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13-letter words containing g, a, y

  • frustratingly — to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.
  • galactic year — the duration of a complete rotation of the Milky Way, approximately 200 million years.
  • gallop rhythm — an abnormal heart rhythm characterized by three clear sounds in each beat, resembling the sound of a horse's gallop.
  • galois theory — the branch of mathematics that deals with the application of the theory of finite groups to the solution of algebraic equations.
  • galvanoplasty — electrotypy.
  • galveston bay — an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico.
  • games library — a type of library for video games where games (usually downloaded via the internet) can be paid for per use rather than be bought at full price
  • gastrorrhaphy — The suture of a perforation of the stomach.
  • gender binary — a classification system consisting of two genders, male and female.
  • general synod — the governing body, under Parliament, of the Church of England, made up of the bishops and elected clerical and lay representatives
  • genethlialogy — the science of calculating positions of the heavenly bodies on nativities.
  • genitourinary — of or relating to the genital and urinary organs; urogenital.
  • genotypically — With reference to a genotype.
  • geochemically — In a geochemical manner.
  • geometrically — of or relating to geometry or to the principles of geometry.
  • geophysically — In a geophysical manner; in terms of geophysics.
  • geostationary — of or relating to a satellite traveling in an orbit 22,300 miles (35,900 km) above the earth's equator: at this altitude, the satellite's period of rotation, 24 hours, matches the earth's and the satellite always remains in the same spot over the earth: geostationary orbit.
  • germinability — the degree of ability of a seed to germinate or sprout.
  • gerrymandered — Simple past tense and past participle of gerrymander.
  • gerrymanderer — a person who gerrymanders
  • gesticulatory — Making a lot of gesticulations.
  • get away with — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
  • ginger family — the plant family Zingiberaceae, characterized by tropical, often aromatic herbaceous plants having rhizomes, long sheathing leaves, and clusters of tubular flowers, and including cardamon, ginger, and turmeric.
  • glove factory — a factory where gloves are made
  • glyceric acid — a colorless, syrupy liquid, C 3 H 6 O 4 , obtained by oxidizing glycerol.
  • glycolic acid — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 2 H 4 O 3 , that is a major substrate for photorespiration in plants: used chiefly for textile printing and dyeing and in pesticides.
  • glyconic acid — gluconic acid.
  • glycosylation — (chemistry, biochemistry) The reaction of a saccharide with a hydroxy or amino functional group to form a glycoside; especially the reaction with a protein or lipid to form a glycoprotein or glycolipid.
  • gnu c library — (library)   (glibc) The run-time library for the GNU C compiler, gcc, and others. glibc is the source code for libc.a. It is maintained separately from the compilers and is a superset of ANSI C and POSIX.1 and a large subset of POSIX.2. Mailing list: <[email protected]> (bugs).
  • go fly a kite — to move through the air using wings.
  • golden valley — a town in SE Minnesota.
  • good old days — past times viewed with nostalgia
  • goodheartedly — In a goodhearted manner.
  • goodnaturedly — In a good-natured manner.
  • governability — to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.
  • grammatically — of or relating to grammar: grammatical analysis.
  • granary bread — bread made from Granary flour
  • grand drapery — a valance across the proscenium arch, forming part of the decorative frame for the stage.
  • grand larceny — larceny in which the value of the goods taken is above a certain legally specified amount.
  • grandfatherly — of or characteristic of a grandfather.
  • grandmotherly — of or characteristic of a grandmother.
  • grape variety — type of grape
  • graphemically — In terms of or by means of graphemes.
  • gravity clock — a clock driven by its own weight as it descends a rack, cord, incline, etc.
  • gravity fault — a fault along an inclined plane in which the upper side or hanging wall appears to have moved downward with respect to the lower side or footwall (opposed to reverse fault).
  • gravity hinge — a hinge closing automatically by means of gravity.
  • gravity meter — gravimeter (def 2).
  • gravity scale — a scale giving the relative density of fluids
  • gray eminence — a person who wields unofficial power, especially through another person and often surreptitiously or privately.
  • gray squirrel — a common, grayish squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis, of eastern North America.
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