14-letter words containing g, r, o, y
- graveyard slot — the hours from late night until early morning when the number of people watching television is at its lowest
- great doxology — Gloria in Excelsis Deo.
- great gray owl — a large, dish-faced, gray owl, Strix nebulosa, of northern North America and western Eurasia, having streaked and barred plumage.
- great yarmouth — a city in SE Massachusetts.
- greyhound race — a race in which greyhounds chase a dummy hare around a track
- groote eylandt — an island in the Gulf of Carpentaria off the coast of NE Australia. 950 sq. mi. (2461 sq. km).
- group dynamics — (used with a plural verb) the interactions that influence the attitudes and behavior of people when they are grouped with others through either choice or accidental circumstances.
- group velocity — the velocity of finite numbers of waves undergoing simple harmonic motion, equal to the phase velocity when it does not vary with the wavelengths of the waves. The group velocity of the set of waves produced in water when a stone is dropped is less than the velocity of the individual waves.
- grow away from — lose attachment
- grylloblattids — Plural form of grylloblattid.
- gulf of anadyr — an inlet of the Bering Sea, off the coast of NE Russia
- gymslip mother — a girl of school age who has become a mother
- gynandromorphs — Plural form of gynandromorph.
- gynecomorphous — having the form, appearance, or attributes of a female.
- gyroscopically — Using a gyroscope.
- gyrostabiliser — (British spelling) Alternative form of gyrostabilizer.
- gyrostabilized — stabilized by means of a gyrostabilizer.
- gyrostabilizer — a device for stabilizing a seagoing vessel by counteracting its rolling motion from side to side, consisting essentially of a rotating gyroscope weighing about 1 percent of the displacement of the vessel.
- heavy hydrogen — either of the heavy isotopes of hydrogen, especially deuterium.
- heavy nitrogen — the stable isotope of nitrogen having a mass number of 15.
- heterologously — In a heterologous manner.
- heterozygosity — having dissimilar pairs of genes for any hereditary characteristic.
- hieroglyphical — Hieroglyphic: related to or resembling hieroglyphs.
- highway patrol — a state law-enforcement organization whose officers safeguard the highways.
- historiography — the body of literature dealing with historical matters; histories collectively.
- horace greeley — Horace, 1811–72, U.S. journalist, editor, and political leader.
- hydrobiologist — someone who studies or specializes in hydrobiology
- hydrogenolysis — decomposition of a compound resulting from its interaction with hydrogen.
- hydrographical — Hydrographic.
- hydrologically — the science dealing with the occurrence, circulation, distribution, and properties of the waters of the earth and its atmosphere.
- hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
- hydroxyl group — the univalent group –OH, as in inorganic compounds, such as sodium hydroxide, NaOH, or as in organic compounds, such as ethyl alcohol, C 2 H 6 O.
- hygroscopicity — absorbing or attracting moisture from the air.
- hypergeometric — of or relating to operations or series that transcend ordinary geometrical operations or series
- hypergolically — in a hypergolic manner
- hyperosteogeny — excessive bone development.
- hyperoxygenate — to treat, combine, or enrich with oxygen: to oxygenate the blood.
- hypertrophying — abnormal enlargement of a part or organ; excessive growth.
- hypoallergenic — designed to reduce or minimize the possibility of an allergic response, as by containing relatively few or no potentially irritating substances: hypoallergenic cosmetics.
- iatrogenically — In an iatrogenic manner.
- in one's glory — at one's best, happiest, etc.
- infant prodigy — an exceptionally talented child
- invigoratingly — In an invigorating manner.
- isocyano group — the univalent group −NC.
- jiggery-pokery — trickery, hocus-pocus; fraud; humbug.
- laryngectomies — Plural form of laryngectomy.
- laryngological — Of or pertaining to laryngology.
- laryngopharynx — the lower part of the pharynx, above the larynx.
- laryngoscopies — Plural form of laryngoscopy.
- living history — any of various activities involving the re-enactment of historical events or the recreation of living conditions of the past