10-letter words containing e, a, g, l, y
- glyphosate — a compound, C 3 H 8 NO 5 P, used to kill a wide range of weeds.
- goliardery — one of a class of wandering scholar-poets in Germany, France, and England, chiefly in the 12th and 13th centuries, noted as the authors of satirical Latin verse written in celebration of conviviality, sensual pleasures, etc.
- gracefully — characterized by elegance or beauty of form, manner, movement, or speech; elegant: a graceful dancer; a graceful reply.
- gratefully — warmly or deeply appreciative of kindness or benefits received; thankful: I am grateful to you for your help.
- gray scale — a scale of achromatic colors having several, usually ten, equal gradations ranging from white to black, used in television and photography.
- gray whale — a grayish-black whalebone whale, Eschrichtius robustus, of the North Pacific, growing to a length of 50 feet (15.2 meters): now rare.
- gray-scale — (spelling) US spelling of "grey-scale".
- grey alder — a variety of alder (Alnus incana) with grey bark, common in temperate areas of the northern hemisphere
- grey whale — a large N Pacific whalebone whale, Eschrichtius glaucus, that is grey or black with white spots and patches: family Eschrichtidae
- grey-scale — (graphics) (US "gray-scale") 1. Composed of (discrete) shades of grey. If the pixels of a grey-scale image have N bits, they may take values from zero, representing black up to 2^N-1, representing white with intermediate values representing increasingly light shades of grey. If N=1 the image is not called grey-scale but could be called monochrome. 2. A range of acurately known shades of grey printed out for use in calibrating those shades on a display or printer.
- gyneolatry — The adoration or worship of women.
- haulageway — a passageway by which coal, ore, etc., is hauled to the surface from an underground mine.
- hematology — the study of the nature, function, and diseases of the blood and of blood-forming organs.
- hepatology — (medicine) The study or treatment of the liver, gallbladder, and pancreas.
- hygienical — conducive to good health; healthful; sanitary.
- hypalgesia — decreased sensitivity to pain (opposed to hyperalgesia).
- hyperalgia — an exaggerated sense of pain (opposed to hypalgesia).
- illegality — illegal condition or quality; unlawfulness.
- inelegancy — inelegance.
- integrally — of, relating to, or belonging as a part of the whole; constituent or component: integral parts.
- ivy league — a group of colleges and universities in the northeastern U.S., consisting of Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, Dartmouth, Cornell, the University of Pennsylvania, and Brown, having a reputation for high scholastic achievement and social prestige.
- jellygraph — a device that uses a plate of jelly to make copies of a sheet of writing, etc
- joey glass — a small tumbler of the 17th century; dram glass.
- ladyfinger — a small, finger-shaped sponge cake.
- laryngeals — Plural form of laryngeal.
- lay an egg — the roundish reproductive body produced by the female of certain animals, as birds and most reptiles, consisting of an ovum and its envelope of albumen, jelly, membranes, egg case, or shell, according to species.
- lay figure — a jointed model of the human body, usually of wood, from which artists work in the absence of a living model.
- legitimacy — the state or quality of being legitimate.
- lengthways — Lengthwise.
- levogyrate — levorotatory
- lexigraphy — (uncountable) The representation of words in writing.
- light year — Astronomy. the distance traversed by light in one mean solar year, about 5.88 trillion mi. (9.46 trillion km): used as a unit in measuring stellar distances. Abbreviation: lt-yr.
- light-year — Astronomy. the distance traversed by light in one mean solar year, about 5.88 trillion mi. (9.46 trillion km): used as a unit in measuring stellar distances. Abbreviation: lt-yr.
- loganberry — the large, dark-red, acid fruit of a plant, Rubus ursinus loganobaccus.
- lyme grass — type of perennial dune grass
- manageably — that can be managed; governable; tractable; contrivable.
- megacycles — Plural form of megacycle.
- megalocyte — (physiology) A large, flattened corpuscle, twice the diameter of the ordinary red corpuscle, found in considerable numbers in the blood in profound anemia.
- menacingly — something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat: Air pollution is a menace to health.
- metagalaxy — the complete system of galaxies; the Milky Way and all the surrounding galaxies.
- metallurgy — the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.
- minelaying — the activity of laying explosive mines
- mineralogy — the science or study of minerals.
- myelograms — Plural form of myelogram.
- negatively — expressing or containing negation or denial: a negative response to the question.
- nematology — the branch of zoology dealing with nematodes.
- obligately — In an obligate manner.
- oceanology — the practical application of oceanography.
- overlaying — to lay or place (one thing) over or upon another.
- palaeology — the study of prehistory