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12-letter words containing a, n, y

  • glossy snake — a nocturnal burrowing snake, Arizona elegans, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico, having smooth, glistening scales of tan with brown blotches.
  • glycerinated — to impregnate with glycerin.
  • golden years — the years that follow retirement from work
  • grand canary — one of the Canary Islands, in the central part. 650 sq. mi. (1685 sq. km). Capital: Las Palmas.
  • grand canyon — a gorge of the Colorado River in N Arizona. over 200 miles (320 km) long; 1 mile (1.6 km) deep.
  • grand cayman — the largest of the Cayman Islands, West Indies. 76 sq. mi. (197 sq. km).
  • granite city — a city in SW Illinois, near St. Louis, Missouri.
  • granny dress — a loose-fitting, ankle-length dress, usually with long sleeves and a high collar and sometimes having flounces, ruffles, or lace trimming.
  • granny smith — a variety of crisp, green-skinned apple, for eating raw or for cooking.
  • granny woman — midwife (def 1).
  • granulocytes — Plural form of granulocyte.
  • granulocytic — Of, or pertaining to, granulocytes.
  • gratifyingly — In a manner that gratifies.
  • gravity wind — a light wind directed downslope, occurring at night because of the cooling and densification of the air near the ground.
  • gray panther — a member of an organized group of elderly people seeking to secure or protect their rights by collective action.
  • gray snapper — a snapper, Lutjanus griseus, of shallow waters off the coast of Florida, having a grayish-green body with a brown spot on each scale.
  • grayanotoxin — a toxin found in the nectar of some species of rhododendron and other plants of the family Ericaceae and in food made from their nectar, as unpasteurized honey, poisonous to humans and animals.
  • graybar land — (jargon)   The place you go while you're staring at a computer that's processing something very slowly (while you watch the grey bar creep across the screen). "I was in graybar land for hours, waiting for that CAD rendering".
  • grayson kirk — Grayson (Louis) 1903–1997, U.S. educator: president of Columbia University 1953–68.
  • greasy spoon — a cheap and rather unsanitary restaurant.
  • great sunday — Easter Sunday.
  • grey gurnard — a species of scorpionfish, Eutriglia gurnardus
  • grey panther — a member of the generation of affluent older consumers, who regard themselves as young, active, and sociable
  • grindability — to wear, smooth, or sharpen by abrasion or friction; whet: to grind a lens.
  • gymnocarpous — (of a fungus or lichen) having the apothecium open and attached to the surface of the thallus.
  • gynaecocracy — Alternative form of gynecocracy.
  • gynantherous — having the stamens converted into pistils by the action of frost, disease, or insects.
  • gynecomastia — abnormal enlargement of the breast in a male.
  • gyromagnetic — of or relating to the magnetic properties of a rotating charged particle.
  • haematoxylin — Alternative spelling of hematoxylin.
  • haematoxylon — any thorny leguminous tree of the genus Haematoxylon, esp the logwood, of tropical America and SW Africa. The heartwood yields the dye haematoxylin
  • haemodynamic — Alternative spelling of hemodynamic.
  • halcyon days — period regarded with nostalgia
  • half-century — a period of 100 years.
  • half-monthly — pertaining to a month, or to each month.
  • halfway line — a line across a sports field, such as a football pitch, that divides the playing area into two equal areas and is equidistant between the two goals
  • handypersons — Plural form of handyperson.
  • hangchow bay — a bay of the East China Sea.
  • hangtown fry — a type of omelet to which fried oysters, bacon, and sometimes onions are added.
  • hansa yellow — a pigment derived from coal tar, characterized chiefly by its brilliant yellow color.
  • hard done by — If you feel hard done by, you feel that you have not been treated fairly.
  • hardy annual — a plant that can withstand freezing temperatures and which completes its life cycle within a year
  • harmonically — pertaining to harmony, as distinguished from melody and rhythm.
  • harmoniously — marked by agreement in feeling, attitude, or action: a harmonious group.
  • have company — If you have company, you have a visitor or friend with you.
  • have pity on — to have sympathy or show mercy for
  • headstrongly — In a headstrong manner.
  • hearteningly — In a heartening way; cheeringly.
  • heavy oxygen — either of the two stable isotopes of oxygen having mass numbers of 17 and 18.
  • heavy-handed — oppressive; harsh: a heavy-handed master.
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