11-letter words containing g, y
- bloodguilty — guilty of murder or bloodshed.
- borborygmus — rumbling of the stomach
- bricklaying — the technique or practice of laying bricks
- bright-eyed — eager; fresh and enthusiastic
- bulk buying — the purchase at one time, and often at a reduced price, of a large quantity of a particular commodity
- busy signal — If you try to make a telephone call and get a busy signal, it means that you cannot make the call because the line is already being used by someone else.
- butyl group — any of four univalent isomeric groups having the formula C 4 H 9 –.
- calligraphy — Calligraphy is the art of producing beautiful handwriting using a brush or a special pen.
- callipygian — having beautifully shaped buttocks
- callipygous — having well-shaped buttocks.
- calyptrogen — a layer of rapidly dividing cells at the tip of a plant root, from which the root cap is formed. It occurs in grasses and many other plants
- campanology — the art or skill of ringing bells musically
- carcinology — the study of crustaceans
- caressingly — In a caressing manner; soothingly.
- carousingly — in a carousing manner
- carriageway — A carriageway is one side of a road on which traffic travelling in opposite directions is separated by a barrier.
- carry light — a searchlight used to illuminate a target while it is tracked and fired upon.
- carrying-on — unconventional or questionable behaviour
- cartography — Cartography is the art or activity of drawing maps and geographical charts.
- castigatory — to criticize or reprimand severely.
- cayuga lake — lake in WC N.Y., one of the Finger Lakes: 38 mi (61 km) long
- cerargyrite — a soft mineral, AgCl, that is an ore of silver; silver chloride
- chalazogamy — (of plants) the process of fertilization whereby the pollen tube penetrates the embryosac through the chalaza rather than through the micropyle
- changefully — In a changeful manner.
- chateauguay — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada, on the St. Lawrence.
- chemigraphy — any technique for making engravings or etchings using chemicals and without the aid of photography.
- chikungunya — A viral disease resembling dengue, transmitted by mosquitoes and endemic in East Africa and parts of Asia.
- chirography — handwriting; penmanship
- chorography — the technique of mapping regions
- christology — the branch of theology concerned with the person, attributes, and deeds of Christ
- chrysograph — a manuscript, especially of the Middle Ages, written in gold or gold and silver ink.
- chucklingly — In a chuckling manner.
- city of god — heaven conceived of as the New Jerusalem
- classifying — Denoting an adjective that describes the class that a head noun belongs to and characterized by not having a comparative or superlative (for example American, mortal ).
- clay pigeon — Clay pigeons are discs of baked clay which are thrown into the air by a machine as targets for gun shooting practice.
- cleistogamy — self-pollination and fertilization of an unopened flower, as in the flowers of the violet produced in summer
- clergywoman — a female member of the clergy
- clergywomen — Plural form of clergywoman.
- climatology — the study of climate
- clinchingly — in a clinching manner
- cog railway — a railway for a very steep grade with traction supplied by a central cogged rail that meshes with a cogwheel on the engine
- cognitively — in a cognitive manner
- cognitivity — the state of being cognitive
- cognizantly — In a cognizant manner.
- collagraphy — A printmaking process in which materials are applied to a rigid substrate (such as cardboard or wood).
- college try — an enthusiastic attempt that utilizes all one's energy and resources
- collegially — collegiate.
- confidingly — In a confiding manner; in a matter that confides.
- confusingly — causing or tending to cause confusion: a confusing attempt at explanation.
- congenially — agreeable, suitable, or pleasing in nature or character: congenial surroundings.