12-letter words containing g, r, o, y
- monotriglyph — (in the Doric order) any intercolumniation having one whole triglyph.
- mooring buoy — a buoy to which ships or boats can be moored.
- moralizingly — In a moralizing fashion.
- morphography — the scientific description of an external form
- morphonology — morphophonemics (def 1).
- mortifyingly — In a mortifying manner; so as to cause great embarrassment.
- motorcycling — Present participle of motorcycle.
- myoneuralgia — myalgia.
- myringoscope — an instrument for examining the eardrum
- myrmecophage — (biology) Anteaters, and other animals chiefly feeding on ants.
- myrmecophagy — Ant-eating.
- mythographer — a person who collects or records myths in writing.
- mythologizer — One who, or that which, mythologizes.
- naughty word — a word that is considered to be rude
- nephrography — Diagnostic imaging of the kidneys.
- neurobiology — the branch of biology that is concerned with the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system.
- neurosurgery — surgery of the brain or other nerve tissue.
- nonemergency — Not an emergency.
- nonmigratory — Not migratory; that does not migrate.
- obligatorily — required as a matter of obligation; mandatory: A reply is desirable but not obligatory.
- oceanography — the branch of physical geography dealing with the ocean.
- odontography — a treatise regarding the teeth
- omega baryon — a negative baryon having a mass 3272 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of 8 X 10 -11 seconds.
- oral surgery — the branch of dentistry or of surgery dealing with the surgical treatment or repair of various conditions of the mouth or jaws.
- organography — the description or visual depiction of organs.
- origin story — a backstory, or established background narrative, that informs the identity and motivations of heroes and villains in a comic book or similar fictional work: The superhero’s origin story begins with a tragic accident that left him scarred, but also resulted in his supernatural powers.
- orthogonally — Mathematics. Also, orthographic. pertaining to or involving right angles or perpendiculars: an orthogonal projection. (of a system of real functions) defined so that the integral of the product of any two different functions is zero. (of a system of complex functions) defined so that the integral of the product of a function times the complex conjugate of any other function equals zero. (of two vectors) having an inner product equal to zero. (of a linear transformation) defined so that the length of a vector under the transformation equals the length of the original vector. (of a square matrix) defined so that its product with its transpose results in the identity matrix.
- outrageously — In an outrageous manner; to an outrageous degree.
- palaeography — the study of the handwritings of the past, and often the manuscripts as well, so that they may be dated, read, etc, and may serve as historical and literary sources
- palatography — a technique for observing the position of the tongue in relation to the palate during articulation, especially by placing powder or dye on the palate and then noting the area from which it has been removed by the contact of the tongue with the palate during the production of a speech sound.
- paracyanogen — a polymer of cyanogen
- paradoxology — a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.
- parahydrogen — the form of molecular hydrogen in which the nuclei of the two hydrogen atoms contained in the molecule have spins in opposite directions.
- parasitology — the branch of biology dealing with parasites and the effects of parasitism.
- paroemiology — the study of proverbs
- pentyl group — any of the univalent, isomeric groups having the formula C 5 H 1 1 –.
- perinatology — a field of medicine focusing on problems emerging during the perinatal period.
- peroxy group — the bivalent group –O 2 –, derived from hydrogen peroxide.
- personifying — to attribute human nature or character to (an inanimate object or an abstraction), as in speech or writing.
- petroglyphic — relating to or having the characteristics of a petroglyph or carving made in rock
- pharmacology — the science dealing with the preparation, uses, and especially the effects of drugs.
- pharyngology — the science of the pharynx and its diseases.
- pharyngotomy — surgical incision into the pharynx
- phenyl group — the univalent group C 6 H 5 –, derived from benzene.
- phlebography — venography.
- physiography — the science of physical geography.
- physogastric — pertaining to the swollen, membranous abdomen of certain insects, especially termite and ant queens.
- phytographer — a botanist involved with plant description
- play through — to pass another foursome or group with their permission, while playing a round of golf
- pneumography — the process of recording the movements of the thorax in respiration.