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15-letter words containing g, y

  • big muddy river — a river in SW Illinois, flowing SW into the Mississippi. About 120 miles (195 km) long.
  • big sandy creek — a river in central Colorado, flowing NE and SE to the Arkansas River near Lamar: site of the 1864 Sand Creek Massacre. 200 miles (322 km) long.
  • biobibliography — a bibliography containing biographical sketches of the authors listed.
  • biogeochemistry — the science of biological, chemical, and geological aspects of the environment
  • biopsychologist — a field of psychology that deals with the effects of biological factors on behavior.
  • biostratigraphy — the examination of the ages of rock strata by using fossils
  • biting housefly — a two-winged fly, Stomoxys calcitrans, having the mouthparts adapted for biting, and commonly a household and stable pest.
  • blue-eyed grass — any of various mainly North American iridaceous marsh plants of the genus Sisyrinchium that have grasslike leaves and small flat starlike blue flowers
  • boating holiday — a holiday spent sailing or travelling in a canal boat, cruiser, etc
  • body toning bar — a weighted exercise bar made of steel encased in a layer of foam, used for toning and strength training.
  • boys' night out — an evening spent outside of the home by a group of men
  • brooklyn bridge — a suspension bridge over the East River, in New York City, connecting Manhattan and Brooklyn: built 1867–84. 5989 feet (1825 meters) long.
  • butterfly wedge — a wooden fastening in the form of a double dovetail for joining two boards at their edges.
  • by a long chalk — You can use by a long chalk to add emphasis to something you are saying.
  • canning factory — a building or group of buildings containing a plant assembly where food is sealed in cans or tins to preserve it
  • cape gooseberry — a tropical American solanaceous plant, Physalis peruviana, naturalized in southern Africa, having yellow flowers and edible yellow berries
  • carcinogenicity — any substance or agent that tends to produce a cancer.
  • carrying charge — the opportunity cost of unproductive assets, such as goods stored in a warehouse
  • cassini-huygens — a NASA-ESA spacecraft launched in 1997 to study Saturn and its moons; Cassini entered orbit around the planet in 2004 and released the Huygens probe which landed on Titan in 2005
  • category killer — a person, product, or business that dominates a particular market
  • chao k'uang-yin — (Tʾai Tsu) 927–976 a.d, Chinese emperor 960–976: founder of the Sung dynasty.
  • charles doughty — Charles Montagu [mon-tuh-gyoo] /ˈmɒn təˌgyu/ (Show IPA), 1843–1926, English traveler and writer.
  • cholangiography — radiographic examination of the bile ducts after the introduction into them of a contrast medium
  • cholinergically — in a cholinergic manner
  • chromoxylograph — a coloured print created from printing with wooden blocks
  • chronologically — arranged in the order of time: a chronological list of events.
  • cineangiography — the use of motion-picture recording to trace the passage of dye through blood vessels, for the diagnosis of heart and blood vessel disease
  • cinemicrography — the making of a film through the lens of a microscope
  • cineradiography — the filming of motion pictures through a fluoroscope or x-ray machine.
  • city of glasgow — a council area in W central Scotland. Pop: 593 000 (2010 est). Area: 175 sq km (68 sq miles)
  • cleistogamously — in a cleistogamous manner
  • commiseratingly — in a manner expressing commiseration
  • comprehendingly — In an comprehending manner; knowingly.
  • condescendingly — In a condescending manner.
  • configurability — The property of being configurable.
  • congressionally — of or relating to a congress.
  • contingency fee — a lawyer's fee that only becomes payable if the case is successful
  • contingency tax — any new tax that would be necessary in case of a shortfall in revenues.
  • continuity girl — a woman or man whose job is to ensure continuity and consistency, esp in matters of dress, make-up, etc, in successive shots of a film, esp when these shots are filmed on different days
  • copying machine — a machine that makes copies of original documents, especially by xerography.
  • copyright block — a block of four or more U.S. stamps that includes, in the selvage of the sheet, the copyright mark of the U.S. Postal Service.
  • correspondingly — You use correspondingly when describing a situation which is closely connected with one you have just mentioned or is similar to it.
  • cottage country — any lakeside region where many country cottages are located
  • counteractingly — In a way that counteracts.
  • counterstrategy — a strategy designed to counter the effectiveness of another strategy or action
  • country cottage — a small house in the country, esp one used for holidays
  • country dancing — Country dancing is traditional dancing in which people dance in rows or circles.
  • cranberry glass — reddish-pink transparent glassware first made in England and the U.S. in the mid-19th century.
  • cranberry gourd — a South American vine, Abobra tenuifolia, of the gourd family, having deeply lobed, ovate leaves and bearing a berrylike scarlet fruit.
  • credibility gap — A credibility gap is the difference between what a person says or promises and what they actually think or do.
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