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

  • logotherapy — (psychotherapy) A therapy that involves finding the meaning of one's life.
  • loiteringly — in a loitering manner
  • lollygagger — (slang) A lazy person, one who lollygags; a slacker, ne'er-do-well.
  • 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.
  • malariology — the study of malaria.
  • martyrology — the branch of knowledge dealing with the lives of martyrs.
  • meteorology — the science dealing with the atmosphere and its phenomena, including weather and climate.
  • molly-guard — /mol'ee-gard/ [University of Illinois] A shield to prevent tripping of some Big Red Switch by clumsy or ignorant hands. Originally used of the plexiglass covers improvised for the BRS on an IBM 4341 after a programmer's toddler daughter (named Molly) frobbed it twice in one day. Later generalised to covers over stop/reset switches on disk drives and networking equipment.
  • myelography — the production of myelograms.
  • myrmecology — the branch of entomology dealing with ants.
  • narratology — The study of narrative structure.
  • neighbourly — (British, Canada) Showing the qualities of a friendly and helpful neighbour.
  • observingly — Attentively, observantly.
  • oligotrophy — the state of being oligotrophic, or deficient in nutrients but high in oxygen.
  • orange lily — a bulbous lily, Lilium bulbiferum, of the mountainous regions of southern Europe, having erect, crimson-spotted, orange flowers.
  • orchidology — the branch of botany or horticulture dealing with orchids.
  • organically — in an organic manner.
  • originality — the quality or state of being original.
  • ornithology — the branch of zoology that deals with birds.
  • overeagerly — In an overeager manner.
  • paleography — ancient forms of writing, as in documents and inscriptions.
  • perissology — the use of a superfluity of words; an expression of something using more words than necessary
  • petroglyphy — the skill or procedure of making rock carvings
  • philography — the collecting of autographs, especially those of famous persons.
  • phraseology — manner or style of verbal expression; characteristic language: legal phraseology.
  • planography — the art or technique of printing from a flat surface directly or by offset.
  • polyangular — multangular; multiangular.
  • polygrapher — a person who employs a code cipher
  • polygraphic — an instrument for receiving and recording simultaneously tracings of variations in certain body activities.
  • ponderingly — in a pondering manner
  • potteringly — in a pottering fashion, slowly
  • primatology — the branch of zoology dealing with the primates.
  • prodigality — the quality or fact of being prodigal; wasteful extravagance in spending.
  • promisingly — giving favorable promise; likely to turn out well: a promising young man; a promising situation.
  • proselyting — a person who has changed from one opinion, religious belief, sect, or the like, to another; convert.
  • protogalaxy — the large concentration of gas and dust from which a galaxy is formed.
  • pteridology — the branch of botany dealing with ferns and related plants, as the horsetails and club mosses.
  • pyelography — the science or technique of making photographs of the kidneys, renal pelves, and ureters by means of x-rays, after the injection of an opaque solution or of a radiopaque dye.
  • pyroballogy — the study of artillery
  • pyrogallate — a salt or ether of pyrogallol.
  • reflexology — a system of massaging specific areas of the foot or sometimes the hand in order to promote healing, relieve stress, etc., in other parts of the body.
  • rejoicingly — in a rejoicing or exultant manner
  • religionary — pertaining to religion
  • religiosity — the quality of being religious; piety; devoutness.
  • religiously — of, relating to, or concerned with religion: a religious holiday.
  • reprovingly — to criticize or correct, especially gently: to reprove a pupil for making a mistake.
  • righteously — characterized by uprightness or morality: a righteous observance of the law.
  • royal burgh — (in Scotland) a burgh that was established by a royal charter granted directly by the sovereign
  • royal gorge — a gorge of the Arkansas River in S central Colorado. 10 miles (16 km) long; up to 1000 feet (305 meters) deep.
  • royal icing — a hard white icing made from egg whites and icing sugar, used for coating and decorating cakes, esp fruit cakes
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