12-letter words containing g, y, m
- etymological — (not comparable) Of or relating to etymology.
- etymologicum — an etymological dictionary
- etymologized — Simple past tense and past participle of etymologize.
- etymologizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of etymologize.
- exemplifying — Present participle of exemplify.
- fermi energy — the level in the distribution of electron energies in a solid at which a quantum state is equally likely to be occupied or empty
- fibromyalgia — a syndrome characterized by fatigue and chronic pain in the muscles and in tissues surrounding the joints.
- flying lemur — either of two lemurlike mammals, Cynocephalus variegatus, of southeastern Asia and the East Indies, or C. volans, of the Philippines, having broad folds of skin on both sides of the body to aid in gliding from tree to tree: now rare.
- flying mouse — pygmy glider.
- foggy bottom — a low-lying area bordering the Potomac River in Washington, D.C.
- formyl group — the univalent group HCO–, derived from formic acid.
- fragmentally — fragmentary.
- galvanometry — the method or process of determining the strength of electric currents.
- gametophytes — Plural form of gametophyte.
- gametophytic — (botany) Of or pertaining to a gametophyte plant.
- gamophyllous — having leaves united by their edges.
- gangliectomy — (medicine) Excision of a ganglion; surgical removal of a mass of tissue.
- gas dynamics — the study of the dynamic properties of gases and their thermal effects.
- gay marriage — (broadly) any of the diverse forms of interpersonal union established in various parts of the world to form a familial bond that is recognized legally, religiously, or socially, granting the participating partners mutual conjugal rights and responsibilities and including, for example, opposite-sex marriage, same-sex marriage, plural marriage, and arranged marriage: Anthropologists say that some type of marriage has been found in every known human society since ancient times. See Word Story at the current entry.
- gaya maretan — Gayomart.
- geochemistry — the science dealing with the chemical changes in and the composition of the earth's crust.
- george meany — George, 1894–1980, U.S. labor leader: 3rd president of the AFL 1952–55; 1st president of the AFL-CIO 1955–79.
- geothermally — By geothermal means, especially by means of geothermal energy.
- gerrymanders — Plural form of gerrymander.
- gigantomachy — (in Greek mythology) the struggle between the gods and the giants.
- gingivectomy — surgical removal of gum tissue.
- glimmeringly — a faint or unsteady light; glimmer.
- goldsmithery — the occupation of a goldsmith
- gourd family — the plant family Cucurbitaceae, characterized by tendril-bearing vines, either trailing or climbing and having alternate, palmately lobed leaves, often large yellow or greenish flowers, and many-seeded, fleshy fruit with a hard rind, and including the cucumber, gourd, melon, pumpkin, and squash.
- grammatology — the scientific study of systems of writing.
- grand cayman — the largest of the Cayman Islands, West Indies. 76 sq. mi. (197 sq. km).
- granny smith — a variety of crisp, green-skinned apple, for eating raw or for cooking.
- granny woman — midwife (def 1).
- grape family — the plant family Vitaceae, characterized by woody climbing vines with tendrils, having alternate, simple or compound leaves, and bearing clusters of small flowers and berries, and including Boston ivy, grape, grape ivy, and Virginia creeper.
- grass family — the large plant family Gramineae (or Poaceae), characterized by mostly herbaceous but sometimes woody plants with hollow and jointed stems, narrow sheathing leaves, petalless flowers borne in spikelets, and fruit in the form of seedlike grain, and including bamboo, sugar cane, numerous grasses, and cereal grains such as barley, corn, oats, rice, rye, and wheat.
- green monkey — a W African variety of a common guenon monkey, Cercopithecus aethiops, having greenish-brown fur and a dark face
- gymnocarpous — (of a fungus or lichen) having the apothecium open and attached to the surface of the thallus.
- gymnosophist — one of a group of Jainist philosophers, existing from ancient times to c1000, characterized by refusal to wear clothes and the abandonment of caste marks; a member of the Digambara sect.
- gynecomastia — abnormal enlargement of the breast in a male.
- gynodioecism — the condition of having flowers that are only female in one example of a plant and flowers that have stamens and pistils in another example of a plant of the same species
- gypsum board — wallboard composed primarily of gypsum and often used as sheathing.
- gyromagnetic — of or relating to the magnetic properties of a rotating charged particle.
- hamartiology — the doctrine of sin in Christian theology
- hemorheology — The science of the rheological (especially flow) properties of the blood.
- hepatomegaly — an abnormal enlargement of the liver, usually associated with liver disease or heart failure.
- heterogamety — the condition or state of being heterogametic
- high polymer — a polymer composed of a large number of monomers.
- high wycombe — a town in S central England, in S Buckinghamshire: furniture industry. Pop: 77 178 (2001)
- hominy grits — grits (def 1).
- homo-zygotic — having identical pairs of genes for any given pair of hereditary characteristics.