11-letter words containing g, h, y
- hydrogenate — to combine or treat with hydrogen, especially to add hydrogen to the molecule of (an unsaturated organic compound).
- hydrogenize — hydrogenate.
- hydrogenous — of or containing hydrogen.
- hydrography — the science of the measurement, description, and mapping of the surface waters of the earth, with special reference to their use for navigation.
- hydrologist — the science dealing with the occurrence, circulation, distribution, and properties of the waters of the earth and its atmosphere.
- hydrolyzing — Present participle of hydrolyze.
- hyetography — the study of the annual and geographical distribution of rainfall.
- hygrographs — Plural form of hygrograph.
- hygrometers — Plural form of hygrometer.
- hygrometric — of or relating to the hygrometer or hygrometry.
- hygrophytes — Plural form of hygrophyte.
- hygroscopes — Plural form of hygroscope.
- hygroscopic — absorbing or attracting moisture from the air.
- hylogenesis — the formation or coming into being of matter
- hylophagous — xylophagous (def 1).
- hymnography — the craft of hymn composition
- hymnologist — A composer or compiler of hymns; one versed in hymnology.
- hypercharge — a quantum number assigned to baryons and mesons, equal to B + S, where B is the baryon number and S is the strangeness.
- hypergelast — Someone who laughs excessively.
- hypermiling — to improve fuel mileage in a motor vehicle, as by adopting certain driving techniques or making design alterations to the vehicle.
- hyperphagia — bulimia.
- hyperphagic — bulimia.
- hyphenating — Present participle of hyphenate.
- hypnogenous — characterized by the induction of hypnotic sleep
- hypnotising — Present participle of hypnotise.
- hypnotizing — Present participle of hypnotize.
- hypogastric — of, relating to, or situated in the hypogastrium.
- hypogenesis — underdevelopment of an organ or function, especially in the embryo.
- hypoglossal — situated under the tongue.
- hypoglottis — Anatomy. the underside of the tongue.
- hypogravity — The presence of an apparently decreased gravitational field (such as in an aircraft following a parabolic path).
- hypoid gear — a gear resembling a bevel gear in form but designed to mesh with a similar gear in such a way that their axes would not intersect, one axis crossing over the other at approximately a right angle.
- hypsography — a branch of geography that deals with the measurement and mapping of the topography of the earth above sea level.
- hysterology — (obsolete) A scientific study, or treatise on the uterus.
- hythergraph — a climatic graph showing relationships between temperature and humidity or temperature and precipitation.
- ichnography — the art of drawing a ground plan or layout of a building.
- ichthyology — the branch of zoology dealing with fishes.
- iconography — symbolic representation, especially the conventional meanings attached to an image or images.
- if anything — on the contrary
- judge lynch — the personification of lynch law.
- kymographic — Of or pertaining to a kymograph.
- laughworthy — worthy of being laughed at
- lichenology — the branch of biology that studies lichens.
- lightsomely — (archaic) In a lightsome manner.
- lithography — the art or process of producing a picture, writing, or the like, on a flat, specially prepared stone, with some greasy or oily substance, and of taking ink impressions from this as in ordinary printing.
- logotherapy — (psychotherapy) A therapy that involves finding the meaning of one's life.
- lymph gland — any of the glandlike masses of tissue in the lymphatic vessels containing cells that become lymphocytes.
- lymphangial — pertaining to the lymphatic vessels.
- macrography — examination or study of an object with the naked eye (opposed to micrography).
- mammography — x-ray photography of a breast, especially for detection of tumors.