12-letter words containing g, l, y, d
- hydrologists — Plural form of hydrologist.
- hydroplaning — a seaplane.
- indigenously — originating in and characteristic of a particular region or country; native (often followed by to): the plants indigenous to Canada; the indigenous peoples of southern Africa.
- judgmentally — involving the use or exercise of judgment.
- leading lady — an actress who plays the principal female role in a motion picture or play.
- lifting body — an aircraft or spacecraft configuration in which there are no wings, and lift is obtained by aerodynamic forces on its body.
- light comedy — a play or film which deals with its subject matter in an amusing and lighthearted way
- lloyd george — David, 1st Earl of Dwyfor [doo-vawr] /ˈdu vɔr/ (Show IPA), 1863–1945, British statesman: prime minister 1916–22.
- longwindedly — Alternative spelling of long-windedly.
- luxury goods — expensive non-essential items
- meanderingly — In a meandering or winding manner.
- misleadingly — In a misleading manner.
- moneylending — The action of lending money.
- monkey gland — the testicle of an ape or monkey, said to have a revitalizing effect on humans when administered by grafting or adding the essence to the bloodstream
- mythologized — Simple past tense and past participle of mythologize.
- newfangledly — in a newfangled manner
- non-yielding — inclined to give in; submissive; compliant: a timid, yielding man.
- oligodactyly — The presence of fewer than the usual number of fingers or toes.
- panty girdle — women's control pants
- paradoxology — a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
- 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
- pretendingly — falsely
- prodigiously — extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc.: a prodigious research grant.
- pygmy glider — a gliding marsupial, Acrobates pygmaeus, of Australia, growing to about the size of a mouse and having a featherlike tail.
- 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
- regardlessly — having or showing no regard; heedless; unmindful (often followed by of).
- resoundingly — making an echoing sound: a resounding thud.
- reynoldsburg — a town in central Ohio.
- 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.
- self-denying — the sacrifice of one's own desires; unselfishness.
- skullduggery — skulduggery.
- succeedingly — being that which follows; subsequent; ensuing: laws to benefit succeeding generations.
- thiodiglycol — C4H10O2S, a yellowish viscous liquid used as a solvent
- thymus gland — a ductless, butterfly-shaped gland lying at the base of the neck, formed mostly of lymphatic tissue and aiding in the production of T cells of the immune system: after puberty, the lymphatic tissue gradually degenerates.
- tidal energy — energy obtained by harnessing tidal power
- triglyceride — an ester obtained from glycerol by the esterification of three hydroxyl groups with fatty acids, naturally occurring in animal and vegetable tissues: an important energy source forming much of the fat stored by the body.
- troglodytism — the condition of being a troglodyte
- underlyingly — in an underlying manner
- undesignedly — in an undesigned manner
- undoubtingly — in an undoubting manner
- undulatingly — in an undulating manner
- ungroundedly — without basis
- unyieldingly — unable to bend or be penetrated under pressure; hard: trees so unyielding that they broke in the harsh north winds.