in one plant.
- hexadactyly — Sexdactyly.
- hoary cress — a perennial Mediterranean plant, Cardaria (or Lepidium) draba, with small white flowers: a widespread troublesome weed: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- hue and cry — Early English Law. the pursuit of a felon or an offender with loud outcries or clamor to give an alarm.
- hyacinthine — of or like the hyacinth.
- hydromancer — One who practices hydromancy.
- hyoscyamine — a poisonous alkaloid, C 17 H 23 NO 3 , obtained from henbane and other solanaceous plants, used as a sedative, analgesic, mydriatic, and antispasmodic.
- hyperactive — unusually or abnormally active: a company's hyperactive growth; the child's hyperactive imagination.
- hyperacuity — an extreme acuteness (of the senses)
- hyperacusis — (medicine) A heightened sensitivity to some sounds.
- hypercapnia — Excessive carbon dioxide in the bloodstream, typically caused by inadequate respiration.
- hypercarbia — (medicine) the condition of having an abnormally high concentration of carbon dioxide in the blood.
- hypercasual — Extremely casual.
- hypercharge — a quantum number assigned to baryons and mesons, equal to B + S, where B is the baryon number and S is the strangeness.
- hypercholia — abnormally large secretion of bile.
- hyperdactyl — having an excessive number of fingers or toes
- hyperphagic — bulimia.
- hyperplasic — Relating to hyperplasia.
- hyperstatic — redundant (def 5b).