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11-letter words containing g, a, r, e, y

  • euryphagous — eating a wide variety of foods
  • expurgatory — Serving to expurgate.
  • fairy glove — purple foxglove.
  • fairy green — a medium yellow-green color.
  • falteringly — to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.
  • ferrography — the analysis of iron in lubricants in order to assess the extent of wear in a machine
  • flexography — a relief printing technique similar to letterpress that employs rubber or soft plastic plates, a simple inking system, and fast-drying inks.
  • fly gallery — a narrow platform at the side of a stage from which ropes are manipulated to raise or lower scenery, battens, etc.
  • flying mare — Wrestling. a method of attack in which a wrestler grasps the wrist of the opponent, turns in the opposite direction, and throws the opponent over the shoulder and down.
  • fragmentary — consisting of or reduced to fragments; broken; disconnected; incomplete: fragmentary evidence; fragmentary remains.
  • gallerygoer — a person who visits art galleries, especially often or regularly.
  • game theory — a mathematical theory that deals with strategies for maximizing gains and minimizing losses within prescribed constraints, as the rules of a card game: widely applied in the solution of various decision-making problems, as those of military strategy and business policy.
  • garden city — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
  • gastrectomy — partial or total excision of the stomach.
  • gate theory — a theory proposing that neural stimulation beyond a certain threshold level, as by application of an electric current, can overwhelm the ability of the nerve center to sense pain.
  • gay-feather — any of several composite plants of the genus Liatris, especially L. spicata or L. scariosa, having hairy leaves and long clusters of purplish flowers.
  • generically — of, applicable to, or referring to all the members of a genus, class, group, or kind; general.
  • geostrategy — The strategic use of geopolitics.
  • gerrymander — U.S. Politics. the dividing of a state, county, etc., into election districts so as to give one political party a majority in many districts while concentrating the voting strength of the other party into as few districts as possible.
  • getaway car — an automobile used by criminals in order to leave the scene of a crime quickly
  • gimcrackery — cheap, showy, useless trifles, ornaments, trinkets, etc.
  • glacier bay — a national park in SE Alaska, made up of large tidewater glaciers. 4381 sq. mi. (11,347 sq. km).
  • glory years — very great praise, honor, or distinction bestowed by common consent; renown: to win glory on the field of battle.
  • glycerinate — to impregnate with glycerin.
  • gracelessly — In a graceless manner.
  • grandiosely — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
  • granulocyte — a circulating white blood cell having prominent granules in the cytoplasm and a nucleus of two or more lobes.
  • grape jelly — a preserve made from sugar and grapes
  • grapefruity — Resembling or characteristic of grapefruit.
  • grass style — a style of Japanese calligraphy and sumi-e painting, characterized chiefly by free or loose brush strokes.
  • gravity-fed — the supplying of fuel, materials, etc., by force of gravity.
  • gray market — a market operating within the law but charging prices substantially below list prices or those fixed by an official agency.
  • gray matter — Anatomy. nerve tissue, especially of the brain and spinal cord, that contains fibers and nerve cell bodies and is dark reddish-gray. Compare white matter.
  • gray mullet — mullet1 (def 1).
  • gray-headed — having gray hair.
  • 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
  • green party — a liberal political party especially in Germany focusing on environmental issues.
  • grey market — Grey market goods are bought unofficially and then sold to customers at lower prices than usual.
  • grey matter — You can refer to your intelligence or your brains as grey matter.
  • grey-haired — having grey hair
  • grey-headed — having gray hair.
  • gullywasher — a usually short, heavy rainstorm.
  • gynecocracy — gynarchy.
  • harpy eagle — a large, powerful eagle, Harpia harpyja, of tropical America: an endangered species.
  • heliography — The scientific study of the sun.
  • heyagashira — (sumo) the rikishi of highest rank in a particular heya.
  • hierography — a treatise on religion or sacred things
  • hybernating — Present participle of hybernate.
  • hydragogues — Plural form of hydragogue.
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