11-letter words containing g, e, r, y
- garden city — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- gastrectomy — partial or total excision of the stomach.
- 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-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.
- generically — of, applicable to, or referring to all the members of a genus, class, group, or kind; general.
- gentrifying — Present participle of gentrify.
- geostrategy — The strategic use of geopolitics.
- germ theory — Pathology. the theory that infectious diseases are due to the agency of germs or microorganisms.
- germylidene — (chemistry) the germanium analogues of carbenes, R2Ge':'.
- gerontology — the branch of science that deals with aging and the problems of aged persons.
- gerrymander — U.S. Politics. the dividing of a state, county, etc., into election districts so as to give one political party a majority in many districts while concentrating the voting strength of the other party into as few districts as possible.
- getaway car — an automobile used by criminals in order to leave the scene of a crime quickly
- gibberingly — While gibbering; with wild, incoherent speech.
- gillyflower — Archaic. any of several fragrant flowers of the genus Dianthus, as the carnation or clove pink.
- gimcrackery — cheap, showy, useless trifles, ornaments, trinkets, etc.
- ginger lily — any of various plants belonging to the genus Hedychium, of the ginger family, native to Asia, especially the white ginger, H. coronarium, having white, fragrant flowers.
- glacier bay — a national park in SE Alaska, made up of large tidewater glaciers. 4381 sq. mi. (11,347 sq. km).
- glory years — very great praise, honor, or distinction bestowed by common consent; renown: to win glory on the field of battle.
- glycerinate — to impregnate with glycerin.
- goldenberry — the Cape gooseberry
- gomme syrup — simple syrup.
- gooney bird — any of several albatrosses, especially the black-footed albatross and the Laysan albatross, occurring on islands in the Pacific Ocean, often near naval bases.
- gopherberry — bush huckleberry.
- governmenty — pompous.
- gracelessly — In a graceless manner.
- grandiosely — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
- granulocyte — a circulating white blood cell having prominent granules in the cytoplasm and a nucleus of two or more lobes.
- grape jelly — a preserve made from sugar and grapes
- grapefruity — Resembling or characteristic of grapefruit.
- grass style — a style of Japanese calligraphy and sumi-e painting, characterized chiefly by free or loose brush strokes.
- gravity-fed — the supplying of fuel, materials, etc., by force of gravity.
- gray market — a market operating within the law but charging prices substantially below list prices or those fixed by an official agency.
- gray matter — Anatomy. nerve tissue, especially of the brain and spinal cord, that contains fibers and nerve cell bodies and is dark reddish-gray. Compare white matter.
- gray mullet — mullet1 (def 1).
- gray-headed — having gray hair.
- greasy pole — a pole covered with grease to make it slippery and difficult to climb, often used as entertainment
- greasy wool — untreated wool, still retaining the lanolin, which is used for waterproof clothing
- greedy guts — a glutton
- green bytes — (jargon) (Or "green words") Meta-information embedded in a file, such as the length of the file or its name; as opposed to keeping such information in a separate description file or record. By extension, the non-data bits in any self-describing format. "A GIF file contains, among other things, green bytes describing the packing method for the image". At a meeting of the SHARE Systems Division, November 22, 1964, in Washington, DC, George Mealy of IBM described the new block tape format for FORTRAN in which unformatted binary records had a Control Word. George used green chalk to describe it. No one liked the contents of the Green Word (not information, wrong location, etc.) so Conrad Weisert and Channing Jackson made badges saying "Stamp out Green Words". This was the first computer badge. Compare out-of-band, zigamorph, fence.
- green party — a liberal political party especially in Germany focusing on environmental issues.
- gregory iii — Saint, died a.d. 741, pope 731–741.
- gregory vii — Saint (Hildebrand) c1020–85, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1073–85.
- gregory xii — (Angelo Correr, Corrario or Corraro) c1327–1417, Italian ecclesiastic: installed as pope in 1406 and resigned office in 1415.
- gregory xiv — (Niccolò Sfandrati) 1535–91, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1590–91.
- gregory xvi — (Bartolommeo Alberto Cappellari) 1765–1846, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1831–46.
- grey import — an imported vehicle that does not have an exact model equivalent in the receiving country
- grey knight — an ambiguous intervener in a takeover battle, who makes a counterbid for the shares of the target company without having made his intentions clear
- grey market — Grey market goods are bought unofficially and then sold to customers at lower prices than usual.
- grey matter — You can refer to your intelligence or your brains as grey matter.
- grey mullet — any teleost food fish of the family Mugilidae, mostly occurring in coastal regions, having a spindle-shaped body and a broad fleshy mouth