12-letter words containing g, o, r, e, y
- exaggeratory — Exaggerative.
- flagellatory — relating to flagellation
- food allergy — an allergy to a specific type of food
- forbearingly — In a forbearing manner.
- forebodingly — a prediction; portent.
- foreign body — object lodged where it does not belong
- foreseeingly — by way of foreseeing
- forgeability — (metallurgy) The quality or degree of being forgeable.
- forty-eighth — next after the forty-seventh; being the ordinal number for 48.
- fotheringhay — a village in NE Northamptonshire, in E England, near Peterborough: Mary, Queen of Scots, imprisoned here and executed 1587.
- galley proof — a proof, originally one set from type in a galley, taken before the material has been made up into pages and usually printed as a single column of type with wide margins for marking corrections.
- galvanometry — the method or process of determining the strength of electric currents.
- gauge theory — a type of theory of elementary particles designed to explain the strong, weak, and electromagnetic interactions in terms of exchange of virtual particles
- generation y — members of the generation of people born between the early 1980s and mid-1990s who are seen as being discerning consumers with a high disposable income
- geochemistry — the science dealing with the chemical changes in and the composition of the earth's crust.
- geohydrology — hydrogeology.
- george dewey — George, 1837–1917, U.S. admiral: defeated Spanish fleet in Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War.
- george meany — George, 1894–1980, U.S. labor leader: 3rd president of the AFL 1952–55; 1st president of the AFL-CIO 1955–79.
- georgian bay — the NE part of Lake Huron, in Ontario, Canada. 6000 sq. mi. (15,500 sq. km).
- geothermally — By geothermal means, especially by means of geothermal energy.
- gerontocracy — government by a council of elders.
- gillyflowers — Plural form of gillyflower.
- glycerolipid — (organic chemistry) Any lipid based on glycerol.
- glycerolysis — chemical decomposition resulting from the interaction of a compound and glycerol.
- glycoprotein — any of a group of complex proteins, as mucin, containing a carbohydrate combined with a simple protein.
- glyndebourne — an estate in SE England, in East Sussex: site of a famous annual festival of opera founded in 1934 by John Christie
- gold therapy — administration of gold salts as a treatment for disease, especially rheumatoid arthritis.
- golden syrup — treacle (def 2b).
- golden years — the years that follow retirement from work
- goldsmithery — the occupation of a goldsmith
- gollywobbler — a very large quadrilateral staysail set between the foremast and mainmast of a schooner.
- goofy-footer — a surfboard rider or snowboarder who stands with the right foot forward instead of the left foot forward
- granulocytes — Plural form of granulocyte.
- graph theory — the branch of mathematics dealing with linear graphs.
- grass hockey — field hockey.
- greasy spoon — a cheap and rather unsanitary restaurant.
- greek yogurt — a thick, creamy, protein-rich yogurt made by removing most of the liquid whey, as by centrifuge or straining.
- green monkey — a W African variety of a common guenon monkey, Cercopithecus aethiops, having greenish-brown fur and a dark face
- greengrocery — a greengrocer's shop.
- gregariously — fond of the company of others; sociable.
- gregory viii — (Alberto de MoraorAlberto di Morra) died 1187, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1187.
- gregory xiii — (Ugo Buoncompagni) 1502–85, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1572–85, educator and innovator of the modern calendar.
- groundlessly — In a groundless manner; without justification.
- group theory — the branch of mathematics that deals with the structure of mathematical groups and mappings between them.
- grovellingly — With grovelling or self-abasement; obsequiously.
- gynaecocracy — Alternative form of gynecocracy.
- gynantherous — having the stamens converted into pistils by the action of frost, disease, or insects.
- gyromagnetic — of or relating to the magnetic properties of a rotating charged particle.
- headstrongly — In a headstrong manner.
- hemorheology — The science of the rheological (especially flow) properties of the blood.