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11-letter words containing a, g, r, y

  • dry-dockage — the act or fact of placing a ship in a dry dock.
  • dynamograph — a device for registering the quantity of force applied
  • dysregulate — (biology) To cause a dysfunctional level of an activity or chemical in an organism by disrupting normal function of a regulatory mechanism.
  • dyssynergia — (medicine) Failure of parts of the anatomy to work together correctly.
  • early night — If you have an early night, you go to bed early. If you have a late night, you go to bed late.
  • embracingly — In an embracing manner.
  • endearingly — In an endearing manner.
  • energy band — a range of energies associated with the quantum states of electrons in a crystalline solid. In a semiconductor or an insulator there is a valence band containing many states, most of which are occupied. Above this is a forbidden band with only a few isolated states caused by impurities. Above this is a conduction band containing many states most of which are empty. In a metal there is a continuous valence-conduction band
  • ergatocracy — Government by the workers.
  • ethnography — The scientific description of the customs of individual peoples and cultures.
  • euryphagous — eating a wide variety of foods
  • expurgatory — Serving to expurgate.
  • 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
  • filmography — a collection of writings about motion pictures, especially detailed essays dealing with specific films.
  • 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 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.
  • gallimaufry — a hodgepodge; jumble; confused medley.
  • 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.
  • garden city — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
  • garrulously — In a garrulous manner.
  • gastrectomy — partial or total excision of the stomach.
  • gastrodynia — (pathology) gastralgia (stomach pain).
  • gastromancy — a form of divination by interpreting words and sounds seeming to come from the stomach
  • gastropathy — (pathology) Any disease of the stomach.
  • gastroscopy — the examination with a gastroscope to detect disease.
  • gastrosophy — the science or art of good eating
  • gastrostomy — the construction of an artificial opening from the stomach through the abdominal wall, permitting intake of food or drainage of gastric contents.
  • 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 gordons — an energetic old-time dance
  • 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.
  • generically — of, applicable to, or referring to all the members of a genus, class, group, or kind; general.
  • 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.
  • girl friday — gal Friday.
  • glacier bay — a national park in SE Alaska, made up of large tidewater glaciers. 4381 sq. mi. (11,347 sq. km).
  • glamorously — In a glamorous manner.
  • glamour boy — a man whose appearance or lifestyle is considered glamorous by popular standards.
  • glastonbury — a borough of SW England, in whose vicinity the ruins of an important Iron Age lake village have been found and to which in folklore both King Arthur and Joseph of Arimathaea have been linked, the latter as the founder of the abbey there.
  • 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.
  • glycyrrhiza — Any legume (such as liquorice) of the genus [Glycyrrhiza]].
  • glyptograph — an engraved or carved design, as on a gem.
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