12-letter words containing a, g, r, y
- stereography — the art of delineating the forms of solid bodies on a plane.
- straightaway — straight onward, without turn or curve, as a racecourse.
- straightways — in a direct course
- stratigraphy — a branch of geology dealing with the classification, nomenclature, correlation, and interpretation of stratified rocks.
- stringy-bark — any of several eucalyptus trees having a fibrous bark
- stylographic — of or relating to a stylograph.
- supergravity — a hypothetical symmetry among groups of particles containing fermions and bosons, especially in theories of gravity (supergravity) that unify electromagnetism, the weak force, and the strong force with gravity into a single unified force.
- superhighway — a highway designed for travel at high speeds, having more than one lane for each direction of traffic, a safety strip dividing the two directions, and cloverleaves to route the traffic on and off the highway. Compare expressway.
- surpassingly — of a large amount or high degree; exceeding, excelling, or extraordinary: structures of surpassing magnificence.
- synergically — in a synergic manner
- syngman rhee — Syngman [sing-muh n] /ˈsɪŋ mən/ (Show IPA), 1875–1965, president of South Korea 1948–60.
- technography — the description and study of the arts and sciences in their geographical and ethnic distribution and historical development.
- telergically — in a telergic manner
- thermography — a technique for imitating an embossed appearance, as on business cards, stationery, or the like, by dusting printed areas with a powder that adheres only to the wet ink, and fusing the ink and powder to the paper by heat.
- tidal energy — energy obtained by harnessing tidal power
- tragi-comedy — A tragi-comedy is a play or other written work that is both sad and amusing.
- tragic irony — dramatic irony in tragic drama.
- transmogrify — to change in appearance or form, especially strangely or grotesquely; transform.
- traumatology — a branch of surgery dealing with major wounds caused by accidents or violence.
- treasury tag — a short piece of cord having metal ends one of which can be slotted inside the other: used for holding papers together or fastening them into a file
- trying plane — a plane with a long body for planing the edges of long boards
- typing paper — paper for typing on
- typographist — a person skilled in the art of typography
- unaspiringly — in an unambitious or unaspiring manner
- unforgivably — in an unforgivable manner
- ungracefully — in an ungraceful manner
- ungraciously — in an ungracious manner
- unobligatory — required as a matter of obligation; mandatory: A reply is desirable but not obligatory.
- unwaveringly — to sway to and fro; flutter: Foliage wavers in the breeze.
- unwearyingly — in an unwearying manner
- valley forge — a village in SE Pennsylvania: winter quarters of Washington's army 1777–78.
- varying hare — snowshoe hare.
- vintage year — the year of production of a vintage wine.
- wackyparsing — (Internet, slang) present participle of wackyparse.
- webliography — a list of electronic documents, websites, or other resources available on the World Wide Web, especially those relating to a particular subject: a student's annotated webliography on Shakespeare.
- west germany — a former republic in central Europe: created in 1949 by the coalescing of the British, French, and U.S. zones of occupied Germany established in 1945. 96,025 sq. mi. (248,706 sq. km). Capital: Bonn.
- yogurt-maker — a machine for making yogurt
- younger edda — either of two old Icelandic literary works, one a collection of poems on mythical and religious subjects (or) erroneously attributed to Saemund Sigfusson (c1055–1133), the other a collection of ancient Scandinavian myths and legends, rules and theories of versification, poems, etc. (or) compiled and written in part by Snorri Sturluson (1179–1241).
- younger hand — (in piquet and similar card games) the dealer
- yuri gagarin — Yuri Alekseyevich [yoo r-ee al-ik-sey-uh-vich;; Russian yoo-ryi uh-lyi-ksye-yi-vyich] /ˈyʊər i ˌæl ɪkˈseɪ ə vɪtʃ;; Russian ˈyu ryɪ ʌ lyɪˈksyɛ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1934–68, Russian astronaut: first human being to make an orbital space flight (1961).
- zero gravity — the condition in which the apparent effect of gravity is zero, as in the case of a body in free fall or in orbit.
- zoogeography — the science dealing with the geographical distribution of animals.