9-letter words containing g, y
- daylights — consciousness or wits (esp in the phrases scare, knock, or beat the (living) daylights out of someone)
- dayspring — the dawn
- deejaying — the activity of performing as a disc jockey
- defraying — Present participle of defray.
- deglorify — to cause to be or treat as being more splendid, excellent, etc., than would normally be considered.
- denyingly — in a denying manner
- deploying — Present participle of deploy.
- descrying — Present participle of descry.
- diabology — the study of the devil or devils
- dialyzing — to subject to dialysis; separate or procure by dialysis.
- dichogamy — the maturation of male and female parts of a flower at different times, preventing automatic self-pollination
- dictyogen — a monocotyledon with reticulated leaves
- digitally — In a digital manner.
- dignitary — a person who holds a high rank or office, as in the government or church.
- diligency — (obsolete) diligence; care.
- dilly bag — a bag made from reeds, grasses, or hair.
- dirty dog — a despicable person
- discology — the study of gramophone records
- dismaying — Present participle of dismay.
- dissogeny — the condition in ctenophores in which an individual has two periods of sexual maturity, one in the larval and one in the adult stage.
- disyoking — Present participle of disyoke.
- dittology — A double reading or interpretation of a text.
- ditty bag — a small bag used especially by sailors to hold sewing implements, toiletries, etc.
- dizygotic — developed from two fertilized ova, as fraternal twins.
- dogberrys — a foolish constable in Shakespeare's Much Ado About Nothing.
- doggishly — In a doggish manner.
- doggy bag — a small bag provided on request by a restaurant for a customer to carry home leftovers of a meal, ostensibly to feed a dog or other pet.
- dogmatory — dogmatic
- dosiology — the study of doses of drugs
- doughboys — Informal. an American infantryman, especially in World War I.
- doughtily — In a doughty manner.
- dove grey — a brownish-grey colour
- downgyved — (poetic, obsolete) Hanging down like gyves or fetters.
- dragonfly — any of numerous stout-bodied, nonstinging insects of the order Odonata (suborder Anisoptera), the species of which prey on mosquitoes and other insects and are distinguished from the damselflies by having the wings outstretched rather than folded when at rest.
- drivingly — in a driving manner
- droningly — With a droning sound.
- dry goods — fabrics, clothing
- dry-gulch — to ambush with the intent of killing or severely mauling: The riders were dry-gulched by bandits.
- drying up — When you do the drying up, you dry things such as plates, pans, knives, and cups after they have been washed.
- dustywing — any of the rare, minute neuropterous insects of the family Coniopterygidae, characterized by a white, powdery body and wing cover, large eyes, long and slender antennae, and chewing mouthparts.
- dyersburg — a city in W Tennessee.
- dyingness — the nature or condition of expiring or declining
- dysgenics — the study of the operation of factors that cause degeneration in offspring.
- dysgeusia — an impairment of the sense of taste.
- dysgnosia — any intellectual impairment.
- dysphagia — difficulty in swallowing.
- dysphagic — difficulty in swallowing.
- eagle eye — unusually sharp visual powers; keen ability to watch or observe.
- eagle ray — any of several rays of the family Myliobatidae, found in tropical seas and noted for the soaring movements by which they propel themselves through the water.
- eagle-eye — unusually sharp visual powers; keen ability to watch or observe.