9-letter words containing l, g, y
- megacycle — Electricity. a unit of frequency, equal to one million cycles per second; megahertz. The term megahertz is now preferred in technical use. Abbreviation: Mc, mc.
- megaphyll — the relatively large type of leaf produced by ferns and seed plants
- meghalaya — a state in NE India. 8660 sq. mi. (22,429 sq. km). Capital: Shillong.
- meltingly — In a melting way.
- mereology — the formal study of the logical properties of the relation of part and whole
- metrology — the science of weights and measures.
- micrology — excessive attention to petty details or distinctions.
- mincingly — (of the gait, speech, behavior, etc.) affectedly dainty, nice, or elegant.
- mislaying — Present participle of mislay.
- missingly — with a sense of loss
- moaningly — With a moaning sound.
- mockingly — to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
- moilingly — in a moiling, struggling or slogging manner
- moldy fig — a musician or fan who likes traditional jazz or Dixieland rather than modern jazz.
- morningly — (obsolete) every morning; daily in the morning.
- moygashel — an Irish linen
- multigyms — Plural form of multigym.
- muscology — the scientific study of mosses
- museology — the systematic study of the organization, management, and function of a museum.
- mycologic — Of, or relating to mycology or to the fungi; mycological.
- myelogram — an x-ray photograph of the spinal cord, following administration of a radiopaque substance into the spinal subarachnoid space.
- myoglobin — hemoglobin of muscle, weighing less and carrying more oxygen and less carbon monoxide than blood hemoglobin.
- myologist — the science or branch of anatomy dealing with muscles.
- mythology — a body of myths, as that of a particular people or that relating to a particular person: Greek mythology.
- naggingly — In a nagging manner.
- narcology — The study of drug abuse.
- naughtily — disobedient; mischievous (used especially in speaking to or about children): Weren't we naughty not to eat our spinach?
- navy plug — a strong, dark tobacco in plug form.
- necrology — a list of persons who have died within a certain time.
- nephology — The study or contemplation of clouds.
- neurology — the science of the nerves and the nervous system, especially of the diseases affecting them.
- niggardly — reluctant to give or spend; stingy; miserly.
- noddingly — by way of nodding, usually slightly
- nonflying — Not flying; traveling by means other than flight.
- nonglossy — Not glossy.
- nostology — geriatrics.
- numbingly — causing numbness or insensibility; stupefying: the numbing effects of grief; a story repeated with numbing regularity.
- nyctalgia — night pain that occurs in the sleep.
- obeyingly — (rare) obediently.
- ochlagogy — (rare) Manipulation of a mob by use of inflammatory rhetoric, casting opprobrium, and by appeal to the lowest common denominator generally; extreme and wholly unscrupulous demagogy; the practice of an ochlagogue.
- ogreishly — in the manner of an ogre
- old glory — the national flag of the U.S., consisting of 13 horizontal stripes that are alternately red and white, representing the original states, and of a blue field containing 50 white stars, representing the present states.
- oligarchy — a form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique; government by the few.
- oligopoly — the market condition that exists when there are few sellers, as a result of which they can greatly influence price and other market factors. Compare duopoly, monopoly (def 1).
- ophiology — the branch of herpetology dealing with snakes.
- osteology — the branch of anatomy dealing with the skeleton.
- outflying — Present participle of outfly.
- outlaying — an expending or spending, as of money.
- overlying — present participle of overlie.
- paedology — the study of the character, growth, and development of children