12-letter words containing g, a, y, t, r
- microgravity — a condition, especially in space orbit, where the force of gravity is so weak that weightlessness results.
- mythographer — a person who collects or records myths in writing.
- naughty word — a word that is considered to be rude
- night prayer — the last of the seven canonical hours; compline
- nonmigratory — Not migratory; that does not migrate.
- obligatorily — required as a matter of obligation; mandatory: A reply is desirable but not obligatory.
- odontography — a treatise regarding the teeth
- orthogonally — Mathematics. Also, orthographic. pertaining to or involving right angles or perpendiculars: an orthogonal projection. (of a system of real functions) defined so that the integral of the product of any two different functions is zero. (of a system of complex functions) defined so that the integral of the product of a function times the complex conjugate of any other function equals zero. (of two vectors) having an inner product equal to zero. (of a linear transformation) defined so that the length of a vector under the transformation equals the length of the original vector. (of a square matrix) defined so that its product with its transpose results in the identity matrix.
- outrageously — In an outrageous manner; to an outrageous degree.
- palatography — a technique for observing the position of the tongue in relation to the palate during articulation, especially by placing powder or dye on the palate and then noting the area from which it has been removed by the contact of the tongue with the palate during the production of a speech sound.
- panty girdle — women's control pants
- paraguay tea — maté.
- parasitology — the branch of biology dealing with parasites and the effects of parasitism.
- pearly gates — the entrance to heaven.
- perinatology — a field of medicine focusing on problems emerging during the perinatal period.
- pharyngotomy — surgical incision into the pharynx
- physogastric — pertaining to the swollen, membranous abdomen of certain insects, especially termite and ant queens.
- phytographer — a botanist involved with plant description
- play through — to pass another foursome or group with their permission, while playing a round of golf
- polygraphist — an instrument for receiving and recording simultaneously tracings of variations in certain body activities.
- proteoglycan — a macromolecule composed of a polysaccharide joined to a polypeptide and forming the ground substance of connective tissue.
- pyromagnetic — (formerly) thermomagnetic (def 1).
- racing yacht — a yacht used in sailing races
- regenerately — in a regenerate manner
- rheumatology — the study and treatment of rheumatic diseases.
- right of way — a common law or statutory right granted to a vehicle, as an airplane or boat, to proceed ahead of another.
- roentgen ray — (sometimes lowercase) x-ray.
- rugby tackle — A rugby tackle is a way of making someone fall over by throwing your arms around their legs or hips.
- ruminatingly — in a ruminating manner
- saunteringly — in a sauntering manner
- scatteringly — in a scattering manner
- scintigraphy — the process of producing a scintigram.
- scratchingly — in a scratching manner, with a scratching action
- single-party — of or relating to a form of government in which only a single political party constitutes the government
- sorting yard — sorting tracks.
- spatiography — the study of the characteristics of space beyond the atmosphere, including the mapping of the movements of celestial bodies and the recording of electrical, magnetic, and gravitational effects, especially those likely to affect missiles and spacecraft.
- staggeringly — tending to stagger or overwhelm: a staggering amount of money required in the initial investment.
- starry night — a painting (1889) by Vincent van Gogh.
- stereography — the art of delineating the forms of solid bodies on a plane.
- straightaway — straight onward, without turn or curve, as a racecourse.
- straightways — in a direct course
- stratigraphy — a branch of geology dealing with the classification, nomenclature, correlation, and interpretation of stratified rocks.
- stringy-bark — any of several eucalyptus trees having a fibrous bark
- stylographic — of or relating to a stylograph.
- supergravity — a hypothetical symmetry among groups of particles containing fermions and bosons, especially in theories of gravity (supergravity) that unify electromagnetism, the weak force, and the strong force with gravity into a single unified force.
- technography — the description and study of the arts and sciences in their geographical and ethnic distribution and historical development.
- telergically — in a telergic manner
- thermography — a technique for imitating an embossed appearance, as on business cards, stationery, or the like, by dusting printed areas with a powder that adheres only to the wet ink, and fusing the ink and powder to the paper by heat.
- tidal energy — energy obtained by harnessing tidal power
- tragi-comedy — A tragi-comedy is a play or other written work that is both sad and amusing.