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11-letter words containing g, y, u

  • gustatorily — in a gustatory manner
  • gymnanthous — achlamydeous.
  • gymnodinium — any marine or freshwater dinoflagellate of the genus Gymnodinium, certain species of which cause red tide.
  • gymnogynous — having a naked ovary.
  • gynostegium — a specialized caplike mass of tissue covering a gynoecium.
  • gynostemium — the united stamens and pistil of an orchid.
  • gypsiferous — containing gypsum.
  • heptagynous — (of a flower) having seven pistils
  • hexyl group — any of five univalent, isomeric groups having the formula C 6 H 13 −.
  • home-buying — the purchase of a house or flat
  • honey guide — any of several small, usually dull-colored birds of the family Indicatoridae, of Africa and southern Asia, certain species of which are noted for their habit of leading people or animals to nests of honeybees in order to feed on the honey, larvae, and wax of the nests after they have been broken open.
  • hully gully — a dance that is a modification of the frug.
  • humidifying — Present participle of humidify.
  • hurdy-gurdy — a barrel organ or similar musical instrument played by turning a crank.
  • hurry along — rush, go quickly
  • hydragogues — Plural form of hydragogue.
  • hydrargyrum — mercury.
  • hydrogenous — of or containing hydrogen.
  • hylophagous — xylophagous (def 1).
  • hypnogenous — characterized by the induction of hypnotic sleep
  • incongruity — the quality or condition of being incongruous.
  • indulgently — characterized by or showing indulgence; benignly lenient or permissive: an indulgent parent.
  • indulgingly — In an indulging manner.
  • ingeniously — characterized by cleverness or originality of invention or construction: an ingenious machine.
  • ingenuously — free from reserve, restraint, or dissimulation; candid; sincere.
  • inky smudge — a judge
  • inquiringly — seeking facts, information, or knowledge: an inquiring mind.
  • insultingly — In an insulting manner.
  • insurgently — In an insurgent manner.
  • irregularly — without symmetry, even shape, formal arrangement, etc.: an irregular pattern.
  • judge lynch — the personification of lynch law.
  • jury-rigged — Nautical. a temporary rig to replace a permanent rig that has been disabled, lost overboard, etc.
  • keyed bugle — a bugle that has keys to make it possible to play a chromatic scale
  • laryngismus — Laryngospasm.
  • laughworthy — worthy of being laughed at
  • laundry bag — A laundry bag is a bag for clothes that that are about to be washed.
  • league city — a town in S Texas.
  • legacy duty — estate tax; inheritance tax
  • lianyungang — a city in NE Jiangsu province, in E China.
  • lienyunkang — Lianyungang.
  • litigiously — In a litigious manner.
  • longinquity — long distance; remoteness
  • lumberingly — With heavy, clumsy movements.
  • marsh buggy — swamp buggy.
  • maryborough — a seaport in E Australia.
  • misery guts — if you describe someone as a misery guts, you mean they are miserable when they could or should be happy
  • misguidedly — misled; mistaken: Their naive actions were a misguided attempt to help the poor.
  • 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.
  • moussorgsky — Modest Petrovich [moh-dest pi-troh-vich;; Russian muh-dyest pyi-traw-vyich] /moʊˈdɛst pɪˈtroʊ vɪtʃ;; Russian mʌˈdyɛst pyɪˈtrɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1839–81, Russian composer.
  • mr nice guy — a typically pleasant, likable person who avoids causing trouble or dissension (sometimes used with Miss, Ms., or Mrs. instead of Mr. when referring to a female).
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