10-letter words containing g, r, o, y
- gyroscopic — an apparatus consisting of a rotating wheel so mounted that its axis can turn freely in certain or all directions, and capable of maintaining the same absolute direction in space in spite of movements of the mountings and surrounding parts: used to maintain equilibrium, determine direction, etc.
- gyrostatic — the science that deals with the laws of rotating bodies.
- hagiocracy — government by a body of persons esteemed as holy.
- hagiolatry — the worship of saints.
- hairy frog — a W African frog, Astylosternus robustus, the males of which have glandular hairlike processes on the flanks
- heortology — the study of the history and significance of the feasts and seasons in the ecclesiastical calendar.
- heterogamy — heterogamous state.
- heterogeny — the condition or state of being heterogenous
- heterogony — the alternation of dioecious and hermaphroditic individuals in successive generations, as in certain nematodes.
- heterology — Biology. the lack of correspondence of apparently similar organic structures as the result of unlike origins of constituent parts.
- hieroglyph — 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.
- hippogryph — Alternative spelling of hippogriff.
- holography — the process or technique of making holograms.
- holy grail — grail (def 1).
- holy grass — any of several fragrant grasses of the genus Hierochloë, especially H. odorata, the vanilla grass.
- homography — The state or quality of being spelt homographically; the state or quality of existing as homographs.
- horny frog — horned frog.
- horography — the art of constructing time-keeping instruments such as watches and clocks
- horrifying — to cause to feel horror; strike with horror: The accident horrified us all.
- hyalograph — an instrument used in hyalography.
- hydragogue — causing the discharge of watery fluid, as from the bowels.
- hydrogenic — (chemistry) hydrogen-like.
- hydrograph — a graph of the water level or rate of flow of a body of water as a function of time, showing the seasonal change.
- hydrologic — the science dealing with the occurrence, circulation, distribution, and properties of the waters of the earth and its atmosphere.
- hyetograph — a map or chart showing the average rainfall for the localities represented.
- hygrochasy — the opening of a fruit or flower caused by water or moisture
- hygrograph — a self-recording hygrometer.
- hygrometer — any instrument for measuring the water-vapor content of the atmosphere.
- hygrometry — the branch of physics that deals with the measurement of the humidity of air and gases.
- hygrophobe — a plant that grows best with little or no moisture
- hygrophyte — a plant that thrives in wet or very moist ground.
- hygroscope — an instrument that indicates the approximate humidity of the air.
- hygroscopy — The ability of a substance to attract and hold water molecules from the surrounding environment.
- hypergolic — (especially of rocket-fuel propellant constituents) igniting spontaneously upon contact with a complementary substance.
- hypnograph — an instrument that measures activities of the human body during sleep.
- ideography — the use of ideograms.
- idiography — The study of individuals.
- ignorantly — lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned: an ignorant man.
- indagatory — investigatory
- ivory gull — a white, arctic gull, Pagophila eburnea.
- journeying — a traveling from one place to another, usually taking a rather long time; trip: a six-day journey across the desert.
- kabaragoya — The water monitor, Varanus salvator, a large lizard of Southeast Asia.
- karyograms — Plural form of karyogram.
- karyologic — of or relating to karyology
- krivoy rog — a city in SE Ukraine: founded in the 17th century by Cossacks; iron-mining centre; iron- and steelworks. Pop: 658 000 (2005 est)
- kymographs — Plural form of kymograph.
- kymography — The use of a kymograph.
- levogyrate — levorotatory
- lipography — unintentional omission in writing, as of a specific letter or syllable.
- loganberry — the large, dark-red, acid fruit of a plant, Rubus ursinus loganobaccus.