12-letter words containing g, y
- fuliginosity — The condition or quality of being fuliginous; sootiness.
- fuliginously — In a fuliginous manner.
- fungicidally — in a fungicidal manner
- galanty show — pantomime shadow play
- gallery tray — a tray usually of silver with a raised rim, used for serving drinks
- gallery wire — perforated wire or metal stripping used to support or enhance a stone mounted in a ring.
- galley proof — a proof, originally one set from type in a galley, taken before the material has been made up into pages and usually printed as a single column of type with wide margins for marking corrections.
- galley slave — a person condemned to work at an oar on a galley.
- gallygaskins — galligaskins.
- galvanically — pertaining to or produced by galvanism; producing or caused by an electric current.
- galvanometry — the method or process of determining the strength of electric currents.
- gametophytes — Plural form of gametophyte.
- gametophytic — (botany) Of or pertaining to a gametophyte plant.
- gamophyllous — having leaves united by their edges.
- gandy dancer — a member of a railroad section gang that lays or maintains track.
- gangliectomy — (medicine) Excision of a ganglion; surgical removal of a mass of tissue.
- garden party — a party given out of doors in a garden or yard.
- gargantuanly — In an gargantuan manner.
- gas cylinder — container for storing gas
- gas dynamics — the study of the dynamic properties of gases and their thermal effects.
- gastroplasty — any plastic surgery on the stomach.
- gateway 2000 — (company) One of the lagest US manufacturers of IBM compatibles, founded by CEO Ted Waitt in September 1985, in Sioux City, Iowa. In 1990 the company moved to North Sioux City, South Dakota. In August 1994, quarterly profits were $4 million on sales of $617 million. Sales for the first quarter of 1997 were $1.42 billion. On 1997-05-15 Gateway bought the Amiga brand.
- gateway drug — any mood-altering drug, as a stimulant or tranquilizer, that does not cause physical dependence but may lead to the use of addictive drugs, as heroin.
- gauge theory — a type of theory of elementary particles designed to explain the strong, weak, and electromagnetic interactions in terms of exchange of virtual particles
- gay marriage — (broadly) any of the diverse forms of interpersonal union established in various parts of the world to form a familial bond that is recognized legally, religiously, or socially, granting the participating partners mutual conjugal rights and responsibilities and including, for example, opposite-sex marriage, same-sex marriage, plural marriage, and arranged marriage: Anthropologists say that some type of marriage has been found in every known human society since ancient times. See Word Story at the current entry.
- gay-friendly — welcoming to gay people
- gaya maretan — Gayomart.
- geelvink bay — former (Dutch) name of Sarera Bay.
- genappe yarn — a worsted yarn that has been genapped and made smooth and lustrous.
- gene library — a collection of gene clones that represents the genetic material of an organism: used in genetic engineering
- gene therapy — the application of genetic engineering to the transplantation of genes into human cells in order to cure a disease caused by a genetic defect, as a missing enzyme.
- generability — capable of being generated or produced.
- generation y — members of the generation of people born between the early 1980s and mid-1990s who are seen as being discerning consumers with a high disposable income
- generatively — capable of producing or creating.
- generativity — Relating to the ability to create or reproduce.
- genotoxicity — (uncountable) The condition of being genotoxic.
- geochemistry — the science dealing with the chemical changes in and the composition of the earth's crust.
- geodetically — pertaining to geodesy.
- geohydrology — hydrogeology.
- geologically — of, relating to, or based on geology.
- geophysicist — the branch of geology that deals with the physics of the earth and its atmosphere, including oceanography, seismology, volcanology, and geomagnetism.
- george dewey — George, 1837–1917, U.S. admiral: defeated Spanish fleet in Manila Bay during the Spanish-American War.
- george meany — George, 1894–1980, U.S. labor leader: 3rd president of the AFL 1952–55; 1st president of the AFL-CIO 1955–79.
- georgian bay — the NE part of Lake Huron, in Ontario, Canada. 6000 sq. mi. (15,500 sq. km).
- geosynclinal — Geology. pertaining to a synclinal fold that involves a relatively large part of the earth's surface.
- geosynclines — Plural form of geosyncline.
- geothermally — By geothermal means, especially by means of geothermal energy.
- gerontocracy — government by a council of elders.
- gerrymanders — Plural form of gerrymander.
- get anyplace — to have any success