11-letter words containing a, y, o
- gossypiboma — (surgery) A gauze or surgical sponge left inside a patient's body during surgery.
- graminology — the branch of botany concerned with the study of grasses
- grandiosely — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
- grandiosity — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
- granny bond — (in Britain) an informal name for retirement issue certificate, an index-linked savings certificate, originally available only to people over retirement age
- granny knot — a reef knot with the ends crossed the wrong way, making it liable to slip or jam
- granulocyte — a circulating white blood cell having prominent granules in the cytoplasm and a nucleus of two or more lobes.
- gratulatory — (archaic) congratulatory.
- greasy pole — a pole covered with grease to make it slippery and difficult to climb, often used as entertainment
- greasy wool — untreated wool, still retaining the lanolin, which is used for waterproof clothing
- gustatorily — in a gustatory manner
- gymnanthous — achlamydeous.
- gymnophobia — An inordinate fear or hatred of being naked, and possibly nudity or nudists and naturists.
- gymnorhinal — (of a bird) having the nostrils exposed, not covered by feathers.
- gynaecology — Alternative form of gynecology.
- gynaecomast — a man who suffers from gynaecomastia
- gynecocracy — gynarchy.
- gynecopathy — any disease occurring only in women.
- gyrocompass — a navigational compass containing a gyroscope rotor, that, when adjusted for the latitude and speed of the vessel or aircraft, indicates the direction of true north along the surface of the earth or communicates this information to one or more gyro repeaters.
- gyrostatics — the science that deals with the laws of rotating bodies.
- haematology — (medicine) The scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs.
- haemocyanin — a blue copper-containing respiratory pigment in crustaceans and molluscs that functions as haemoglobin
- haemoptysis — (British spelling) alternative spelling of hemoptysis.
- hagiography — the writing and critical study of the lives of the saints; hagiology.
- half volley — tennis: returning ball after it bounces
- half-volley — (in tennis, racquets, etc.) a stroke in which the ball is hit the moment it bounces from the ground.
- haltom city — a city in N Texas, near Fort Worth.
- handyperson — a person who is practiced at doing maintenance work.
- haplography — the accidental omission of a letter or letter group that should be repeated in writing, as in Missippi for Mississippi.
- harrowingly — extremely disturbing or distressing; grievous: a harrowing experience.
- hazardously — In a hazardous manner.
- heavy going — a soft and muddy surface to race on
- hebdomadary — Roman Catholic Church. a member of a church or monastery appointed for one week to sing the chapter Mass and lead in the recitation of the breviary.
- hedonically — of, characterizing, or pertaining to pleasure: a hedonic thrill.
- heliography — The scientific study of the sun.
- hell to pay — serious consequences, as of a foolish action
- hematocryal — cold-blooded; poikilothermal.
- hematolysis — hemolysis.
- hematophagy — The practice, of some animals, of feeding on blood.
- hematophyte — a microorganism, as a bacterium, that lives in the blood.
- hematoxylin — a colorless or pale-yellow, crystalline compound, C 16 H 14 O 6 ·3H 2 O, the coloring material of logwood: used as a mordant dye and as an indicator.
- hemodynamic — the branch of physiology dealing with the forces involved in the circulation of the blood.
- hemotherapy — therapy by means of blood, serum, or plasma transfusion.
- henry fonda — Henry, 1905–82, U.S. actor.
- hepatectomy — excision of part of the liver.
- hepatocytes — Plural form of hepatocyte.
- hepatoscopy — medical examination of the liver.
- heptagynous — (of a flower) having seven pistils
- heterocarpy — the production of more than one kind of fruit in one plant.
- heterolayer — Any of a series of thin layers of different materials in a semiconductor (or similar) device.