12-letter words containing g, u, n, y
- flying mouse — pygmy glider.
- flying squad — a trained, mobile group of police officers, business executives, labor officials, or the like, capable of performing specialized tasks whenever or wherever sent, often for use in emergencies.
- fuliginosity — The condition or quality of being fuliginous; sootiness.
- fuliginously — In a fuliginous manner.
- fungicidally — in a fungicidal manner
- gargantuanly — In an gargantuan manner.
- gluttonously — tending to eat and drink excessively; voracious.
- glyndebourne — an estate in SE England, in East Sussex: site of a famous annual festival of opera founded in 1934 by John Christie
- golden syrup — treacle (def 2b).
- granulocytes — Plural form of granulocyte.
- granulocytic — Of, or pertaining to, granulocytes.
- great sunday — Easter Sunday.
- grey gurnard — a species of scorpionfish, Eutriglia gurnardus
- groin injury — any injury to the groin area, esp suffered by a sports player
- groundlessly — In a groundless manner; without justification.
- gymnocarpous — (of a fungus or lichen) having the apothecium open and attached to the surface of the thallus.
- gynantherous — having the stamens converted into pistils by the action of frost, disease, or insects.
- heterogynous — having females of two different kinds, one sexual and the other abortive or neuter, as ants.
- high country — a mountainous area below the timberline; a forested mountain area.
- honey fungus — an edible basidiomycetous fungus, Armillaria mellea, having a yellow-spotted cap and wrinkled stems, parasitic on the roots of woody plants, which it may kill by root rot. It spreads by thin black underground strands
- hungry puppy — Synonym slopsucker.
- hypognathous — having the lower jaw or mandible longer than the upper.
- inauguratory — Inaugural; being the first instance.
- incongruency — Incongruence.
- indigenously — originating in and characteristic of a particular region or country; native (often followed by to): the plants indigenous to Canada; the indigenous peoples of southern Africa.
- ingloriously — In an inglorious manner.
- insightfully — characterized by or displaying insight; perceptive.
- intriguingly — to arouse the curiosity or interest of by unusual, new, or otherwise fascinating or compelling qualities; appeal strongly to; captivate: The plan intrigues me, but I wonder if it will work.
- ivy geranium — a trailing geranium, Pelargonium peltatum, of southern Africa, having a fleshy stem that becomes woody with age, glossy, ivy-shaped leaves, and clusters of flowers ranging from white to deep rose in color.
- jelly fungus — any of various fungi of the order Tremellales, distinguished by gelatinous basidiocarp.
- judgment day — the day of the Last Judgment; doomsday.
- judgmentally — involving the use or exercise of judgment.
- jungle bunny — a contemptuous term used to refer to a black person.
- jungle-bunny — a contemptuous term used to refer to a black person.
- jury-packing — the practice of contriving that the majority of those chosen for a jury will be persons likely to have partialities affecting a particular case.
- jury-rigging — the act of setting something up in a makeshift manner, usually as a result of the loss of regular gear
- justifyingly — to show (an act, claim, statement, etc.) to be just or right: The end does not always justify the means.
- k'ang yu-wei — 1858–1927, Chinese scholar and reformer.
- languorously — characterized by languor; languid.
- meaningfully — full of meaning, significance, purpose, or value; purposeful; significant: a meaningful wink; a meaningful choice.
- moneygrubber — a person who is aggressively engaged in or preoccupied with making or saving money.
- monogamously — In a monogamous manner.
- mooring buoy — a buoy to which ships or boats can be moored.
- mr. nice guy — a typically pleasant, likable person who avoids causing trouble or dissension (sometimes used with Miss, Ms., or Mrs. instead of Mr. when referring to a female).
- mulligatawny — a curry-flavored soup of East Indian origin, made with chicken or meat stock.
- mutagenicity — capable of inducing mutation or increasing its rate.
- myoneuralgia — myalgia.
- naughty bits — genitals
- naughty step — a place where a child is made to stand as a punishment for bad behaviour
- naughty word — a word that is considered to be rude