8-letter words containing g, a, y
- gunlayer — a person who aims a ship's gun
- guyanese — an independent republic on the NE coast of South America: a former British protectorate; gained independence 1966; member of the Commonwealth of Nations. 82,978 sq. mi. (214,913 sq. km). Capital: Georgetown.
- gwyniads — Plural form of gwyniad.
- gyandzha — city in NC Azerbaijan, in Transcaucasia: pop. 282,000
- gymkhana — a field day held for equestrians, consisting of exhibitions of horsemanship and much pageantry.
- gymnasia — a plural of gymnasium2 .
- gymnasts — Plural form of gymnast.
- gymnical — Alternative form of gymnic.
- gynaeco- — relating to women; female
- gynandry — hermaphroditism.
- gynarchy — government by women.
- gynobase — an elevation of the receptacle of a flower, bearing the gynoecium.
- gynoecia — Plural form of gynoecium.
- gypseian — relating to gypsies
- gyrating — Present participle of gyrate.
- gyration — the act of gyrating; circular or spiral motion; revolution; rotation; whirling.
- gyratory — moving in a circle or spiral; gyrating.
- gyroidal — having a spiral arrangement.
- gyrostat — a modified gyroscope, consisting of a rotating wheel pivoted within a rigid case.
- hagberry — Prunus padus, a species of cherry native to northern Europe and northern Asia, the bird cherry.
- haringey — a borough of Greater London, England.
- harrying — to harass, annoy, or prove a nuisance to by or as if by repeated attacks; worry: He was harried by constant doubts.
- hengyang — a city in E central Hunan province, in E China.
- hexalogy — A set of six works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as six individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
- high day — a holy or festal day.
- highways — Plural form of highway.
- hogmanay — the eve of New Year's Day.
- hologamy — a type of reproduction in which the gametes are like ordinary cells in form and size, as is found in some algae and protozoa
- homogamy — the state of being homogamous.
- hyalogen — any of several insoluble substances found in many animal structures such as cartilage which yield sugars on hydrolysis structures
- hypalgia — reduced sensitivity to pain
- hypogamy — Act or practice of seeking a spouse of lower socioeconomic status, or caste status than oneself.
- hypogeal — underground; subterranean.
- hypogean — Existing or growing underground.
- idealogy — Misspelling of ideology.
- inlaying — Present participle of inlay.
- jaggedly — having ragged notches, points, or teeth; zigzag: the jagged edge of a saw; a jagged wound.
- jagghery — Alternative spelling of jaggery.
- kaliyuga — the fourth and present age of the world, full of conflict and sin.
- kayaking — an Eskimo canoe with a skin cover on a light framework, made watertight by flexible closure around the waist of the occupant and propelled with a double-bladed paddle.
- kilogray — one thousand grays
- kweiyang — Guiyang.
- kymogram — the graphic record produced by a diagnostic kymograph.
- ladybugs — Plural form of ladybug.
- lallygag — to spend time idly; loaf.
- lancegay — a lance used in medieval times
- lang lay — a wire rope in which the lays of the strands and of their component wires are the same.
- langsyne — long since; long ago.
- larynges — Anatomy. a muscular and cartilaginous structure lined with mucous membrane at the upper part of the trachea in humans, in which the vocal cords are located.
- laryngo- — indicating the larynx