11-letter words containing g, y, m
- entomophagy — The eating of insects.
- epidemology — Misspelling of epidemiology.
- etymologies — Plural form of etymology.
- etymologise — (British spelling) alternative spelling of etymologize.
- etymologist — A lexicographer or linguist who specializes in etymology (the origins of words).
- etymologize — Give or trace the etymology of (a word).
- filmography — a collection of writings about motion pictures, especially detailed essays dealing with specific films.
- flying bomb — robot bomb.
- flying mare — Wrestling. a method of attack in which a wrestler grasps the wrist of the opponent, turns in the opposite direction, and throws the opponent over the shoulder and down.
- flying moor — the act of mooring a vessel between two anchors, the first dropped while the vessel is under way.
- flying time — the amount of time taken in flying in an aircraft from one place to another
- fragmentary — consisting of or reduced to fragments; broken; disconnected; incomplete: fragmentary evidence; fragmentary remains.
- gallimaufry — a hodgepodge; jumble; confused medley.
- gamble away — lose through gambling
- game theory — a mathematical theory that deals with strategies for maximizing gains and minimizing losses within prescribed constraints, as the rules of a card game: widely applied in the solution of various decision-making problems, as those of military strategy and business policy.
- gametically — in a gametic manner
- gametocytes — Plural form of gametocyte.
- gametophyte — the sexual form of a plant in the alternation of generations.
- gamma decay — type of radioactivity in which an unstable atomic nucleus dissipates energy by gamma emission, producing gamma rays.
- gastrectomy — partial or total excision of the stomach.
- gastromancy — a form of divination by interpreting words and sounds seeming to come from the stomach
- gastrostomy — the construction of an artificial opening from the stomach through the abdominal wall, permitting intake of food or drainage of gastric contents.
- geitonogamy — pollination of a flower by pollen from another flower on the same plant.
- gentlemanly — like, befitting, or characteristic of a gentleman.
- geodynamics — (used with a singular verb) the science dealing with dynamic processes or forces within the earth.
- germ theory — Pathology. the theory that infectious diseases are due to the agency of germs or microorganisms.
- germylidene — (chemistry) the germanium analogues of carbenes, R2Ge':'.
- gerrymander — U.S. Politics. the dividing of a state, county, etc., into election districts so as to give one political party a majority in many districts while concentrating the voting strength of the other party into as few districts as possible.
- gig economy — an economic sector consisting of part-time, temporary, and freelance jobs: rapid growth of the online gig economy.
- gimcrackery — cheap, showy, useless trifles, ornaments, trinkets, etc.
- gimlet-eyed — having penetrating and piercing eyes, and seeming to notice everything
- gippy tummy — diarrhoea, esp as experienced by visitors to hot climates
- glamorously — In a glamorous manner.
- glamour boy — a man whose appearance or lifestyle is considered glamorous by popular standards.
- glossectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of all or part of the tongue.
- glyoxysomes — Plural form of glyoxysome.
- gnomonology — an exposition on gnomic writing
- gomme syrup — simple syrup.
- gonadectomy — (surgery) The procedure to remove an ovary or testis.
- gonycampsis — abnormal curvature of the knee.
- gossypiboma — (surgery) A gauze or surgical sponge left inside a patient's body during surgery.
- governmenty — pompous.
- graminology — the branch of botany concerned with the study of grasses
- granny farm — a home where old people are cared for
- gravity dam — a dam resisting the pressure of impounded water through its own weight.
- gray market — a market operating within the law but charging prices substantially below list prices or those fixed by an official agency.
- gray matter — Anatomy. nerve tissue, especially of the brain and spinal cord, that contains fibers and nerve cell bodies and is dark reddish-gray. Compare white matter.
- gray mullet — mullet1 (def 1).
- grey import — an imported vehicle that does not have an exact model equivalent in the receiving country
- grey market — Grey market goods are bought unofficially and then sold to customers at lower prices than usual.