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14-letter words containing g, y, r

  • haight-ashbury — a district of San Francisco, in the central part of the city: a center for hippies and the drug culture in the 1960s.
  • hardy ageratum — the mistflower.
  • heartrendingly — In a heartrending manner.
  • heartwarmingly — In a heartwarming manner.
  • heavy hydrogen — either of the heavy isotopes of hydrogen, especially deuterium.
  • heavy nitrogen — the stable isotope of nitrogen having a mass number of 15.
  • heterologously — In a heterologous manner.
  • heterozygosity — having dissimilar pairs of genes for any hereditary characteristic.
  • hieroglyphical — Hieroglyphic: related to or resembling hieroglyphs.
  • high frequency — the range of frequencies in the radio spectrum between 3 and 30 megahertz.
  • highly charged — electrical
  • highly trained — that has received a lot of academic or physical training
  • highway patrol — a state law-enforcement organization whose officers safeguard the highways.
  • historiography — the body of literature dealing with historical matters; histories collectively.
  • horace greeleyHorace, 1811–72, U.S. journalist, editor, and political leader.
  • huckleberrying — the activity of gathering huckleberries
  • hugger-muggery — hugger-mugger (defs 1, 2).
  • hungry viewkit — (operating system, library)   A C++ class library for developing Motif application programs (although this restriction will be lifted once LessTif is finished). It follows the API of the Iris(tm) ViewKit, put out by SGI. The Hungry ViewKit is a superset of the Iris ViewKit, so any code developed for the Iris version will work with the Hungry version, but possibly not vice versa.
  • hybrid testing — (testing)   A combination of top-down testing with bottom-up testing of prioritised or available components.
  • hydrobiologist — someone who studies or specializes in hydrobiology
  • hydrogenolysis — decomposition of a compound resulting from its interaction with hydrogen.
  • hydrographical — Hydrographic.
  • hydrologically — the science dealing with the occurrence, circulation, distribution, and properties of the waters of the earth and its atmosphere.
  • hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
  • hydroxyl group — the univalent group –OH, as in inorganic compounds, such as sodium hydroxide, NaOH, or as in organic compounds, such as ethyl alcohol, C 2 H 6 O.
  • hygroscopicity — absorbing or attracting moisture from the air.
  • hyper-vigilant — keenly watchful to detect danger; wary: a vigilant sentry.
  • hyperenergetic — extremely or excessively energetic
  • hyperextending — Present participle of hyperextend.
  • hypergeometric — of or relating to operations or series that transcend ordinary geometrical operations or series
  • hyperglycaemia — an abnormally high level of glucose in the blood.
  • hyperglycaemic — Alternative spelling of hyperglycemic.
  • hypergolically — in a hypergolic manner
  • hyperhygienist — Being too hygienic.
  • hyperosteogeny — excessive bone development.
  • hyperoxygenate — to treat, combine, or enrich with oxygen: to oxygenate the blood.
  • hyperpigmented — Afflicted with hyperpigmentation.
  • hyperthreading — (computing) A form of microprocessor parallelization where each physical processor is treated as two virtual processors.
  • hypertrophying — abnormal enlargement of a part or organ; excessive growth.
  • hypervigilance — state or quality of being vigilant; watchfulness: Vigilance is required in the event of treachery.
  • hypoallergenic — designed to reduce or minimize the possibility of an allergic response, as by containing relatively few or no potentially irritating substances: hypoallergenic cosmetics.
  • iatrogenically — In an iatrogenic manner.
  • imaginary axis — the vertical axis in an Argand diagram.
  • imaginary part — the coefficient b in the complex number a + bi.
  • imaginary unit — the complex number i.
  • impregnability — strong enough to resist or withstand attack; not to be taken by force, unconquerable: an impregnable fort.
  • in one's glory — at one's best, happiest, etc.
  • infant prodigy — an exceptionally talented child
  • infrangibility — The quality of being infrangible.
  • ingratiatingly — In an ingratiating manner.
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