12-letter words containing g, y
- get anywhere — to be successful
- geyser basin — an area containing a group of geysers.
- giddy-headed — giddy (def 1).
- gigantically — In a gigantic manner.
- gigantomachy — (in Greek mythology) the struggle between the gods and the giants.
- gillyflowers — Plural form of gillyflower.
- gingerbready — Resembling or characteristic of gingerbread.
- gingivectomy — surgical removal of gum tissue.
- give the eye — the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- glacé cherry — a crystallized or candied cherry, used in cookery and cocktail-making
- glacier lily — a dogtooth violet, Erythronium grandiflorum, of the lily family, native to western North America, having bright yellow flowers.
- glassy alloy — a metal alloy having a noncrystalline, glasslike structure.
- glassyheaded — smooth; bald
- glimmeringly — a faint or unsteady light; glimmer.
- glisteningly — In a glistening manner.
- glitteringly — In a glittering manner.
- glossarially — In the manner of a glossary.
- glossography — a glossator.
- glossy snake — a nocturnal burrowing snake, Arizona elegans, of the western U.S. and northern Mexico, having smooth, glistening scales of tan with brown blotches.
- gluttonously — tending to eat and drink excessively; voracious.
- glycerinated — to impregnate with glycerin.
- glycerolipid — (organic chemistry) Any lipid based on glycerol.
- glycerolysis — chemical decomposition resulting from the interaction of a compound and glycerol.
- glycogenesis — the formation of glycogen from monosaccharides in the body, especially glucose.
- glycogenetic — of or relating to the formation of sugar in the liver.
- glycogenosis — any of several inherited disorders of glycogen metabolism that result in excess accumulation of glycogen in various organs of the body.
- glycopeptide — any of a group of complex proteins, as mucin, containing a carbohydrate combined with a simple protein.
- glycoprotein — any of a group of complex proteins, as mucin, containing a carbohydrate combined with a simple protein.
- glycosidases — Plural form of glycosidase.
- glycosylated — Simple past tense and past participle of glycosylate.
- glyndebourne — an estate in SE England, in East Sussex: site of a famous annual festival of opera founded in 1934 by John Christie
- glyphography — a plate-making process in which an electrotype is made from an engraved copper plate
- glyptography — the description or study of engraved gems or other stones.
- go-away bird — a common name for a grey-plumaged lourie of the genus Corythaixoides
- gobbledygook — language characterized by circumlocution and jargon, usually hard to understand: the gobbledegook of government reports.
- god's plenty — an abundant or overabundant quantity.
- gold therapy — administration of gold salts as a treatment for disease, especially rheumatoid arthritis.
- golden syrup — treacle (def 2b).
- golden years — the years that follow retirement from work
- goldsmithery — the occupation of a goldsmith
- gollywobbler — a very large quadrilateral staysail set between the foremast and mainmast of a schooner.
- goo-goo eyes — expressing adoration; foolishly amorous: They sat there making goo-goo eyes at each other.
- good ol' boy — a male who embodies the unsophisticated good fellowship and sometimes boisterous sociability regarded as typical of white males of small towns and rural areas of the South.
- good old boy — a male who embodies the unsophisticated good fellowship and sometimes boisterous sociability regarded as typical of white males of small towns and rural areas of the South.
- goofy-footer — a surfboard rider or snowboarder who stands with the right foot forward instead of the left foot forward
- gourd family — the plant family Cucurbitaceae, characterized by tendril-bearing vines, either trailing or climbing and having alternate, palmately lobed leaves, often large yellow or greenish flowers, and many-seeded, fleshy fruit with a hard rind, and including the cucumber, gourd, melon, pumpkin, and squash.
- gradeability — a measure of a truck's pulling power expressed as the steepest grade the truck can climb with a full load.
- graft hybrid — a hybrid plant that is produced by grafting and that exhibits characters of both the stock and the scion.
- grammatology — the scientific study of systems of writing.
- grand canary — one of the Canary Islands, in the central part. 650 sq. mi. (1685 sq. km). Capital: Las Palmas.