12-letter words containing g, a, y
- demonography — a treatise on demons.
- deoxygenated — to remove oxygen from (a substance, as blood or water).
- deregulatory — Of or pertaining to deregulation.
- derogatively — lessening; belittling; derogatory.
- derogatorily — tending to lessen the merit or reputation of a person or thing; disparaging; depreciatory: a derogatory remark.
- desolatingly — in a way that desolates, in a desolating fashion
- despairingly — given to despair or hopelessness.
- dextrogyrate — having dextrorotation
- dialectology — the study of dialects and dialectal variations
- dialogically — in a dialogic manner
- disagreeably — In a disagreeable manner.
- distraughtly — distracted; deeply agitated.
- dodecagynian — (of a plant) having eleven or twelve pistils
- dodecagynous — (of a plant) having eleven or twelve pistils
- doggy paddle — a swimming stroke in which the swimmer lies on his or her front, paddles his or her hands in imitation of a swimming dog, and beats his or her legs up and down
- dogmatically — relating to or of the nature of a dogma or dogmas or any strong set of principles concerning faith, morals, etc., as those laid down by a church; doctrinal: We hear dogmatic arguments from both sides of the political spectrum.
- dragonslayer — One who slays a dragon.
- drug holiday — a brief period during which a patient stops taking a prescribed medication, especially an antidepressant, to recover some normal functions, reduce side effects, or maintain sensitivity to the drug.
- dry gangrene — death of tissue owing to arterial obstruction without subsequent bacterial decomposition and putrefaction.
- dry tortugas — a group of eight coral islands at the entrance to the Gulf of Mexico: part of Florida
- dry-cleaning — Dry-cleaning is the action or work of dry-cleaning things such as clothes.
- drying agent — A drying agent is used in an absorption column (= a tall vessel) to remove water from fractions.
- dual highway — divided highway.
- duty manager — A duty manager is a person who is in charge at a particular time.
- dvapara yuga — the third of the Yugas, not as good as the Treta Yuga but better than the Kali Yuga.
- dysregulated — Simple past tense and past participle of dysregulate.
- early blight — a disease of plants characterized by leaf spotting, defoliation, and stunted growth, caused by any of several fungi, as Alternaria solani or Cercospora apii.
- east germany — a former country in central Europe: created in 1949 from the Soviet zone of occupied Germany established in 1945: reunited with West Germany in 1990. 41,827 sq. mi. (108,333 sq. km). Capital: East Berlin.
- ecologically — the branch of biology dealing with the relations and interactions between organisms and their environment, including other organisms.
- ectypography — a form of etching or engraving in which the design is produced in relief
- egoistically — In an egoistic manner.
- egyptian mau — a breed of medium-sized cat with a spotted coat of medium length
- enchantingly — In an enchanting manner.
- energy-smart — using electrical power in an efficient or economical way
- entrancingly — In an entrancing manner.
- entreatingly — In an entreating manner.
- epoxylignane — (organic chemistry) Any lignane in which the two \u03b3-carbon atoms of the side chains are linked via an oxygen atom to form a tetrahydrofuran ring.
- erciyas daği — an extinct volcano in central Turkey. Height 3916 m (12 848 ft)
- erciyes daği — an extinct volcano in central Turkey. Height 3916 m (12 848 ft)
- esophagotomy — (surgery) The operation of making an incision into the esophagus for the purpose of removing an obstruction.
- etymological — (not comparable) Of or relating to etymology.
- exaggeratory — Exaggerative.
- exhaustingly — In an exhausting manner.
- extralegally — In an extralegal manner; outside the law.
- extravagancy — (archaic, 17-19th centuries) The characteristic of being extravagant.
- eye-catching — Something that is eye-catching is very noticeable.
- eye-watering — painful or extremely unpleasant
- fairy lights — Fairy lights are small, coloured electric lights that are hung up as decorations, for example on a Christmas tree.
- fancy diving — diving competition from a springboard into water, the contestants being judged chiefly by their grace and control in executing a specified series of dives in a prescribed manner.
- faraday cage — an enclosure constructed of grounded wire mesh or parallel wires that shields sensitive electrical instruments from electrostatic interference.