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11-letter words containing g, y, r, a, l

  • endearingly — In an endearing manner.
  • fairy glove — purple foxglove.
  • falteringly — to hesitate or waver in action, purpose, intent, etc.; give way: Her courage did not falter at the prospect of hardship.
  • filmography — a collection of writings about motion pictures, especially detailed essays dealing with specific films.
  • flexography — a relief printing technique similar to letterpress that employs rubber or soft plastic plates, a simple inking system, and fast-drying inks.
  • fly gallery — a narrow platform at the side of a stage from which ropes are manipulated to raise or lower scenery, battens, etc.
  • 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.
  • gallerygoer — a person who visits art galleries, especially often or regularly.
  • gallimaufry — a hodgepodge; jumble; confused medley.
  • garrulously — In a garrulous manner.
  • generically — of, applicable to, or referring to all the members of a genus, class, group, or kind; general.
  • girl friday — gal Friday.
  • glacier bay — a national park in SE Alaska, made up of large tidewater glaciers. 4381 sq. mi. (11,347 sq. km).
  • glamorously — In a glamorous manner.
  • glamour boy — a man whose appearance or lifestyle is considered glamorous by popular standards.
  • glastonbury — a borough of SW England, in whose vicinity the ruins of an important Iron Age lake village have been found and to which in folklore both King Arthur and Joseph of Arimathaea have been linked, the latter as the founder of the abbey there.
  • glory years — very great praise, honor, or distinction bestowed by common consent; renown: to win glory on the field of battle.
  • glycerinate — to impregnate with glycerin.
  • glycyrrhiza — Any legume (such as liquorice) of the genus [Glycyrrhiza]].
  • glyptograph — an engraved or carved design, as on a gem.
  • gracelessly — In a graceless manner.
  • gradability — a measure of a truck's pulling power expressed as the steepest grade the truck can climb with a full load.
  • graminology — the branch of botany concerned with the study of grasses
  • grandiosely — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
  • granny flat — a self-contained living area within a single-family home, as for an aging parent.
  • granularity — of the nature of granules; grainy.
  • granulocyte — a circulating white blood cell having prominent granules in the cytoplasm and a nucleus of two or more lobes.
  • grape jelly — a preserve made from sugar and grapes
  • graphically — giving a clear and effective picture; vivid: a graphic account of an earthquake.
  • grass style — a style of Japanese calligraphy and sumi-e painting, characterized chiefly by free or loose brush strokes.
  • gratulatory — (archaic) congratulatory.
  • gray mullet — mullet1 (def 1).
  • greasy pole — a pole covered with grease to make it slippery and difficult to climb, often used as entertainment
  • greasy wool — untreated wool, still retaining the lanolin, which is used for waterproof clothing
  • grimacingly — With a grimace.
  • gullywasher — a usually short, heavy rainstorm.
  • gustatorily — in a gustatory manner
  • gymnorhinal — (of a bird) having the nostrils exposed, not covered by feathers.
  • hairstyling — a person who designs and arranges hair styles.
  • haplography — the accidental omission of a letter or letter group that should be repeated in writing, as in Missippi for Mississippi.
  • harassingly — in a harassing manner
  • harpy eagle — a large, powerful eagle, Harpia harpyja, of tropical America: an endangered species.
  • harrowingly — extremely disturbing or distressing; grievous: a harrowing experience.
  • heliography — The scientific study of the sun.
  • hurry along — rush, go quickly
  • hyalography — the technique of writing or engraving on glass.
  • hypergelast — Someone who laughs excessively.
  • imaginarily — existing only in the imagination or fancy; not real; fancied: an imaginary illness; the imaginary animals in the stories of Dr. Seuss.
  • impregnably — In an impregnable manner; in a manner to defy attack.
  • infrangibly — In an infrangible manner.
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