10-letter words containing g, a, y
- gyrfalcons — Plural form of gyrfalcon.
- gyrostatic — the science that deals with the laws of rotating bodies.
- hackneying — Present participle of hackney.
- hagiocracy — government by a body of persons esteemed as holy.
- hagiolatry — the worship of saints.
- hairy frog — a W African frog, Astylosternus robustus, the males of which have glandular hairlike processes on the flanks
- hang heavy — to pass tediously; drag
- hangingfly — a small, long-legged scorpionfly of the family Bittacidae, resembling the crane fly but having four wings rather than two and hanging from leaves or twigs by the front or middle legs while using the hind legs to seize prey, mostly small flies.
- hatha yoga — (in Yoga) a method utilizing physical exercises to control the body and attain union of the self with the Supreme Being.
- hatha-yoga — (in Yoga) a method utilizing physical exercises to control the body and attain union of the self with the Supreme Being.
- haulageway — a passageway by which coal, ore, etc., is hauled to the surface from an underground mine.
- hauntingly — remaining in the consciousness; not quickly forgotten: haunting music; haunting memories.
- hematology — the study of the nature, function, and diseases of the blood and of blood-forming organs.
- hepatology — (medicine) The study or treatment of the liver, gallbladder, and pancreas.
- heterogamy — heterogamous state.
- hexagynian — (of a plant) having six pistils
- hexagynous — (of a plant) having six pistils
- highwayman — (formerly) a holdup man, especially one on horseback, who robbed travelers along a public road.
- highwaymen — Plural form of highwayman.
- hippophagy — the practice of eating horseflesh.
- holidaying — a day fixed by law or custom on which ordinary business is suspended in commemoration of some event or in honor of some person.
- holography — the process or technique of making holograms.
- holy grail — grail (def 1).
- holy grass — any of several fragrant grasses of the genus Hierochloë, especially H. odorata, the vanilla grass.
- homography — The state or quality of being spelt homographically; the state or quality of existing as homographs.
- horography — the art of constructing time-keeping instruments such as watches and clocks
- hu yaobang — 1915–89, Chinese Communist leader: general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party 1981–87.
- hy antigen — an antigen encoded by a gene on the Y (male) chromosome, active in the development of male structures.
- hyalograph — an instrument used in hyalography.
- hydragogue — causing the discharge of watery fluid, as from the bowels.
- hydrangeas — Plural form of hydrangea.
- hydrograph — a graph of the water level or rate of flow of a body of water as a function of time, showing the seasonal change.
- hyetograph — a map or chart showing the average rainfall for the localities represented.
- hygiaphone — a glass screen through which an employee may speak to members of the public, eg at a ticket office
- hygienical — conducive to good health; healthful; sanitary.
- hygrochasy — the opening of a fruit or flower caused by water or moisture
- hygrograph — a self-recording hygrometer.
- hypalgesia — decreased sensitivity to pain (opposed to hyperalgesia).
- hyperalgia — an exaggerated sense of pain (opposed to hypalgesia).
- hypergiant — (star) A star that is extremely massive and even more luminous than a supergiant.
- hypergraph — (mathematics) A generalization of a graph, in which edges can connect any number of vertices.
- hypnagogia — (medicine) A condition characterized by dreamlike auditory, visual, or tactile sensations when half-awake.
- hypnagogic — of or relating to drowsiness.
- hypnograph — an instrument that measures activities of the human body during sleep.
- hypogeusia — a disease characterized by a decreased ability to taste and, sometimes, to smell: associated with a zinc deficiency
- hypozeugma — the use of a succession of subjects with a single predicate.
- ideography — the use of ideograms.
- idiography — The study of individuals.
- ignorantly — lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned: an ignorant man.
- illegality — illegal condition or quality; unlawfulness.