13-letter words containing a, y, n
- ferrocyanogen — a ferrocyanide radical
- ferry company — a company that operates a ferry or ferries
- flaminian way — an ancient Roman road extending N from Rome to what is now Rimini. 215 miles (345 km) long.
- fly fisherman — one who fishes by fly-casting
- flying boxcar — a large airplane designed to carry cargo.
- flying dragon — any of several arboreal lizards of the genus Draco, having an extensible membrane between the limbs along each side by means of which it makes long, gliding leaps.
- flying lizard — flying dragon.
- flying saucer — any of various disk-shaped objects allegedly seen flying at high speeds and altitudes, often with extreme changes in speed and direction, and thought by some to be manned by intelligent beings from outer space.
- flying tackle — a tackle made by hurling one's body through the air at the player carrying the ball.
- foundationary — the basis or groundwork of anything: the moral foundation of both society and religion.
- fragmentarily — consisting of or reduced to fragments; broken; disconnected; incomplete: fragmentary evidence; fragmentary remains.
- free and easy — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
- free enthalpy — a thermodynamic property of a system equal to the difference between its enthalpy and the product of its temperature and its entropy. It is usually measured in joules
- free-and-easy — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
- french pastry — fine, rich, or fancy dessert pastry, especially made from puff paste and filled with cream or fruit preparations.
- frighten away — cause sb/sth to run away
- frontal gyrus — any of several convolutions on the outer surface of the frontal lobe of the cerebrum.
- frustratingly — to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.
- funambulatory — relating to tightrope-walking
- functionality — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- fundamentally — serving as, or being an essential part of, a foundation or basis; basic; underlying: fundamental principles; the fundamental structure.
- galvanoplasty — electrotypy.
- galveston bay — an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico.
- gender binary — a classification system consisting of two genders, male and female.
- general synod — the governing body, under Parliament, of the Church of England, made up of the bishops and elected clerical and lay representatives
- genethlialogy — the science of calculating positions of the heavenly bodies on nativities.
- genitourinary — of or relating to the genital and urinary organs; urogenital.
- genotypically — With reference to a genotype.
- geostationary — of or relating to a satellite traveling in an orbit 22,300 miles (35,900 km) above the earth's equator: at this altitude, the satellite's period of rotation, 24 hours, matches the earth's and the satellite always remains in the same spot over the earth: geostationary orbit.
- germinability — the degree of ability of a seed to germinate or sprout.
- gerrymandered — Simple past tense and past participle of gerrymander.
- gerrymanderer — a person who gerrymanders
- ginger family — the plant family Zingiberaceae, characterized by tropical, often aromatic herbaceous plants having rhizomes, long sheathing leaves, and clusters of tubular flowers, and including cardamon, ginger, and turmeric.
- glyconic acid — gluconic acid.
- glycosylation — (chemistry, biochemistry) The reaction of a saccharide with a hydroxy or amino functional group to form a glycoside; especially the reaction with a protein or lipid to form a glycoprotein or glycolipid.
- gnu c library — (library) (glibc) The run-time library for the GNU C compiler, gcc, and others. glibc is the source code for libc.a. It is maintained separately from the compilers and is a superset of ANSI C and POSIX.1 and a large subset of POSIX.2. Mailing list: <[email protected]> (bugs).
- golden valley — a town in SE Minnesota.
- goodnaturedly — In a good-natured manner.
- governability — to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.
- granary bread — bread made from Granary flour
- grand drapery — a valance across the proscenium arch, forming part of the decorative frame for the stage.
- grand larceny — larceny in which the value of the goods taken is above a certain legally specified amount.
- grandfatherly — of or characteristic of a grandfather.
- grandmotherly — of or characteristic of a grandmother.
- gravity hinge — a hinge closing automatically by means of gravity.
- gray eminence — a person who wields unofficial power, especially through another person and often surreptitiously or privately.
- grease monkey — a mechanic, especially one who works on automobiles or airplanes.
- gross anatomy — the branch of anatomy that deals with structures that can be seen with the naked eye.
- groundhog day — February 2, in most parts of the U.S., the day on which, according to legend, the groundhog first emerges from hibernation. If it is a sunny day and the groundhog sees its shadow, six more weeks of wintry weather are predicted.
- group annuity — a plan in which the members of a group, usually employees of the same company, receive annuities upon retirement.