9-letter words containing g, a, y
- gamma ray — a photon of penetrating electromagnetic radiation (gamma radiation) emitted from an atomic nucleus.
- garbology — the study of the material discarded by a society to learn what it reveals about social or cultural patterns.
- gargoyled — (of a building) Having gargoyles carved into it.
- gargoyles — Plural form of gargoyle.
- garlandry — a collection of garlands
- garnishry — an adornment or decoration
- garrulity — the quality of being garrulous; talkativeness; loquacity.
- garryowen — (rugby union) A high short punt onto or behind the defending team.
- gasifying — Present participle of gasify.
- gasometry — the measurement of gases.
- gay power — the organized political influence exerted by homosexuals as a group, especially to ensure equal rights in employment, housing, etc.
- gaycation — a holiday specifically designed for the gay market
- geminally — in a geminal manner
- genealogy — a record or account of the ancestry and descent of a person, family, group, etc.
- generalcy — the office or tenure of a general.
- generally — usually; commonly; ordinarily: He generally comes home at noon.
- geniality — warmly and pleasantly cheerful; cordial: a genial disposition; a genial host.
- genically — by a genic process
- genitally — Concerning the genitals.
- geobotany — phytogeography.
- geography — the science dealing with the areal differentiation of the earth's surface, as shown in the character, arrangement, and interrelations over the world of such elements as climate, elevation, soil, vegetation, population, land use, industries, or states, and of the unit areas formed by the complex of these individual elements.
- germanely — In a manner that is germane, relevantly.
- get ready — the state or condition of being ready.
- gigabytes — Plural form of gigabyte.
- gigacycle — one billion cycles. Abbreviation: Gc.
- gigmanity — the state or quality of being a gigman
- give away — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- giveaways — Plural form of giveaway.
- glace bay — a town in E Nova Scotia, in SE Canada, on E Cape Breton Island on the Atlantic Ocean.
- glacially — of or relating to glaciers or ice sheets.
- glaringly — shining with or reflecting a harshly bright or brilliant light.
- glass eye — artificial eye.
- glass tty — /glas T-T-Y/ or /glas ti'tee/ A terminal that has a display screen but which, because of hardware or software limitations, behaves like a teletype or some other printing terminal, thereby combining the disadvantages of both: like a printing terminal, it can't do fancy display hacks, and like a display terminal, it doesn't produce hard copy. An example is the early "dumb" version of Lear-Siegler ADM 3 (without cursor control). See tube, tty; compare dumb terminal, smart terminal. See "TV Typewriters" for an interesting true story about a glass tty.
- glengarry — a Scottish cap with straight sides, a crease along the top, and sometimes short ribbon streamers at the back, worn by Highlanders as part of military dress.
- glory-pea — either of two trailing plants, Clianthus formosus or C. puniceus, of Australia and New Zealand, having showy red flowers.
- glycaemia — the presence of glucose in the blood.
- glycaemic — Alternative spelling of glycemic.
- glycation — (biochemistry) non-enzymatic reaction of a sugar and an amine group of a protein to form a glycoprotein.
- glycolate — a salt or ester of glycolic acid.
- gnawingly — In a manner that chafes or worries.
- go astray — person: deviate from correct or good way
- go steady — firmly placed or fixed; stable in position or equilibrium: a steady ladder.
- goadingly — So as to goad or incite.
- goatishly — In a goatish way.
- golomynka — an oily fish found only in Lake Baikal
- gonyaulax — any marine dinoflagellate of the genus Gonyaulax, sometimes occurring in great numbers and causing red tide.
- goody bag — A goody bag is a bag of little gifts, often given away by manufacturers in order to encourage people to try their products.
- goose bay — an air base in S central Labrador, in Newfoundland, in E Canada, on the great circle route between New York and London: used as a fuel stop by some transatlantic airplanes.
- gossamery — a fine, filmy cobweb seen on grass or bushes or floating in the air in calm weather, especially in autumn.
- gracility — The state of being gracefully slender.