11-letter words containing g, a, y
- epoxylignan — (organic compound) Any compound having a structure based on an epoxylignane.
- ergatocracy — Government by the workers.
- eschatology — The part of theology concerned with death, judgment, and the final destiny of the soul and of humankind.
- ethnography — The scientific description of the customs of individual peoples and cultures.
- eugenically — In a eugenic manner.
- euryphagous — eating a wide variety of foods
- expurgatory — Serving to expurgate.
- eyecatching — Alternative spelling of eye-catching.
- fairy glove — purple foxglove.
- fairy green — a medium yellow-green color.
- falteringly — to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.
- fancy goods — small decorative gifts; knick-knacks
- fatiguingly — In a fatiguing manner.
- ferrography — the analysis of iron in lubricants in order to assess the extent of wear in a machine
- filmography — a collection of writings about motion pictures, especially detailed essays dealing with specific films.
- flauntingly — In a flaunting manner.
- flexography — a relief printing technique similar to letterpress that employs rubber or soft plastic plates, a simple inking system, and fast-drying inks.
- fly gallery — a narrow platform at the side of a stage from which ropes are manipulated to raise or lower scenery, battens, etc.
- flying boat — a seaplane whose main body is a hull adapted for floating.
- flying head — a read/write head supported on a thin cushion of air over a rotating magnetic disk.
- flying mare — Wrestling. a method of attack in which a wrestler grasps the wrist of the opponent, turns in the opposite direction, and throws the opponent over the shoulder and down.
- fragmentary — consisting of or reduced to fragments; broken; disconnected; incomplete: fragmentary evidence; fragmentary remains.
- gallerygoer — a person who visits art galleries, especially often or regularly.
- galley-west — Informal. into a state of unconsciousness, confusion, or disarray (usually used in the phrase to knock galley-west).
- gallimaufry — a hodgepodge; jumble; confused medley.
- gamble away — lose through gambling
- game theory — a mathematical theory that deals with strategies for maximizing gains and minimizing losses within prescribed constraints, as the rules of a card game: widely applied in the solution of various decision-making problems, as those of military strategy and business policy.
- gametically — in a gametic manner
- gametocytes — Plural form of gametocyte.
- gametophyte — the sexual form of a plant in the alternation of generations.
- gamma decay — type of radioactivity in which an unstable atomic nucleus dissipates energy by gamma emission, producing gamma rays.
- gangliocyte — (biology) A ganglion cell.
- garden city — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- garrulously — In a garrulous manner.
- gastrectomy — partial or total excision of the stomach.
- gastrodynia — (pathology) gastralgia (stomach pain).
- gastromancy — a form of divination by interpreting words and sounds seeming to come from the stomach
- gastropathy — (pathology) Any disease of the stomach.
- gastroscopy — the examination with a gastroscope to detect disease.
- gastrosophy — the science or art of good eating
- gastrostomy — the construction of an artificial opening from the stomach through the abdominal wall, permitting intake of food or drainage of gastric contents.
- gate theory — a theory proposing that neural stimulation beyond a certain threshold level, as by application of an electric current, can overwhelm the ability of the nerve center to sense pain.
- gay gordons — an energetic old-time dance
- gay-feather — any of several composite plants of the genus Liatris, especially L. spicata or L. scariosa, having hairy leaves and long clusters of purplish flowers.
- geitonogamy — pollination of a flower by pollen from another flower on the same plant.
- generically — of, applicable to, or referring to all the members of a genus, class, group, or kind; general.
- genetically — Biology. pertaining or according to genetics.
- genioplasty — Mentoplasty.
- genotypical — the genetic makeup of an organism or group of organisms with reference to a single trait, set of traits, or an entire complex of traits.
- gentlemanly — like, befitting, or characteristic of a gentleman.