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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 deweyGeorge, 1837–1917, U.S. admiral: defeated Spanish fleet in Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War.
  • george meanyGeorge, 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.
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