14-letter words containing e, l, o, g, y
- eugeosynclinal — of or relating to a eugeosyncline
- eulogistically — In the form or manner of a eulogy; with praise.
- faculty lounge — a staffroom
- flying officer — an officer holding commissioned rank senior to a pilot officer but junior to a flight lieutenant in the British and certain other air forces
- folk etymology — a modification of a linguistic form according either to a falsely assumed etymology, as Welsh rarebit from Welsh rabbit, or to a historically irrelevant analogy, as bridegroom from bridegome.
- foreign policy — a policy pursued by a nation in its dealings with other nations, designed to achieve national objectives.
- funnily enough — You use funnily enough to indicate that, although something is surprising, it is true or really happened.
- gallery forest — a narrow strip of woods or forest along the banks of a watercourse flowing through open country.
- galvanocautery — a cautery heated by a galvanic current.
- galvanotherapy — treatment employing electric current.
- ganglionectomy — the excision of a ganglion.
- gascoyne-cecil — Robert Arthur Talbot [tawl-buh t] /ˈtɔl bət/ (Show IPA), 3rd Marquis of Salisbury, Salisbury (def 1).
- gay liberation — a political and social movement to combat legal and social discrimination against homosexuals.
- genealogically — Using genealogical methods.
- generationally — the entire body of individuals born and living at about the same time: the postwar generation.
- geocentrically — In a geocentric manner.
- geognostically — with reference to a knowledge of the structure of the earth
- geographically — of or relating to geography.
- geohydrologist — a person who studies geohydrology
- geopolitically — According to geopolitics.
- glycaemic load — an index indicating the amount of carbohydrate contained in a specified serving of a particular food. It is calculated by multiplying the food's glycaemic index by its carbohydrate content in grams and then dividing by 100
- glyceryl group — the trivalent group (C 3 H 5)− 3 , derived from glycerol.
- glycogenolysis — (biochemistry) The production of glucose-1-phosphate by splitting a glucose monomer from glycogen using inorganic phosphate.
- glycogenolytic — Of, pertaining to, or capable of glycogenolysis, the catabolism of glycogen.
- go all the way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- golden goodbye — A golden goodbye is the same as a golden handshake.
- governmentally — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
- grand ole opry — a successful radio show from Nashville, Tenn., first broadcast on Nov. 28, 1925, noted for its playing of and continuing importance to country music.
- graveyard slot — the hours from late night until early morning when the number of people watching television is at its lowest
- great doxology — Gloria in Excelsis Deo.
- great gray owl — a large, dish-faced, gray owl, Strix nebulosa, of northern North America and western Eurasia, having streaked and barred plumage.
- groote eylandt — an island in the Gulf of Carpentaria off the coast of NE Australia. 950 sq. mi. (2461 sq. km).
- group velocity — the velocity of finite numbers of waves undergoing simple harmonic motion, equal to the phase velocity when it does not vary with the wavelengths of the waves. The group velocity of the set of waves produced in water when a stone is dropped is less than the velocity of the individual waves.
- gymslip mother — a girl of school age who has become a mother
- gynaecological — Alternative spelling of gynecological.
- gyrostabiliser — (British spelling) Alternative form of gyrostabilizer.
- gyrostabilized — stabilized by means of a gyrostabilizer.
- gyrostabilizer — a device for stabilizing a seagoing vessel by counteracting its rolling motion from side to side, consisting essentially of a rotating gyroscope weighing about 1 percent of the displacement of the vessel.
- h.g.j. moseley — Henry Gwyn Jeffreys [gwin] /gwɪn/ (Show IPA), 1887–1915, English physicist: pioneer in x-ray spectroscopy.
- heterologously — In a heterologous manner.
- hieroglyphical — Hieroglyphic: related to or resembling hieroglyphs.
- horace greeley — Horace, 1811–72, U.S. journalist, editor, and political leader.
- hydrogenolysis — decomposition of a compound resulting from its interaction with hydrogen.
- hypergolically — in a hypergolic manner
- hypoallergenic — designed to reduce or minimize the possibility of an allergic response, as by containing relatively few or no potentially irritating substances: hypoallergenic cosmetics.
- iatrogenically — In an iatrogenic manner.
- in one's glory — at one's best, happiest, etc.
- jelly doughnut — a raised doughnut filled with jelly or jam and sometimes sprinkled with powdered sugar.
- laryngectomies — Plural form of laryngectomy.
- laryngoscopies — Plural form of laryngoscopy.