11-letter words containing g, y
- gimcrackery — cheap, showy, useless trifles, ornaments, trinkets, etc.
- gimlet-eyed — having penetrating and piercing eyes, and seeming to notice everything
- ginger lily — any of various plants belonging to the genus Hedychium, of the ginger family, native to Asia, especially the white ginger, H. coronarium, having white, fragrant flowers.
- gippy tummy — diarrhoea, esp as experienced by visitors to hot climates
- girl friday — gal Friday.
- give way to — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- glacier bay — a national park in SE Alaska, made up of large tidewater glaciers. 4381 sq. mi. (11,347 sq. km).
- glamorously — In a glamorous manner.
- glamour boy — a man whose appearance or lifestyle is considered glamorous by popular standards.
- glassy-eyed — having a dull, dazed, or uncomprehending expression; staring fixedly.
- glastonbury — a borough of SW England, in whose vicinity the ruins of an important Iron Age lake village have been found and to which in folklore both King Arthur and Joseph of Arimathaea have been linked, the latter as the founder of the abbey there.
- glory years — very great praise, honor, or distinction bestowed by common consent; renown: to win glory on the field of battle.
- glossectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of all or part of the tongue.
- glossodynia — a condition characterized by a burning or tingling mouth region
- glutinosity — The quality of being glutinous or viscous.
- glutinously — In a glutinous manner.
- glycerinate — to impregnate with glycerin.
- glycogenous — of or relating to the formation of sugar in the liver.
- glycolipids — Plural form of glycolipid.
- glycosidase — (enzyme) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a glycoside.
- glycosylate — (organic chemistry) To react with a sugar to form a glycoside (especially a glycoprotein).
- glycyrrhiza — Any legume (such as liquorice) of the genus [Glycyrrhiza]].
- glyoxysomes — Plural form of glyoxysome.
- glyptograph — an engraved or carved design, as on a gem.
- glyptotheca — a space devoted to sculpture
- gnetophytes — Plural form of gnetophyte.
- gnomonology — an exposition on gnomic writing
- go belly up — the front or under part of a vertebrate body from the breastbone to the pelvis, containing the abdominal viscera; the abdomen.
- god's penny — earnest money.
- goggle-eyed — having bulging, wide-open, or rolling eyes, especially in astonishment or wonderment.
- goldenberry — the Cape gooseberry
- gomme syrup — simple syrup.
- gonadectomy — (surgery) The procedure to remove an ovary or testis.
- gonycampsis — abnormal curvature of the knee.
- good friday — the Friday before Easter, a holy day of the Christian church, observed as the anniversary of the Crucifixion of Jesus.
- good on you — well done, well said, etc: a term of congratulation
- goody goody — a person who is self-righteously, affectedly, or cloyingly good.
- goody-goody — a person who is self-righteously, affectedly, or cloyingly good.
- googly-eyed — goggle-eyed.
- gooney bird — any of several albatrosses, especially the black-footed albatross and the Laysan albatross, occurring on islands in the Pacific Ocean, often near naval bases.
- gopherberry — bush huckleberry.
- gossypiboma — (surgery) A gauze or surgical sponge left inside a patient's body during surgery.
- gouty stool — a footstool of the 18th century having a top adjustable to a variety of angles.
- governmenty — pompous.
- gracelessly — In a graceless manner.
- gradability — a measure of a truck's pulling power expressed as the steepest grade the truck can climb with a full load.
- graminology — the branch of botany concerned with the study of grasses
- grand duchy — a territory ruled by a grand duke or grand duchess.
- grandiosely — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
- grandiosity — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.