13-letter words containing g, a, y, l
- plough monday — the first Monday after Epiphany, which in N and E England used to be celebrated with a procession of ploughmen drawing a plough from house to house
- plug and play — (sometimes lowercase) a standard for the production of compatible computers, peripherals, and software that facilitates device installation and enables automatic configuration of the system.
- plug and pray — (humour) The Windows 95 equivalent of the Macintosh's plug and play, referring to difficulties encountered when setting up new hardware under Windows 95.
- plug-and-play — Plug-and-play is used to describe computer equipment, for example a printer, that is ready to use immediately when you connect it to a computer.
- policy-making — Policy-making is the making of policies.
- polygalaceous — any plant of the genus Polygala, comprising the milkworts.
- polygamophile — a person who approves of or countenances polygamy, especially as practiced by others.
- polygonaceous — belonging to the Polygonaceae, the buckwheat family of plants.
- polysomnogram — a record of a person's sleep pattern, breathing, heart activity, and limb movements during sleep. Abbreviation: PSG.
- polythene bag — a bag made of polythene, esp one used to store or protect food or household articles
- pragmatically — of or relating to a practical point of view or practical considerations.
- prerogatively — by way of privilege or prerogative
- press gallery — a press section, especially in a legislative chamber.
- psychological — of or relating to psychology.
- pterylography — the description of the feather arrangement on birds
- railway guide — a publication containing routes and timetables for train journeys
- rally driving — the sport of taking part in motor rallies
- rayleigh disc — a small light disc suspended in the path of a sound wave, used to measure the intensity of the sound by analysing the resulting deflection of the disc
- rayleigh disk — a small circular disk, usually of mica, that is suspended from a fiber and tends to be deflected at right angles to a stream of air, indicating by its deflection the intensity of a sound wave.
- rayleigh wave — a wave along the surface of a solid, elastic body, especially along the surface of the earth.
- relief agency — an organization that provides aid for people in need, esp in disaster areas
- rheologically — in a rheological manner
- rhyming slang — a form of slang in which a rhyming word or phrase is substituted for the word intended, as Kate and Sidney for steak and kidney or khaki rocks for army socks.
- rotary plough — an implement with a series of blades mounted on a power-driven shaft, used to break up soil or weeds
- running belay — the clipping of the rope through a karabiner attached to a sling, piton, nut, etc, secured to the mountain: used by a leading climber of a team to reduce the length of a possible fall
- salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
- salpingostomy — the formation of an artificial opening into a Fallopian tube.
- sanctifyingly — in a sanctifying manner
- semilegendary — having some historical basis, but legendary in part
- serologically — as pertains to or with respect to serology; in a serological manner
- sexagesimally — into sixtieths
- shaking palsy — Parkinson's disease.
- significantly — important; of consequence.
- single-family — designed or suitable for one family of average size: single-family homes.
- space biology — exobiology.
- spiral galaxy — a galaxy having a spiral structure.
- splanchnology — the visceral system
- sporting lady — a prostitute.
- spring valley — a city in SW California, near San Diego.
- spurge family — the large plant family Euphorbiaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having milky juice, simple alternate leaves or no leaves, usually petalless flowers often with showy bracts, and capsular fruit, and including cassava, croton, crown-of-thorns, poinsettia, snow-on-the-mountain, spurge, and the plants that produce castor oil, rubber, and tung oil.
- squanderingly — in a squandering manner
- stalagmometry — measurement of drops of liquid using a staktometer
- stigmatically — in a stigmatic, villainous, or infamous manner
- strategically — pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of strategy: strategic movements.
- string player — a person who plays an instrument of the violin family.
- suffocatingly — to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
- syllogistical — relating to a syllogism
- symbolography — the writing of symbolic characters or tracing of symbolic figures
- synallagmatic — relating to a reciprocally binding contract
- syringomyelia — a disease of the spinal cord in which the nerve tissue is replaced by a cavity filled with fluid.