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13-letter words containing g, y, u

  • flying column — (formerly) a force of troops equipped and organized to move swiftly and independently of a principal unit to which it is attached.
  • flying saucer — any of various disk-shaped objects allegedly seen flying at high speeds and altitudes, often with extreme changes in speed and direction, and thought by some to be manned by intelligent beings from outer space.
  • frelinghuysen — Frederick Theodore, 1817–85, U.S. statesman.
  • frontal gyrus — any of several convolutions on the outer surface of the frontal lobe of the cerebrum.
  • fruiting body — an organ that produces spores; fructification.
  • frustratingly — to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.
  • fully fledged — Fully fledged means complete or fully developed.
  • genitourinary — of or relating to the genital and urinary organs; urogenital.
  • gesticulatory — Making a lot of gesticulations.
  • gnu c library — (library)   (glibc) The run-time library for the GNU C compiler, gcc, and others. glibc is the source code for libc.a. It is maintained separately from the compilers and is a superset of ANSI C and POSIX.1 and a large subset of POSIX.2. Mailing list: <[email protected]> (bugs).
  • god's country — an area or region supposed to be favored by God, especially a naturally beautiful rural area.
  • goodhumoredly — In a good-humored manner.
  • goodnaturedly — In a good-natured manner.
  • gravity fault — a fault along an inclined plane in which the upper side or hanging wall appears to have moved downward with respect to the lower side or footwall (opposed to reverse fault).
  • gray squirrel — a common, grayish squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis, of eastern North America.
  • grey squirrel — a grey-furred squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis, native to E North America but now widely established elsewhere
  • ground cherry — Also called husk tomato. any of several plants belonging to the genus Physalis, of the nightshade family, the several species bearing an edible berry enclosed in an enlarged calyx.
  • groundhog day — February 2, in most parts of the U.S., the day on which, according to legend, the groundhog first emerges from hibernation. If it is a sunny day and the groundhog sees its shadow, six more weeks of wintry weather are predicted.
  • group annuity — a plan in which the members of a group, usually employees of the same company, receive annuities upon retirement.
  • group therapy — psychotherapy in which a number of patients discuss their problems together, usually under the leadership of a therapist, using shared knowledge and experiences to provide constructive feedback about maladaptive behavior.
  • guanabara bay — a deep bay in the Atlantic Ocean, on the SE coast of Brazil: site of Rio de Janeiro.
  • guanylic acid — GMP.
  • guernsey lily — a bulbous plant, Nerine sarniensis, of the amaryllis family, native to southern Africa, having clusters of crimson flowers.
  • gunnery range — place used for rifle practice
  • gymnospermous — of or relating to a gymnosperm; having exposed or naked seeds.
  • gynodioecious — having female flowers on one plant and hermaphrodite flowers on another plant of the same species.
  • gyrofrequency — the frequency of rotation of an electron or other charged particle in a magnetic field, directly proportional to the charge of the particle and to the field strength and inversely proportional to the mass of the particle.
  • hasty pudding — New England. cornmeal mush.
  • heart surgery — operation to treat cardiac problems
  • highly strung — person: tense, sensitive
  • homogeneously — composed of parts or elements that are all of the same kind; not heterogeneous: a homogeneous population.
  • human ecology — ecology (def 4).
  • humiliatingly — lowering the pride, self-respect, or dignity of a person; mortifying: Such a humiliating defeat was good for his overblown ego.
  • hybrid vigour — the increased size, strength, etc, of a hybrid as compared to either of its parents
  • hydraulicking — a type of mining that uses water to move rock
  • ignominiously — marked by or attended with ignominy; discreditable; humiliating: an ignominious retreat.
  • immunobiology — the study of the immune response and the biological aspects of immunity to disease.
  • incongruently — not congruent.
  • incongruously — out of keeping or place; inappropriate; unbecoming: an incongruous effect; incongruous behavior.
  • infuriatingly — causing or tending to cause anger or outrage; maddening: His delay is infuriating.
  • inquiry agent — a private detective
  • insinuatingly — tending to instill doubts, distrust, etc.; suggestive: an insinuating letter.
  • integumentary — of, relating to, or like an integument.
  • irreligiously — In an irreligious fashion.
  • isoamyl group — the univalent group C 5 H 11 .
  • judgementally — Alternative form of judgmentally.
  • judgmatically — in the manner of a judge
  • jury shopping — the practice of presenting a case to several juries until a favourable decision is obtained
  • key signature — (in notation) the group of sharps or flats placed after the clef to indicate the tonality of the music following.
  • kim young sam — born 1927, president of South Korea 1993–98.
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