12-letter words containing a, g, r, y
- microgravity — a condition, especially in space orbit, where the force of gravity is so weak that weightlessness results.
- moneychanger — a person whose business is the exchange of currency, usually of different countries, at a fixed or official rate.
- moralizingly — In a moralizing fashion.
- morphography — the scientific description of an external form
- myoneuralgia — myalgia.
- myrmecophage — (biology) Anteaters, and other animals chiefly feeding on ants.
- myrmecophagy — Ant-eating.
- mythographer — a person who collects or records myths in writing.
- naughty word — a word that is considered to be rude
- nephrography — Diagnostic imaging of the kidneys.
- night prayer — the last of the seven canonical hours; compline
- nonmigratory — Not migratory; that does not migrate.
- obligatorily — required as a matter of obligation; mandatory: A reply is desirable but not obligatory.
- oceanography — the branch of physical geography dealing with the ocean.
- odontography — a treatise regarding the teeth
- omega baryon — a negative baryon having a mass 3272 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of 8 X 10 -11 seconds.
- oral surgery — the branch of dentistry or of surgery dealing with the surgical treatment or repair of various conditions of the mouth or jaws.
- organography — the description or visual depiction of organs.
- orthogonally — Mathematics. Also, orthographic. pertaining to or involving right angles or perpendiculars: an orthogonal projection. (of a system of real functions) defined so that the integral of the product of any two different functions is zero. (of a system of complex functions) defined so that the integral of the product of a function times the complex conjugate of any other function equals zero. (of two vectors) having an inner product equal to zero. (of a linear transformation) defined so that the length of a vector under the transformation equals the length of the original vector. (of a square matrix) defined so that its product with its transpose results in the identity matrix.
- outrageously — In an outrageous manner; to an outrageous degree.
- palaeography — the study of the handwritings of the past, and often the manuscripts as well, so that they may be dated, read, etc, and may serve as historical and literary sources
- palatography — a technique for observing the position of the tongue in relation to the palate during articulation, especially by placing powder or dye on the palate and then noting the area from which it has been removed by the contact of the tongue with the palate during the production of a speech sound.
- panty girdle — women's control pants
- paracyanogen — a polymer of cyanogen
- paradoxology — a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
- paraguay tea — maté.
- parahydrogen — the form of molecular hydrogen in which the nuclei of the two hydrogen atoms contained in the molecule have spins in opposite directions.
- paralysingly — in a manner that paralyses
- parasitology — the branch of biology dealing with parasites and the effects of parasitism.
- paroemiology — the study of proverbs
- pearly gates — the entrance to heaven.
- perinatology — a field of medicine focusing on problems emerging during the perinatal period.
- pharmacology — the science dealing with the preparation, uses, and especially the effects of drugs.
- pharyngology — the science of the pharynx and its diseases.
- pharyngotomy — surgical incision into the pharynx
- phlebography — venography.
- phrygian cap — a soft, conical cap represented in ancient Greek art as part of Phrygian dress and associated, since the late 18th and early 19th centuries, with the liberty cap.
- physiography — the science of physical geography.
- physogastric — pertaining to the swollen, membranous abdomen of certain insects, especially termite and ant queens.
- phytographer — a botanist involved with plant description
- play reading — the activity when a group of people read the parts of a play
- play through — to pass another foursome or group with their permission, while playing a round of golf
- playing card — one of the conventional set of 52 cards in four suits, as diamonds, hearts, spades, and clubs, used in playing various games of chance and skill.
- pneumography — the process of recording the movements of the thorax in respiration.
- polarography — Chemistry. the use of a Polarograph to perform qualitative or quantitative analyses.
- polygraphist — an instrument for receiving and recording simultaneously tracings of variations in certain body activities.
- prelingually — in a prelingual manner
- press agency — news-reporting organization
- primary gain — the removal of emotional conflict or relief of anxiety that is the immediate benefit of a defense mechanism or neurotic symptom.
- progymnasium — (in Europe) a school that prepares pupils for secondary education (the gymnasium)