8-letter words containing g, a, y, o
- faggotry — (pejorative, slang) The quality of being a faggot (homosexual).
- foraying — a quick raid, usually for the purpose of taking plunder: Vikings made a foray on the port.
- galloway — a historic region in SW Scotland.
- game boy — a handheld games console, made by the company Nintendo, which was popular in the 1990s
- gardyloo — (Scotland, obsolete) Used by servants in medieval Scotland to warn passers-by of waste about to be thrown from a window into the street below. The term was still in use as late the 1930s and 1940s, when many people had no indoor toilets.
- gargoyle — a grotesquely carved figure of a human or animal.
- gayomart — the first Aryan and the sixth creation of Ahura Mazda.
- gealousy — Obsolete form of jealousy.
- geocarpy — the ripening of fruits below ground, as occurs in the peanut
- geolatry — the worship of the earth
- geomancy — divination by geographic features or by figures or lines.
- geophagy — the practice of eating earthy matter, especially clay or chalk, as in famine-stricken areas.
- glamoury — (obsolete) magic.
- globally — pertaining to the whole world; worldwide; universal: the dream of global peace.
- glossary — a list of terms in a special subject, field, or area of usage, with accompanying definitions.
- good day — day spent well
- goodyear — Charles, 1800–60, U.S. inventor: developer of the process of vulcanizing rubber.
- gray fox — a fox, Urocyon cinereoargenteus, ranging from Central America through the southwestern and eastern U.S., having blackish-gray upper parts and rusty-yellowish feet, legs, and ears.
- guaynabo — a city in N Puerto Rico, SE of Bayamón.
- gynaeco- — relating to women; female
- gynobase — an elevation of the receptacle of a flower, bearing the gynoecium.
- gynoecia — Plural form of gynoecium.
- gyration — the act of gyrating; circular or spiral motion; revolution; rotation; whirling.
- gyratory — moving in a circle or spiral; gyrating.
- gyroidal — having a spiral arrangement.
- gyrostat — a modified gyroscope, consisting of a rotating wheel pivoted within a rigid case.
- hexalogy — A set of six works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as six individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
- hogmanay — the eve of New Year's Day.
- hologamy — a type of reproduction in which the gametes are like ordinary cells in form and size, as is found in some algae and protozoa
- homogamy — the state of being homogamous.
- hyalogen — any of several insoluble substances found in many animal structures such as cartilage which yield sugars on hydrolysis structures
- hypogamy — Act or practice of seeking a spouse of lower socioeconomic status, or caste status than oneself.
- hypogeal — underground; subterranean.
- hypogean — Existing or growing underground.
- idealogy — Misspelling of ideology.
- kilogray — one thousand grays
- kymogram — the graphic record produced by a diagnostic kymograph.
- laryngo- — indicating the larynx
- liaoyang — Pinyin, Wade-Giles. a city in central Liaoning province, in NE China.
- lollygag — lallygag.
- long-day — requiring a long photoperiod in order to flower.
- longways — longwise.
- mahogany — any of several tropical American trees of the genus Swietenia, especially S. mahagoni and S. macrophylla, yielding hard, reddish-brown wood used for making furniture.
- mazology — (obsolete) mammalogy.
- misogamy — hatred of marriage.
- moneybag — a bag for money.
- monogamy — marriage with only one person at a time. Compare bigamy, polygamy.
- myograph — an instrument for recording the contractions and relaxations of muscles.
- nasology — the scientific study of noses.
- negatory — marked by negation; denying; negative.