11-letter words containing g, y, r
- dapple-grey — a horse with a grey coat having spots of darker colour
- dark energy — unobserved energy whose existence is proposed to account for the observed acceleration in the expansion of the universe
- day surgery — a system in which a patient comes into hospital for a surgical procedure, has the operation, recovers and is released from hospital in the course of a single day
- day trading — the practice of buying and selling shares on the same day, often via the internet, in order to make a quick profit
- daydreaming — indulgence in daydreams
- deglutitory — of or relating to swallowing
- degradingly — that degrades; debasing; humiliating: degrading submission.
- degustatory — tasty; having a pleasant flavour
- dehydrating — Present participle of dehydrate.
- demagoguery — the methods, practices, or rhetoric of a demagogue
- dendroglyph — the art of carving in the bark of a living tree, esp as practised by the aboriginal peoples of New Zealand
- denigratory — to speak damagingly of; criticize in a derogatory manner; sully; defame: to denigrate someone's character.
- deploringly — In a deploring manner.
- depravingly — in a depraving manner
- dermatology — the branch of medicine concerned with the skin and its diseases
- dermography — a type of marking on the skin, whether in the form of writing or pictures, supposedly of psychic origin, similar to stigmata except for being more short-lived
- deservingly — qualified for or having a claim to reward, assistance, etc., because of one's actions, qualities, or situation: the deserving poor; a deserving applicant.
- designatory — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
- desparingly — In a despairing manner.
- deuterogamy — a marriage after the death or divorce of the first spouse
- devouringly — In a devouring manner; rapaciously, consumingly.
- diglyceride — an ester obtained from glycerol by the esterification of two hydroxyl groups with fatty acids.
- dingleberry — Slang. a small clot of dung, as clinging to the hindquarters of an animal.
- disarmingly — removing or capable of removing hostility, suspicion, etc., as by being charming: a disarming smile.
- disarraying — Present participle of disarray.
- discography — a selective or complete list of phonograph recordings, typically of one composer, performer, or conductor.
- diskography — discography.
- dittography — reduplication of letters or syllables in writing, printing, etc., usually through error.
- divergently — diverging; differing; deviating.
- divergingly — in a diverging manner
- divertingly — In a diverting manner.
- divulgatory — to make publicly known; publish.
- dragon lady — (often initial capital letters) a woman of somewhat sinister glamour often perceived as wielding ruthless or corrupt power.
- drainageway — a conduit, ditch, or the like, for draining water from an area.
- drizzlingly — With drizzle, or light rain.
- dry farming — a system of growing crops in arid or semiarid regions without artificial irrigation, by reducing evaporation and by special methods of tillage
- dry-dockage — the act or fact of placing a ship in a dry dock.
- dry-footing — removal of glaze from the rim at the bottom of a piece.
- dynamograph — a device for registering the quantity of force applied
- dysregulate — (biology) To cause a dysfunctional level of an activity or chemical in an organism by disrupting normal function of a regulatory mechanism.
- dyssynergia — (medicine) Failure of parts of the anatomy to work together correctly.
- dyssynergic — relating to or affected by dyssynergia
- early night — If you have an early night, you go to bed early. If you have a late night, you go to bed late.
- eccrinology — the branch of physiology and anatomy dealing with secretions and the secretory glands.
- egregiously — Conspicuously badly (used negatively).
- electrology — (dated) the branch of physical science that deals with electricity and its properties.
- embracingly — In an embracing manner.
- embryologic — Embryological.
- endearingly — In an endearing manner.
- energy band — a range of energies associated with the quantum states of electrons in a crystalline solid. In a semiconductor or an insulator there is a valence band containing many states, most of which are occupied. Above this is a forbidden band with only a few isolated states caused by impurities. Above this is a conduction band containing many states most of which are empty. In a metal there is a continuous valence-conduction band