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12-letter words containing g, o, r, e, y

  • heterodyning — Present participle of heterodyne.
  • heterogamety — the condition or state of being heterogametic
  • heterography — spelling different from that in current use.
  • heterogynous — having females of two different kinds, one sexual and the other abortive or neuter, as ants.
  • heterozygote — a hybrid containing genes for two unlike forms of a characteristic, and therefore not breeding true to type.
  • heterozygous — having dissimilar pairs of genes for any hereditary characteristic.
  • hieroglyphic — Also, hieroglyphical. designating or pertaining to a pictographic script, particularly that of the ancient Egyptians, in which many of the symbols are conventionalized, recognizable pictures of the things represented.
  • high polymer — a polymer composed of a large number of monomers.
  • honey badger — ratel.
  • hydroecology — The study of support systems in wetlands such as the interactions between water and wildlife habitats.
  • hydrogen ion — ionized hydrogen of the form H + , found in aqueous solutions of all acids.
  • hydrogenated — to combine or treat with hydrogen, especially to add hydrogen to the molecule of (an unsaturated organic compound).
  • hydrogenates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hydrogenate.
  • hydrogenized — Simple past tense and past participle of hydrogenize.
  • hydrogeology — the science dealing with the occurrence and distribution of underground water.
  • hydrographer — the science of the measurement, description, and mapping of the surface waters of the earth, with special reference to their use for navigation.
  • hygrothermal — (physics) Of or pertaining to both humidity and temperature.
  • hyperlogical — reasoning in accordance with the principles of logic, as a person or the mind: logical thinking.
  • hypoallergic — Hypoallergenic.
  • hysterogenic — inducing hysteria.
  • incongruency — Incongruence.
  • inventorying — Present participle of inventory.
  • kinetography — a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.
  • kolyma range — a mountain range in NE Russia, in NE Siberia, extending about 1100 km (700 miles) between the Kolyma River and the Sea of Okhotsk. Highest peak: 1862 m (6109 ft)
  • kremlinology — the study of the government of the former Soviet Union, especially the study of those factors governing its foreign affairs.
  • laryngectomy — excision of part or all of the larynx.
  • laryngophone — A type of contact microphone that absorbs vibrations directly from the wearer's throat.
  • laryngoscope — a rigid or flexible endoscope passed through the mouth and equipped with a source of light and magnification, for examining and performing local diagnostic and surgical procedures on the larynx.
  • legal memory — a period of time, now usually established by statute, during which custom, conduct, or a state of affairs must have existed or continued in order for it to have taken on the force of law or to establish a legal right or title not otherwise provable.
  • lexicography — the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries.
  • live yoghurt — yoghurt that contains live bacteria
  • lloyd george — David, 1st Earl of Dwyfor [doo-vawr] /ˈdu vɔr/ (Show IPA), 1863–1945, British statesman: prime minister 1916–22.
  • long gallery — a large gallery, found especially in the uppermost stories of Elizabethan and Jacobean manor houses, used as a family room and as a promenade.
  • longyearbyen — a village on Spitsbergen island, administrative centre of the Svalbard archipelago: coal-mining
  • magnetometry — (physics) The measurement of magnetic fields (strength and direction etc).
  • magnotherapy — Any of several alternative medicine therapies using magnetism.
  • merrythought — the wishbone or furcula of a fowl.
  • methyl group — the univalent group CH 3 −, derived from methane.
  • microecology — the ecology of a microhabitat.
  • microsurgery — any of various surgical procedures performed under magnification and with small specialized instruments, permitting very delicate operations, as the reconnection of severed blood vessels and nerves.
  • moneychanger — a person whose business is the exchange of currency, usually of different countries, at a fixed or official rate.
  • moneygrubber — a person who is aggressively engaged in or preoccupied with making or saving money.
  • monohydrogen — relating to a molecule in which there is a single hydrogen ion for each combining ion
  • myoneuralgia — myalgia.
  • myringoscope — an instrument for examining the eardrum
  • myrmecophage — (biology) Anteaters, and other animals chiefly feeding on ants.
  • myrmecophagy — Ant-eating.
  • mythographer — a person who collects or records myths in writing.
  • mythologizer — One who, or that which, mythologizes.
  • nephrography — Diagnostic imaging of the kidneys.
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