12-letter words containing g, r, o, y
- hygrographic — of or relating to a hygrograph
- hygrophilous — a plant that thrives in wet or very moist ground.
- 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.
- hypogastrium — the lower and median part of the abdomen.
- hypophrygian — (in medieval church music) of or relating to the fourth of the eight scales
- hypsographic — a branch of geography that deals with the measurement and mapping of the topography of the earth above sea level.
- hysterogenic — inducing hysteria.
- inauguratory — Inaugural; being the first instance.
- incongruency — Incongruence.
- incorrigibly — not corrigible; bad beyond correction or reform: incorrigible behavior; an incorrigible liar.
- ingloriously — In an inglorious manner.
- inventorying — Present participle of inventory.
- karyomapping — a technique for determining whether an embryo has inherited a genetic defect by analysing DNA taken from it and its close relatives
- 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.
- languorously — characterized by languor; languid.
- laryngectomy — excision of part or all of the larynx.
- laryngophone — A type of contact microphone that absorbs vibrations directly from the wearer's throat.
- laryngophony — the sound of the voice as heard through a stethoscope placed on the throat directly over the larynx
- 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.
- laryngoscopy — an examination by means of a laryngoscope.
- laryngospasm — An uncontrolled, spasmodic closure of 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.
- liturgiology — liturgics.
- 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.
- lognormality — the condition of having a natural logarithm with normal distribution
- 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
- lugubriosity — mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner: lugubrious songs of lost love.
- lugubriously — In a lugubrious manner.
- luxury goods — expensive non-essential items
- lymphography — lymphangiography.
- magnetometry — (physics) The measurement of magnetic fields (strength and direction etc).
- magnotherapy — Any of several alternative medicine therapies using magnetism.
- magyarorszag — Hungarian name of Hungary.
- merrythought — the wishbone or furcula of a fowl.
- methyl group — the univalent group CH 3 −, derived from methane.
- microbiology — study of microorganisms
- microcopying — the act of copying onto microfilm
- microecology — the ecology of a microhabitat.
- microgravity — a condition, especially in space orbit, where the force of gravity is so weak that weightlessness results.
- 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