13-letter words containing g, r, a, y
- inquiry agent — a private detective
- integrability — capable of being integrated, as a mathematical function or differential equation.
- integumentary — of, relating to, or like an integument.
- intermarrying — Present participle of intermarry.
- interrogatory — conveying or expressing a question; interrogative.
- intransigency — a person who refuses to agree or compromise, as in politics.
- investigatory — to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
- isoamyl group — the univalent group C 5 H 11 .
- key signature — (in notation) the group of sharps or flats placed after the clef to indicate the tonality of the music following.
- land registry — In Britain, a land registry is a government office where records are kept about each area of land in a country or region, including information about who owns it.
- landed gentry — land-owning class
- landing party — a component of a ship's company detached for special duty ashore.
- laryngectomee — someone who has had a laryngectomy
- laryngologist — A person who studies or specializes in laryngology; a subspeciality of otorhinolaryngology.
- laryngoscopes — Plural form of laryngoscope.
- laryngoscopic — Of or pertaining to laryngoscopy.
- laryngotomies — Plural form of laryngotomy.
- laser surgery — the surgical use of lasers.
- lasik surgery — laser surgery to correct short sight
- lauroyl group — the monovalent organic group C 12 H 23 O–, derived from lauric acid.
- legionary ant — army ant
- leigh-mallory — Sir Trafford Leigh [traf-erd lee] /ˈtræf ərd li/ (Show IPA), 1892–1944, British Air Force officer.
- lethargically — of, relating to, or affected with lethargy; drowsy; sluggish; apathetic.
- light railway — a transport system using small trains or trams, often serving parts of a large metropolitan area
- light therapy — therapeutic exposure to full-spectrum artificial light that simulates sunlight, used to treat various conditions, as seasonal affective disorder.
- logarithmancy — Divination using logarithms.
- lying-in ward — a room where women were confined in childbirth
- lymphographic — of or relating to lymphography
- lysergic acid — a crystalline solid, C 16 H 16 N 2 O 2 , obtained from ergot or synthesized: used in the synthesis of LSD.
- magisterially — In a magisterial manner; authoritatively.
- malonyl group — the bivalent group C 3 H 2 O 2 , derived from malonic acid.
- mammary gland — any of the compound accessory reproductive organs of female mammals that occur in pairs on the chest or ventral surface and contain milk-producing lobes with ducts that empty into an external nipple, becoming functional when young are born and secreting milk for the duration of suckling.
- marcus garvey — Marcus (Moziah) [moh-zahy-uh] /moʊˈzaɪ ə/ (Show IPA), 1887–1940, Jamaican black-rights activist in the U.S. (1916–27): advocated emigration of black Americans to Africa.
- martagon lily — Turk's-cap lily.
- martyrologies — Plural form of martyrology.
- matagorda bay — a bay in SE Texas, at the mouth of the Colorado River, separated from the Gulf of Mexico by the Matagorda Peninsula. About 50 miles (80 km) long.
- megacaryocyte — Alternative form of megakaryocyte.
- megakaryocyte — a large bone-marrow cell having a lobulate nucleus, regarded as the source of blood platelets.
- megasporocyte — a diploid cell in plants that undergoes meiosis to create four haploid megaspores.
- metallography — the study of the structure of metals and alloys by means of microscopy.
- molly maguire — Irish History. a member of a secret terrorist society organized in Ireland in 1843 to prevent evictions by the government: so called because the members disguised themselves as women.
- money-changer — a person whose business is the exchange of currency, usually of different countries, at a fixed or official rate.
- moneychangers — Plural form of moneychanger.
- morgan le fay — the fairy sister of King Arthur.
- multicategory — (mathematics) A generalization of the concept of category that allows morphisms of multiple arity.
- myocardiogram — the graphic record produced by a myocardiograph.
- myringoplasty — (surgery) The closure of the perforation of pars tensa of the tympanic membrane.
- mythographies — Plural form of mythography.
- nasopharynges — Plural form of nasopharynx.
- navy register — (in the US) an annual publication giving genealogical information about the commissioned and warrant officers in the US Navy.