10-letter words containing e, l, o, g, y
- glyoxylate — a salt or ester of glyoxylic acid.
- glyoxysome — (biochemistry) Any of various specialized peroxisomes found in plants (particularly in the fat-storage tissues of germinating seeds) and also in filamentous fungi, serving to break down fatty acids and provide enzymes to produce intermediates for the synthesis of sugars by gluconeogenesis.
- glyphosate — a compound, C 3 H 8 NO 5 P, used to kill a wide range of weeds.
- gnoseology — The scientific or philosophical study of knowledge.
- go quietly — If someone does not go quietly, they do not leave a particular job or a place without complaining or resisting.
- goggle-eye — rock bass.
- goggleeyed — Alternative spelling of goggle-eyed.
- golden boy — a man or boy who is especially popular and successful
- goldeneyes — Plural form of goldeneye.
- 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.
- gorgeously — splendid or sumptuous in appearance, coloring, etc.; magnificent: a gorgeous gown; a gorgeous sunset.
- gormlessly — In a gormless manner.
- grievously — causing grief or great sorrow: grievous news.
- groundedly — in a grounded manner, or with good justification or reason
- gruesomely — In a gruesome manner.
- gynecology — the branch of medical science that deals with the health maintenance and diseases of women, especially of the reproductive organs. Abbreviation: GYN, gyn.
- gyneolatry — The adoration or worship of women.
- gypsophile — any plant living or thriving in soil containing gypsum.
- hematology — the study of the nature, function, and diseases of the blood and of blood-forming organs.
- heortology — the study of the history and significance of the feasts and seasons in the ecclesiastical calendar.
- hepatology — (medicine) The study or treatment of the liver, gallbladder, and pancreas.
- heterology — Biology. the lack of correspondence of apparently similar organic structures as the result of unlike origins of constituent parts.
- hieroglyph — Also, hieroglyphical. designating or pertaining to a pictographic script, particularly that of the ancient Egyptians, in which many of the symbols are conventionalized, recognizable pictures of the things represented.
- hypergolic — (especially of rocket-fuel propellant constituents) igniting spontaneously upon contact with a complementary substance.
- joey glass — a small tumbler of the 17th century; dram glass.
- keylogging — the practice of using a software program or hardware device (keylogger) to record all keystrokes on a computer keyboard, either overtly as a surveillance tool or covertly as spyware: Many employers are making use of keylogging to monitor their employees' computer habits.
- levogyrate — levorotatory
- lexicology — the study of the formation, meaning, and use of words and of idiomatic combinations of words.
- loganberry — the large, dark-red, acid fruit of a plant, Rubus ursinus loganobaccus.
- long jenny — an in-off up the cushion into a far pocket
- longsomely — lengthily, slowly, and tediously
- loweringly — In a lowering manner; with cloudiness or threatening gloom.
- lysigenous — caused by the breaking down of cells
- lysogenize — to make lysogenic.
- megalocyte — (physiology) A large, flattened corpuscle, twice the diameter of the ordinary red corpuscle, found in considerable numbers in the blood in profound anemia.
- meterology — Misspelling of meteorology.
- mineralogy — the science or study of minerals.
- myelogenic — produced in the bone marrow.
- myelograms — Plural form of myelogram.
- myriologue — An extemporaneous funeral song composed and sung by a woman on the death of a friend in modern Greece.
- mythologem — a basic theme, as of revenge, self-sacrifice, or betrayal, that is shared by cultures throughout the world.
- mythologer — A mythologist.
- neighborly — having or showing qualities befitting a neighbor; friendly.
- nematology — the branch of zoology dealing with nematodes.
- nephrology — the branch of medical science that deals with the kidney.
- numerology — the study of numbers, as the figures designating the year of one's birth, to determine their supposed influence on one's life, future, etc.
- obligately — In an obligate manner.
- oceanology — the practical application of oceanography.
- oneirology — The study that relates with dreams.
- overlaying — to lay or place (one thing) over or upon another.