10-letter words containing g, y
- dendrology — the branch of botany that is concerned with the natural history of trees and shrubs
- densifying — to impregnate (wood) with additives under heat and pressure in order to achieve greater density and hardness.
- deontology — the branch of ethics dealing with duty, moral obligation, and moral commitment
- deridingly — In a deriding way; mockingly.
- derogatory — If you make a derogatory remark or comment about someone or something, you express your low opinion of them.
- designedly — by intention or design; on purpose; deliberately
- destroying — Present participle of destroy.
- detergency — cleansing power
- diagonally — Mathematics. connecting two nonadjacent angles or vertices of a polygon or polyhedron, as a straight line. extending from one edge of a solid figure to an opposite edge, as a plane.
- digestedly — in a digested manner
- digitality — The quality of being digital.
- dignifying — Present participle of dignify.
- dihydrogen — (chemistry) The divalent radical formed from two separate hydrogen atoms or ions.
- diligently — industriously
- disanalogy — A lack or failure of analogy.
- disglorify — to remove from glory
- dish gravy — meat juices, as from a roast, served as a gravy without seasoning or thickening.
- disobeying — Present participle of disobey.
- displaying — to show or exhibit; make visible: to display a sign.
- ditriglyph — the distance, on centers, between a metope and the second one distant.
- divergency — divergence; deviation.
- diviningly — In a divining manner.
- dizzyingly — making or tending to make one dizzy: The tower rose to dizzying heights.
- docimology — the theory of the art of testing, as in assaying metallic ores
- dodge city — a city in SW Kansas, on the Arkansas River: important frontier town and railhead on the old Santa Fe route.
- doomsaying — a person who predicts impending misfortune or disaster.
- doubtingly — In a doubting manner.
- doughbelly — stoneroller (def 1).
- draggingly — In a way that drags; with a dragging motion.
- dramaturgy — the craft or the techniques of dramatic composition.
- drawlingly — Speaking with a drawl.
- dreadingly — With dread.
- dreamingly — In a dreamy manner.
- driftingly — In a way that drifts.
- droolingly — In a drooling manner or fashion.
- droopingly — In a drooping manner.
- drudgingly — a person who does menial, distasteful, dull, or hard work.
- druidology — the study of the religion, customs, and practices of the Druids.
- dry ginger — ginger ale
- drying oil — any of a group of oily, organic liquids occurring naturally, as linseed, soybean, or dehydrated castor oil, or synthesized, that when applied as a thin coating absorb atmospheric oxygen, forming a tough, elastic layer.
- drying-out — the process of detoxifying an alcoholic patient: Drying-out takes time.
- dulcifying — Present participle of dulcify.
- dune buggy — vehicle used on sand
- dune-buggy — to drive or ride in a dune buggy.
- dyalog apl — (language) Arguably the current (2001) market-leading implementation of APL, from Dyalog Limited. Dyalog APL runs under Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows NT, and Windows 2000; and several popular UNIX systems including Linux. Dyalog APL complies with ISO 8485 and has many features that make it good for complex GUI applications. Dyalog APL was introduced in 1983 and is currently (2002) in active development.
- dynamiting — Present participle of dynamite.
- dysgenesis — Pathology. defective development of an organ, as of the gonads in Klinefelter's syndrome.
- dysgenetic — (genetics) Of, pertaining to, or causing dysgenesis.
- dysgraphia — inability to write, caused by cerebral lesion.
- dysgraphic — a person who suffers from dysgraphia