12-letter words containing g, y, u
- mooring buoy — a buoy to which ships or boats can be moored.
- 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).
- mulligatawny — a curry-flavored soup of East Indian origin, made with chicken or meat stock.
- mumblety-peg — a children's game played with a pocketknife, the object being to cause the blade to stick in the ground or a wooden surface by flipping the knife in a number of prescribed ways or from a number of prescribed positions.
- mutagenicity — capable of inducing mutation or increasing its rate.
- myoneuralgia — myalgia.
- naughty bits — genitals
- naughty step — a place where a child is made to stand as a punishment for bad behaviour
- naughty word — a word that is considered to be rude
- nauseatingly — causing sickness of the stomach; nauseous.
- neglectfully — In a neglectful manner.
- neurobiology — the branch of biology that is concerned with the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system.
- neurosurgery — surgery of the brain or other nerve tissue.
- offputtingly — In an offputting manner.
- oleaginously — In an oleaginous manner.
- oral surgery — the branch of dentistry or of surgery dealing with the surgical treatment or repair of various conditions of the mouth or jaws.
- outrageously — In an outrageous manner; to an outrageous degree.
- pama-nyungan — a family of Australian aboriginal languages, the most widespread within the Australian group of languages.
- panic buying — shopping to stockpile for emergency
- paraguay tea — maté.
- paying guest — lodger
- pentyl group — any of the univalent, isomeric groups having the formula C 5 H 1 1 –.
- peroxy group — the bivalent group –O 2 –, derived from hydrogen peroxide.
- phenyl group — the univalent group C 6 H 5 –, derived from benzene.
- phytophagous — herbivorous.
- pig industry — the people and activities involved in making pork products
- play through — to pass another foursome or group with their permission, while playing a round of golf
- plead guilty — defendant: declare guilt
- pneumatology — Theology. doctrine concerning the Holy Spirit. the belief in intermediary spirits between humans and God.
- pneumography — the process of recording the movements of the thorax in respiration.
- pneumonology — the study of the respiratory system
- polyglottous — characterized by being multilingual
- pompholygous — characterized by pompholyx
- prelingually — in a prelingual manner
- prodigiously — extraordinary in size, amount, extent, degree, force, etc.: a prodigious research grant.
- progymnasium — (in Europe) a school that prepares pupils for secondary education (the gymnasium)
- propyl group — any of two univalent, isomeric groups having the formula C 3 H 7 −.
- pseudography — writing that does not follow conventional spelling or usage
- pugnaciously — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
- pussyfooting — behaving in an excessively cautious way
- pygmy possum — any of various small Australasian marsupials, esp the burramys
- pyjama rugby — an uncomplimentary term for the Super 12 Rugby Union competition that involves teams from South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand, and which is noted for its free-flowing nature and lack of attritional play between the forwards
- pyroligneous — produced by the distillation of wood.
- quick-drying — (of paint, concrete, glue, etc) that dries quickly
- reassuringly — to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
- regular army — the permanent army maintained in peace as well as in war; the standing army: one of the major components of the Army of the United States.
- regular year — the lunisolar calendar used by Jews, as for determining religious holidays, that is reckoned from 3761 b.c. and was established by Hillel II in the 4th century a.d., the calendar year consisting of 353 days (defective year) 354 days (regular year) or 355 days (perfect year or abundant year) and containing 12 months: Tishri, Heshvan, Kislev, Tevet, Shevat, Adar, Nisan, Iyar, Sivan, Tammuz, Av, and Elul, with the 29-day intercalary month of Adar Sheni added after Adar seven times in every 19-year cycle in order to adjust the calendar to the solar cycle. The Jewish ecclesiastical year begins with Nisan and the civil year with Tishri.
- resoundingly — making an echoing sound: a resounding thud.
- reynoldsburg — a town in central Ohio.
- rheumatology — the study and treatment of rheumatic diseases.