17-letter words containing g, r, a, y, i
- emergency landing — an occasion when a place is forced to land: for example, because of a mechanical fault, bad weather, terrorism, etc.
- emergency rations — food and drink that is designated for use in an emergency: for example, in a famine, after a plane crash, when hill-walkers or mountaineers are stranded, etc.
- epicycloidal gear — a gear of an epicyclic train
- farming community — a community where farming is the main industry
- ferrimagnetically — In a ferrimagnetic manner.
- floating currency — a currency that is free to fluctuate against other currencies in accordance with market forces
- floating dry dock — a dock that floats and can be lowered in the water for the entrance of a ship, and then raised for use as a dry dock
- foreign secretary — foreign minister.
- free-body diagram — A free-body diagram is a diagram of a structure in which all supports are replaced by forces.
- garlic mayonnaise — mayonnaise flavoured with garlic
- general paralysis — a syphilitic brain disorder characterized by chronic inflammation and degeneration of cerebral tissue resulting in mental and physical deterioration.
- geological survey — U.S. Government. a division of the Department of the Interior, created in 1879, that studies the nation's water and mineral resources, makes topographic surveys, and classifies and leases public lands.
- glastonbury chair — a folding chair having legs crossed front-to-back and having arms connected to the back and to the front seat rail.
- gnu privacy guard —
- great grey shrike — the bird Lanius excubitor
- great rift valley — a series of rift valleys running from N to S, from the Jordan Valley in SW Asia to Mozambique in SE Africa.
- have a roving eye — to show a widespread amorous interest in the opposite sex
- heritage industry — an industry that manages the historical sites, buildings, and museums in a particular place, with the aim of encouraging tourism
- highways engineer — a civil engineer trained and specialized in the planning, construction, maintenance, etc of highways and roads
- hippocampal gyrus — a convolution on the inner surface of the temporal lobe of the cerebrum, bordering the hippocampus.
- hyaline cartilage — the typical, translucent form of cartilage, containing little fibrous tissue.
- hydrogasification — a high-temperature, high-pressure process for producing liquid or gaseous fuels from fine particles of coal and hydrogen gas
- hyperpigmentation — coloration, especially of the skin.
- hypophrygian mode — a plagal church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from B to B, with the final on E.
- i beg your pardon — You say 'Pardon?' or 'I beg your pardon?' or, in American English, 'Pardon me?' when you want someone to repeat what they have just said because you have not heard or understood it.
- ideogrammatically — In terms of, or by means of, ideograms.
- in broad daylight — openly, in full public view
- irrigation system — a system of supplying (land) with water by means of artificial canals, ditches, etc, esp to promote the growth of food crops
- italian greyhound — one of an Italian breed of toy dogs resembling a greyhound.
- lexicographically — the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries.
- literacy campaign — a campaign designed to reduce illiteracy and promote literacy in a country, area, etc
- lithostratigraphy — the study or character of stratified rocks based solely on their physical and petrographic features.
- lymphangiographic — Relating to lymphangiography.
- lyon king of arms — the chief herald of Scotland
- malagasy republic — former name of Madagascar.
- malay archipelago — an extensive island group in the Indian and Pacific oceans, SE of Asia, including the Greater and Lesser Sunda Islands, the Moluccas, and the Philippines.
- marais des cygnes — a river in E central Kansas and W Missouri, flowing SE to the Osage River. 150 miles (241 km) long.
- marriage ceremony — official part of a wedding
- marriage equality — the state of having the same rights and responsibilities of marriage as others, regardless of one's sexual orientation or gender identity.
- mercantile agency — commercial agency.
- microbiologically — With regard to microbiology.
- micropaleontology — the branch of paleontology dealing with the study of microscopic fossils.
- midmorning prayer — the third of the seven canonical hours; terce
- military governor — the military officer in command of a military government.
- military training — drilling in army discipline and techniques
- molecular biology — the branch of biology that deals with the nature of biological phenomena at the molecular level through the study of DNA and RNA, proteins, and other macromolecules involved in genetic information and cell function, characteristically making use of advanced tools and techniques of separation, manipulation, imaging, and analysis.
- motorcycle racing — sport: competing on motorcycles
- myasthenia gravis — a disease of impaired transmission of motor nerve impulses, characterized by episodic muscle weakness and easy fatigability, especially of the face, tongue, neck, and respiratory muscles: caused by autoimmune destruction of acetylcholine receptors. Abbreviation: MG.
- naked singularity — an infinitely dense point mass without a surrounding black hole
- negative polarity — the grammatical character of a word or phrase, such as ever or any, that may normally be used only in a semantically or syntactically negative or interrogative context