15-letter words containing g, r, i, t, y
- malacopterygian — belonging or pertaining to the Malacopterygii (Malacopteri), a group of soft-finned, teleost fishes.
- marriageability — The condition of being marriageable.
- maternity grant — (in the British National Insurance scheme) a flat-rate benefit for pregnant women on low incomes
- metallurgically — the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.
- metric topology — a topology for a space in which open sets are defined in terms of a given metric.
- microangiopathy — any disease of the small blood vessels.
- microgametocyte — a gametocyte that produces microgametes
- microtechnology — technology that uses microelectronics
- microtopography — microrelief.
- montgomeryshire — a historic county in Powys, in central Wales.
- moreton bay fig — a large Australian fig tree, Ficus macrophylla, having glossy leaves and smooth bark
- mouthwateringly — In a mouthwatering manner.
- moving stairway — escalator (def 1).
- nasopharyngitis — (medicine) An inflammation of the nasal passages, and of the upper pharynx.
- neurotoxicology — the science that deals with the effects of poisons on the nervous system.
- oligodendrocyte — A glial cell similar to an astrocyte but with fewer protuberances, concerned with the production of myelin in the central nervous system.
- operating cycle — the period of time between starting a business and making a profit
- ordinary rating — a rank in the Royal Navy comparable to that of a private in the army
- petty bourgeois — petit bourgeois
- picture gallery — place where art is exhibited and sold
- pituitary gland — a small, somewhat cherry-shaped double structure attached by a stalk to the base of the brain and constituting the master endocrine gland affecting all hormonal functions in the body, consisting of an anterior region ((anterior pituitary) or (adenohypophysis)) that develops embryonically from the roof of the mouth and that secretes growth hormone, LH, FSH, ACTH, TSH, and MSH, a posterior region ((posterior pituitary) or (neurohypophysis)) that develops from the back of the forebrain and that secretes the hormones vasopressin and oxytocin, and an intermediate part (pars intermedia) derived from the anterior region but joined to the posterior region, that secretes the hormone MSH in lower vertebrates.
- plastic surgery — the branch of surgery dealing with the repair or replacement of malformed, injured, or lost organs or tissues of the body, chiefly by the transplant of living tissues.
- poultry farming — breeding and keeping fowl
- primary storage — main memory
- programmability — capable of being programmed.
- property rights — a legal right to or in a particular property.
- psychogeriatric — the psychology of old age.
- quantum gravity — a theory of the gravitational interaction that involves quantum mechanics to explain the force
- radioautography — autoradiography.
- radiogoniometry — the science of detecting the direction of radio waves
- radiotechnology — the technical application of any form of radiation to industry.
- radiotelegraphy — the constructing or operating of radiotelegraphs.
- reality testing — the objective evaluation of situations, defective in certain psychoses, that enable one to distinguish between the external and the internal worlds and between the self and the nonself.
- rechargeability — (of a storage battery) capable of being charged repeatedly. Compare cordless (def 2).
- recognizability — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- recycling plant — a factory for processing used or abandoned materials
- registry office — a government office and depository in which records and civil registers are kept and civil marriages performed.
- regulatory risk — a risk to which private companies are subject, arising from the possibility of legislation or regulations that will affect business being adopted by a government
- remonstratingly — in an remonstrating or dissenting manner
- rhyming couplet — a pair of lines in poetry that rhyme and usually have the same rhythm
- right of asylum — the right of alien fugitives to protection or nonextradition in a country or its embassy.
- right-hand buoy — a distinctive buoy marking the side of a channel regarded as the right, or starboard, side.
- ringtail monkey — a Central and South American monkey, Cebus capucinus, having a prehensile tail and hair on the head resembling a cowl.
- rogation sunday — the fifth Sunday after Easter; it sees the start of the supplications that are continued during the following Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
- rotary drilling — Rotary drilling is the use of a continuous circular motion of the drill bit to make a hole.
- ruby grapefruit — a grapefruit with red flesh
- self-rectifying — to make, put, or set right; remedy; correct: He sent them a check to rectify his account.
- skylight filter — a very slightly pink filter that absorbs ultraviolet light and reduces haze and excessive blueness
- soul-destroying — Activities or situations that are soul-destroying make you depressed, because they are boring or because there is no hope of improvement.
- spill your guts — If someone spills their guts, they tell you everything about something secret or private.