13-letter words containing g, y, r, a, l
- gray squirrel — a common, grayish squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis, of eastern North America.
- grylloblattid — a primitive insect of the order Grylloblattidea, having a soft, unpigmented wingless body with long antennae and no eyes, living under stones in moderately high mountains of the western U.S., Japan, and the U.S.S.R.
- horologically — of or relating to horology.
- hydrargillite — gibbsite.
- hydraulicking — a type of mining that uses water to move rock
- hygrometrical — Alternative form of hygrometric.
- hypergalactia — an abnormally large secretion of milk.
- hyperglycemia — an abnormally high level of glucose in the blood.
- hypervigilant — keenly watchful to detect danger; wary: a vigilant sentry.
- infuriatingly — causing or tending to cause anger or outrage; maddening: His delay is infuriating.
- inorganically — In an inorganic manner.
- integrability — capable of being integrated, as a mathematical function or differential equation.
- isoamyl group — the univalent group C 5 H 11 .
- land registry — In Britain, a land registry is a government office where records are kept about each area of land in a country or region, including information about who owns it.
- landed gentry — land-owning class
- landing party — a component of a ship's company detached for special duty ashore.
- laryngectomee — someone who has had a laryngectomy
- laryngologist — A person who studies or specializes in laryngology; a subspeciality of otorhinolaryngology.
- laryngoscopes — Plural form of laryngoscope.
- laryngoscopic — Of or pertaining to laryngoscopy.
- laryngotomies — Plural form of laryngotomy.
- laser surgery — the surgical use of lasers.
- lasik surgery — laser surgery to correct short sight
- lauroyl group — the monovalent organic group C 12 H 23 O–, derived from lauric acid.
- legionary ant — army ant
- leigh-mallory — Sir Trafford Leigh [traf-erd lee] /ˈtræf ərd li/ (Show IPA), 1892–1944, British Air Force officer.
- lethargically — of, relating to, or affected with lethargy; drowsy; sluggish; apathetic.
- light railway — a transport system using small trains or trams, often serving parts of a large metropolitan area
- light therapy — therapeutic exposure to full-spectrum artificial light that simulates sunlight, used to treat various conditions, as seasonal affective disorder.
- logarithmancy — Divination using logarithms.
- lying-in ward — a room where women were confined in childbirth
- lymphographic — of or relating to lymphography
- lysergic acid — a crystalline solid, C 16 H 16 N 2 O 2 , obtained from ergot or synthesized: used in the synthesis of LSD.
- magisterially — In a magisterial manner; authoritatively.
- malonyl group — the bivalent group C 3 H 2 O 2 , derived from malonic acid.
- mammary gland — any of the compound accessory reproductive organs of female mammals that occur in pairs on the chest or ventral surface and contain milk-producing lobes with ducts that empty into an external nipple, becoming functional when young are born and secreting milk for the duration of suckling.
- martagon lily — Turk's-cap lily.
- martyrologies — Plural form of martyrology.
- metallography — the study of the structure of metals and alloys by means of microscopy.
- molly maguire — Irish History. a member of a secret terrorist society organized in Ireland in 1843 to prevent evictions by the government: so called because the members disguised themselves as women.
- morgan le fay — the fairy sister of King Arthur.
- multicategory — (mathematics) A generalization of the concept of category that allows morphisms of multiple arity.
- myringoplasty — (surgery) The closure of the perforation of pars tensa of the tympanic membrane.
- nearsightedly — In a nearsighted manner; as if nearsighted; myopically.
- nightmarishly — In a nightmarish manner.
- nonobligatory — Not obligatory; not required; optional.
- objurgatively — In an objurgative or reproving manner.
- orgiastically — In an orgiastic fashion.
- originatively — in an originative manner
- oropharyngeal — the part of the pharynx between the soft palate and the upper edge of the epiglottis.