12-letter words containing g, a, y, o
- inauguratory — Inaugural; being the first instance.
- karyomapping — a technique for determining whether an embryo has inherited a genetic defect by analysing DNA taken from it and its close relatives
- kinetography — a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.
- kolyma range — a mountain range in NE Russia, in NE Siberia, extending about 1100 km (700 miles) between the Kolyma River and the Sea of Okhotsk. Highest peak: 1862 m (6109 ft)
- languorously — characterized by languor; languid.
- laryngectomy — excision of part or all of the larynx.
- laryngophone — A type of contact microphone that absorbs vibrations directly from the wearer's throat.
- laryngophony — the sound of the voice as heard through a stethoscope placed on the throat directly over the larynx
- laryngoscope — a rigid or flexible endoscope passed through the mouth and equipped with a source of light and magnification, for examining and performing local diagnostic and surgical procedures on the larynx.
- laryngoscopy — an examination by means of a laryngoscope.
- laryngospasm — An uncontrolled, spasmodic closure of the larynx.
- lay siege to — attack
- legal memory — a period of time, now usually established by statute, during which custom, conduct, or a state of affairs must have existed or continued in order for it to have taken on the force of law or to establish a legal right or title not otherwise provable.
- lexicography — the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries.
- lipoxygenase — (enzyme) Any of a class of enzymes that catalyse the oxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids.
- logistically — of or relating to logistics.
- lognormality — the condition of having a natural logarithm with normal distribution
- lollygagging — lallygag.
- long gallery — a large gallery, found especially in the uppermost stories of Elizabethan and Jacobean manor houses, used as a family room and as a promenade.
- long-playing — of or relating to microgroove records devised to be played at 33 1/3 revolutions per minute.
- longboat key — a narrow barrier island in the Gulf of Mexico, SW of Florida, sheltering Sarasota Bay: sports fishing.
- longyearbyen — a village on Spitsbergen island, administrative centre of the Svalbard archipelago: coal-mining
- lymphangioma — a benign tumor composed of dilated and newly formed lymph vessels.
- lymphography — lymphangiography.
- magnetometry — (physics) The measurement of magnetic fields (strength and direction etc).
- magnotherapy — Any of several alternative medicine therapies using magnetism.
- magyarorszag — Hungarian name of Hungary.
- microgravity — a condition, especially in space orbit, where the force of gravity is so weak that weightlessness results.
- moneychanger — a person whose business is the exchange of currency, usually of different countries, at a fixed or official rate.
- monkey gland — the testicle of an ape or monkey, said to have a revitalizing effect on humans when administered by grafting or adding the essence to the bloodstream
- monogamously — In a monogamous manner.
- moralizingly — In a moralizing fashion.
- morphography — the scientific description of an external form
- myoneuralgia — myalgia.
- myrmecophage — (biology) Anteaters, and other animals chiefly feeding on ants.
- myrmecophagy — Ant-eating.
- mystagogical — someone who instructs others before initiation into religious mysteries or before participation in the sacraments.
- mythographer — a person who collects or records myths in writing.
- mythological — of or relating to mythology.
- naughty word — a word that is considered to be rude
- nephrography — Diagnostic imaging of the kidneys.
- non-decaying — to become decomposed; rot: vegetation that was decaying.
- nonmigratory — Not migratory; that does not migrate.
- obligatorily — required as a matter of obligation; mandatory: A reply is desirable but not obligatory.
- oceanography — the branch of physical geography dealing with the ocean.
- odontography — a treatise regarding the teeth
- oleaginously — In an oleaginous manner.
- oligodactyly — The presence of fewer than the usual number of fingers or toes.
- omega baryon — a negative baryon having a mass 3272 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of 8 X 10 -11 seconds.
- onomasiology — the study of the means of expressing a given concept.