11-letter words containing a, e, g, y
- ethnography — The scientific description of the customs of individual peoples and cultures.
- eugenically — In a eugenic manner.
- euryphagous — eating a wide variety of foods
- expurgatory — Serving to expurgate.
- eyecatching — Alternative spelling of eye-catching.
- fairy glove — purple foxglove.
- fairy green — a medium yellow-green color.
- falteringly — to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.
- ferrography — the analysis of iron in lubricants in order to assess the extent of wear in a machine
- flexography — a relief printing technique similar to letterpress that employs rubber or soft plastic plates, a simple inking system, and fast-drying inks.
- fly gallery — a narrow platform at the side of a stage from which ropes are manipulated to raise or lower scenery, battens, etc.
- flying head — a read/write head supported on a thin cushion of air over a rotating magnetic disk.
- flying mare — Wrestling. a method of attack in which a wrestler grasps the wrist of the opponent, turns in the opposite direction, and throws the opponent over the shoulder and down.
- fragmentary — consisting of or reduced to fragments; broken; disconnected; incomplete: fragmentary evidence; fragmentary remains.
- gallerygoer — a person who visits art galleries, especially often or regularly.
- galley-west — Informal. into a state of unconsciousness, confusion, or disarray (usually used in the phrase to knock galley-west).
- gamble away — lose through gambling
- game theory — a mathematical theory that deals with strategies for maximizing gains and minimizing losses within prescribed constraints, as the rules of a card game: widely applied in the solution of various decision-making problems, as those of military strategy and business policy.
- gametically — in a gametic manner
- gametocytes — Plural form of gametocyte.
- gametophyte — the sexual form of a plant in the alternation of generations.
- gamma decay — type of radioactivity in which an unstable atomic nucleus dissipates energy by gamma emission, producing gamma rays.
- gangliocyte — (biology) A ganglion cell.
- garden city — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- gastrectomy — partial or total excision of the stomach.
- gate theory — a theory proposing that neural stimulation beyond a certain threshold level, as by application of an electric current, can overwhelm the ability of the nerve center to sense pain.
- gay-feather — any of several composite plants of the genus Liatris, especially L. spicata or L. scariosa, having hairy leaves and long clusters of purplish flowers.
- geitonogamy — pollination of a flower by pollen from another flower on the same plant.
- generically — of, applicable to, or referring to all the members of a genus, class, group, or kind; general.
- genetically — Biology. pertaining or according to genetics.
- genioplasty — Mentoplasty.
- genotypical — the genetic makeup of an organism or group of organisms with reference to a single trait, set of traits, or an entire complex of traits.
- gentlemanly — like, befitting, or characteristic of a gentleman.
- geodynamics — (used with a singular verb) the science dealing with dynamic processes or forces within the earth.
- geophysical — the branch of geology that deals with the physics of the earth and its atmosphere, including oceanography, seismology, volcanology, and geomagnetism.
- geostrategy — The strategic use of geopolitics.
- gerrymander — U.S. Politics. the dividing of a state, county, etc., into election districts so as to give one political party a majority in many districts while concentrating the voting strength of the other party into as few districts as possible.
- 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.
- give way to — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- glacier bay — a national park in SE Alaska, made up of large tidewater glaciers. 4381 sq. mi. (11,347 sq. km).
- glassy-eyed — having a dull, dazed, or uncomprehending expression; staring fixedly.
- glory years — very great praise, honor, or distinction bestowed by common consent; renown: to win glory on the field of battle.
- 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.
- grandiosely — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.