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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 egyptArab 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.
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