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14-letter words containing l, a, r, y

  • futuristically — of or relating to the future: a futuristic view of the world.
  • gallery forest — a narrow strip of woods or forest along the banks of a watercourse flowing through open country.
  • galvanocautery — a cautery heated by a galvanic current.
  • galvanotherapy — treatment employing electric current.
  • garbologically — From the perspective of garbology.
  • gay liberation — a political and social movement to combat legal and social discrimination against homosexuals.
  • generationally — the entire body of individuals born and living at about the same time: the postwar generation.
  • geocentrically — In a geocentric manner.
  • geographically — of or relating to geography.
  • glutaraldehyde — a nonflammable liquid, C 5 H 8 O 2 , soluble in water and alcohol, toxic and an irritant, used for tanning leather and as a fixative for samples to be examined under the electron microscope.
  • glyceraldehyde — a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 3 H 6 O 3 , that is an intermediate in carbohydrate metabolism and yields glycerol on reduction.
  • governmentally — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
  • grammaticality — the state or quality of being grammatical.
  • granary weevil — a reddish-brown weevil, Sitophilus granarius, that infests stored grain.
  • grand ole opry — a successful radio show from Nashville, Tenn., first broadcast on Nov. 28, 1925, noted for its playing of and continuing importance to country music.
  • granny glasses — round spectacles
  • graveyard slot — the hours from late night until early morning when the number of people watching television is at its lowest
  • gray sea eagle — a grayish-brown sea eagle, Haliaetus albicilla, of the Old World and Greenland, having a white tail.
  • great doxology — Gloria in Excelsis Deo.
  • great gray owl — a large, dish-faced, gray owl, Strix nebulosa, of northern North America and western Eurasia, having streaked and barred plumage.
  • groote eylandt — an island in the Gulf of Carpentaria off the coast of NE Australia. 950 sq. mi. (2461 sq. km).
  • grylloblattids — Plural form of grylloblattid.
  • gulf of anadyr — an inlet of the Bering Sea, off the coast of NE Russia
  • gypsum plaster — plaster made primarily of gypsum.
  • gyroscopically — Using a gyroscope.
  • gyrostabiliser — (British spelling) Alternative form of gyrostabilizer.
  • gyrostabilized — stabilized by means of a gyrostabilizer.
  • gyrostabilizer — a device for stabilizing a seagoing vessel by counteracting its rolling motion from side to side, consisting essentially of a rotating gyroscope weighing about 1 percent of the displacement of the vessel.
  • half-heartedly — having or showing little enthusiasm: a halfhearted attempt to work.
  • halfpennyworth — As much as could be bought for a halfpenny.
  • happy as larry — extremely happy
  • haul your wind — to sail closer to the wind
  • heartrendingly — In a heartrending manner.
  • heartwarmingly — In a heartwarming manner.
  • hereditability — heritable.
  • heterosexually — In a heterosexual way.
  • hierarchically — of, belonging to, or characteristic of a hierarchy.
  • hieroglyphical — Hieroglyphic: related to or resembling hieroglyphs.
  • highly charged — electrical
  • highly trained — that has received a lot of academic or physical training
  • highway patrol — a state law-enforcement organization whose officers safeguard the highways.
  • himalayan tahr — any of several Old World wild goats of the genus Hemitragus, as H. jemlahicus (Himalayan tahr) introduced into New Zealand, having a long mane and short, stout, recurving horns: most are endangered or threatened in their native regions.
  • histrionically — of or relating to actors or acting.
  • holiday resort — self-contained vacation spot
  • holy matrimony — marriage
  • holy sacrament — sacrament (def 2).
  • horace greeleyHorace, 1811–72, U.S. journalist, editor, and political leader.
  • humoristically — In a humoristic way.
  • hybristophilia — A paraphilia involving attraction to somebody who has committed a crime or outrage.
  • hydraulic lift — an elevator operated by fluid pressure, especially one used for raising automobiles in service stations and garages.
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