11-letter words containing g, y, p, e
- grapefruity — Resembling or characteristic of grapefruit.
- greasy pole — a pole covered with grease to make it slippery and difficult to climb, often used as entertainment
- green party — a liberal political party especially in Germany focusing on environmental issues.
- grey import — an imported vehicle that does not have an exact model equivalent in the receiving country
- grey plover — the black-bellied plover.
- gymnosperms — Plural form of gymnosperm.
- gymnospermy — The property of being gymnospermous.
- gynecopathy — any disease occurring only in women.
- gypsiferous — containing gypsum.
- gypsy scale — either of two scales that often form the basis of Hungarian Gypsy music.
- harpy eagle — a large, powerful eagle, Harpia harpyja, of tropical America: an endangered species.
- heliography — The scientific study of the sun.
- hematophagy — The practice, of some animals, of feeding on blood.
- heptagynous — (of a flower) having seven pistils
- herpetology — the branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians.
- hexyl group — any of five univalent, isomeric groups having the formula C 6 H 13 −.
- hieroglyphs — Plural form of hieroglyph.
- hierography — a treatise on religion or sacred things
- hyetography — the study of the annual and geographical distribution of rainfall.
- hygrophytes — Plural form of hygrophyte.
- hygroscopes — Plural form of hygroscope.
- hypercharge — a quantum number assigned to baryons and mesons, equal to B + S, where B is the baryon number and S is the strangeness.
- hypergelast — Someone who laughs excessively.
- hypermiling — to improve fuel mileage in a motor vehicle, as by adopting certain driving techniques or making design alterations to the vehicle.
- hyperphagia — bulimia.
- hyperphagic — bulimia.
- hyphenating — Present participle of hyphenate.
- hypnogenous — characterized by the induction of hypnotic sleep
- hypogenesis — underdevelopment of an organ or function, especially in the embryo.
- hypoid gear — a gear resembling a bevel gear in form but designed to mesh with a similar gear in such a way that their axes would not intersect, one axis crossing over the other at approximately a right angle.
- hythergraph — a climatic graph showing relationships between temperature and humidity or temperature and precipitation.
- impregnably — In an impregnable manner; in a manner to defy attack.
- logotherapy — (psychotherapy) A therapy that involves finding the meaning of one's life.
- lower egypt — Arab Republic of. a republic in NE Africa. 386,198 sq. mi. (1,000,252 sq. km). Capital: Cairo. Formerly (1958–71) United Arab Republic.
- megacephaly — macrocephalic.
- mumbledypeg — a children's game played with a pocketknife, the object being to cause the blade to stick in the ground or a wooden surface by flipping the knife in a number of prescribed ways or from a number of prescribed positions.
- mumbletypeg — a children's game played with a pocketknife, the object being to cause the blade to stick in the ground or a wooden surface by flipping the knife in a number of prescribed ways or from a number of prescribed positions.
- murphy game — a confidence game in which the victim pays the swindler (Murphy Man) for something, as the services of a prostitute, which the swindler promises but the victim never receives
- museography — The systematic description of objects in museums.
- myelography — the production of myelograms.
- osteography — The scientific description of bones; osteology.
- ostreophagy — the consumption of oysters
- paleography — ancient forms of writing, as in documents and inscriptions.
- panegyrical — a lofty oration or writing in praise of a person or thing; eulogy.
- panegyricon — a collection of sermons
- pantheology — a branch of theology embracing all gods and all religions
- party-giver — a person who gives a party
- pearly king — the male London costermonger whose ceremonial clothes display the most lavish collection of pearl buttons
- pedagoguery — a teacher; schoolteacher.
- pennyweight — (in troy weight) a unit of 24 grains or 1/20 of an ounce (1.56 grams). Abbreviation: dwt, pwt.