12-letter words containing g, o, n, y
- sphygmophone — a device by which a pulse may be heard
- splenomegaly — enlargement of the spleen.
- spongillafly — spongefly.
- steady-going — steadfast; faithful; unchanging: steady-going service to the cause of justice.
- stereotyping — a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal.
- storytelling — the telling or writing of stories.
- strongylosis — a disease, especially of horses, caused by an infestation by strongyles and characterized in serious cases by weakness and anemia.
- supportingly — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- synecologist — a student of, or expert in, synecology
- technography — the description and study of the arts and sciences in their geographical and ethnic distribution and historical development.
- thaumatogeny — the belief that the origin of life was the result of a miracle
- touch-typing — the act of typing without having to look at the keys of the typewriter or computer keyboard
- toxigenicity — the quality of being toxigenic
- tragic irony — dramatic irony in tragic drama.
- transmogrify — to change in appearance or form, especially strangely or grotesquely; transform.
- trigonometry — the branch of mathematics that deals with the relations between the sides and angles of plane or spherical triangles, and the calculations based on them.
- typing error — an error made while using a keyboard to write something
- unbecomingly — detracting from one's appearance, character, or reputation; unattractive or unseemly: an unbecoming hat; unbecoming language.
- undoubtingly — in an undoubting manner
- unforgivably — in an unforgivable manner
- ungenerosity — the state of being ungenerous
- ungenerously — in an ungenerous manner
- ungraciously — in an ungracious manner
- ungroundedly — without basis
- unobligatory — required as a matter of obligation; mandatory: A reply is desirable but not obligatory.
- unoxygenated — not enriched with oxygen
- unvoyageable — not able to be sailed or otherwise journeyed over; untraversable; innavigable
- vinyasa yoga — a style of yoga in which breathing exercises are used to synchronize fluid transitions through a fixed sequence of poses
- whipping boy — a person who is made to bear the blame for another's mistake; scapegoat.
- yalong jiang — a river in central and S China, flowing S to the Yangtze River. 800 miles (1287 km) long.
- yellow-green — a color containing both yellow and green.
- yogic flying — a phenomenon of Transcendental Meditation in which the meditator jumps into the air while in the lotus position
- youghiogheny — a river flowing from NW Maryland through SW Pennsylvania into the Monongahela River. 135 miles (217 km) long.
- young fustic — fustet (def 2).
- youngberries — Plural form of youngberry.
- younger edda — either of two old Icelandic literary works, one a collection of poems on mythical and religious subjects (or) erroneously attributed to Saemund Sigfusson (c1055–1133), the other a collection of ancient Scandinavian myths and legends, rules and theories of versification, poems, etc. (or) compiled and written in part by Snorri Sturluson (1179–1241).
- younger hand — (in piquet and similar card games) the dealer
- younghusband — Sir Francis Edward. 1863–1942, British explorer, mainly of N India and Tibet. He used military force to compel the Dalai Lama to sign (1904) a trade agreement with Britain