12-letter words containing g, i, d, y, a
- gourd family — the plant family Cucurbitaceae, characterized by tendril-bearing vines, either trailing or climbing and having alternate, palmately lobed leaves, often large yellow or greenish flowers, and many-seeded, fleshy fruit with a hard rind, and including the cucumber, gourd, melon, pumpkin, and squash.
- gradeability — a measure of a truck's pulling power expressed as the steepest grade the truck can climb with a full load.
- graft hybrid — a hybrid plant that is produced by grafting and that exhibits characters of both the stock and the scion.
- gravity feed — the supplying of fuel, materials, etc., by force of gravity.
- gravity wind — a light wind directed downslope, occurring at night because of the cooling and densification of the air near the ground.
- gray catbird — any of several American or Australian birds having catlike cries, especially Dumetella carolinensis (gray catbird) of North America.
- grindability — to wear, smooth, or sharpen by abrasion or friction; whet: to grind a lens.
- hedge laying — the art or practice of making or maintaining a hedge by cutting branches partway through, laying them horizontally, and pegging them in position in order to create a strong thick hedge
- high and dry — having a great or considerable extent or reach upward or vertically; lofty; tall: a high wall.
- highly rated — generally considered to be of high quality
- highway code — In Britain, the Highway Code is an official book published by the Department of Transport, which contains the rules which tell people how to use public roads safely.
- hydrargyrism — mercurialism.
- hydrographic — the science of the measurement, description, and mapping of the surface waters of the earth, with special reference to their use for navigation.
- hydrological — the science dealing with the occurrence, circulation, distribution, and properties of the waters of the earth and its atmosphere.
- hydroplaning — a seaplane.
- hypogonadism — diminished hormonal or reproductive functioning in the testes or the ovaries.
- leading lady — an actress who plays the principal female role in a motion picture or play.
- meanderingly — In a meandering or winding manner.
- ming dynasty — the imperial dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644
- misleadingly — In a misleading manner.
- non-decaying — to become decomposed; rot: vegetation that was decaying.
- oligodactyly — The presence of fewer than the usual number of fingers or toes.
- panty girdle — women's control pants
- play reading — the activity when a group of people read the parts of a play
- playing card — one of the conventional set of 52 cards in four suits, as diamonds, hearts, spades, and clubs, used in playing various games of chance and skill.
- plead guilty — defendant: declare guilt
- pyramidology — a belief system based on the supposed occult significance of the Egyptian pyramids
- radio galaxy — a galaxy that emits much more strongly in the radio part of the spectrum than does a typical galaxy.
- radiobiology — the branch of biology dealing with the effects of radiation on living matter.
- radioecology — the branch of ecology concerned with the effects of radioactivity on the environment
- sandy blight — trachoma.
- sedge family — the plant family Cyperaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, often found in wet areas, having solid stems, narrow, grasslike leaves with closed sheaths, spikes of very small flowers set in a scalelike bract, and a dry, flattened, convex fruit, and including the bulrush, chufa, cotton grass, papyrus, and umbrella plant.
- see daylight — the light of day: At the end of the tunnel they could see daylight.
- siderography — the art or technique of engraving on steel.
- sorting yard — sorting tracks.
- steady-going — steadfast; faithful; unchanging: steady-going service to the cause of justice.
- tidal energy — energy obtained by harnessing tidal power
- tragi-comedy — A tragi-comedy is a play or other written work that is both sad and amusing.
- undulatingly — in an undulating manner
- waitangi day — the national day of New Zealand (Feb 6), commemorating the signing of the Treaty of Waitangi (1840) by Māori chiefs and a representative of the British Government. The treaty provided the basis for the British annexation of New Zealand
- yin and yang — (in Chinese philosophy and religion) two principles, one negative, dark, and feminine (yin) and one positive, bright, and masculine (yang) whose interaction influences the destinies of creatures and things.