11-letter words containing g, y
- appallingly — causing dismay or horror: an appalling accident; an appalling lack of manners.
- appealingly — evoking or attracting interest, desire, curiosity, sympathy, or the like; attractive.
- appeasingly — in an appeasing manner
- approvingly — to speak or think favorably of; pronounce or consider agreeable or good; judge favorably: to approve the policies of the administration.
- aquariology — The study of the fauna and flora of aquaria.
- arachnology — the study of arachnids
- archaeology — Archaeology is the study of the societies and peoples of the past by examining the remains of their buildings, tools, and other objects.
- arcticology — the scientific study of the Polar Regions.
- argyllshire — (until 1975) a county of W Scotland, part of Strathclyde region (1975–96), now part of Argyll and Bute
- arrestingly — attracting or capable of attracting attention or interest; striking: an arresting smile.
- art gallery — a place where works of art are displayed
- as anything — You use as anything after an adjective to emphasize a quality that someone has.
- ascendingly — moving upward; rising.
- assentingly — in a concurring or complying manner
- assessingly — So as to assess.
- assyriology — the study of the culture, history, and archaeological remains of ancient Assyria
- astringency — An astringent taste.
- astrography — The art of describing or delineating the stars; a description or mapping of the heavens.
- babysitting — to take charge of a child while the parents are temporarily away.
- baggy green — the Australian Test cricket cap
- baking tray — A baking tray is the same as a baking sheet.
- ballyhooing — Present participle of ballyhoo.
- bandylegged — having bandy legs; bowlegged
- banteringly — in a bantering fashion
- barbary fig — prickly pear.
- bathygraphy — The scientific description of the depth of the ocean.
- battery egg — an egg from a battery hen
- batting eye — the batter's visual appraisal of balls pitched toward home plate.
- bay of pigs — a bay on the SW coast of Cuba: scene of an unsuccessful invasion of Cuba by US-backed troops (April 17, 1961)
- bay village — a city in N central Ohio.
- bayonetting — (British) present participle of bayonet.
- be my guest — If you say be my guest to someone, you are giving them permission to do something.
- beach buggy — a low car, often open and with balloon tyres, for driving on sand
- beaugregory — a blue and yellow damselfish, Pomacentrus leucostictus, inhabiting shallow waters off Bermuda, Florida, and the West Indies.
- beautifying — Present participle of beautify.
- befittingly — suitable; proper; becoming: planned with a befitting sense of majesty.
- believingly — with belief; in a believing manner
- belly laugh — A belly laugh is a very loud, deep laugh.
- bellyaching — constant complaining
- benignantly — kind, especially to inferiors; gracious: a benignant sovereign.
- beryl green — a light bluish green.
- beseemingly — in a manner that is beseeming
- besiegingly — in an urgent or important manner
- big society — the devolution of political power and social responsibility to local communities as opposed to centralized political power and state control
- bigeye scad — a carangid fish, Selar crumenophthalmus, of tropical seas and Atlantic coastal waters of the U.S., having prominent eyes and commonly used as bait.
- bikram yoga — a form of yoga in which traditional exercises are performed at high temperature and humidity
- bing cherry — a dark-red variety of sweet cherry
- biocenology — the branch of biology dealing with the study of biological communities and the interactions among their members.
- blady grass — a coarse leafy Australasian grass, Imperata cylindrica
- blightingly — in a blighting manner