10-letter words containing l, o, g, i, y
- glaciology — the branch of geology that deals with the nature, distribution, and action of glaciers and with their effect on the earth's topography.
- gloatingly — to look at or think about with great or excessive, often smug or malicious, satisfaction: The opposing team gloated over our bad luck.
- glorifying — Present participle of glorify.
- gloriously — delightful; wonderful; completely enjoyable: to have a glorious time at the circus.
- glycogenic — of or relating to glycogen.
- glycolipid — any of a class of lipids, comprising the cerebrosides and gangliosides, that upon hydrolysis yield galactose or a similar sugar, a fatty acid, and sphingosine or dihydrosphingosine.
- glycolysis — the catabolism of carbohydrates, as glucose and glycogen, by enzymes, with the release of energy and the production of lactic or pyruvic acid.
- glycolytic — of, relating to, or causing glycolysis.
- glycosides — Plural form of glycoside.
- glycosidic — any of the class of compounds that yield a sugar and an aglycon upon hydrolysis.
- glycosuria — excretion of glucose in the urine, as in diabetes.
- glyoxaline — imidazole.
- gnomically — In a gnomic manner. (In a way apparently clear and simple, but eventually difficult to understand).
- gnosiology — Alternative form of gnoseology.
- go quietly — If someone does not go quietly, they do not leave a particular job or a place without complaining or resisting.
- goldwynism — a phrase or statement involving a humorous and supposedly unintentional misuse of idiom, as “Keep a stiff upper chin,” especially such a statement attributed to Samuel Goldwyn, as “Include me out.”.
- golgi body — an organelle, consisting of layers of flattened sacs, that takes up and processes secretory and synthetic products from the endoplasmic reticulum and then either releases the finished products into various parts of the cell cytoplasm or secretes them to the outside of the cell.
- goliardery — one of a class of wandering scholar-poets in Germany, France, and England, chiefly in the 12th and 13th centuries, noted as the authors of satirical Latin verse written in celebration of conviviality, sensual pleasures, etc.
- gothically — In a gothic way.
- graciously — pleasantly kind, benevolent, and courteous.
- grievously — causing grief or great sorrow: grievous news.
- growlingly — In a growling manner; with growls.
- gyniolatry — an extreme form of love and attachment to women
- gynophilic — Woman-loving.
- gypsophila — any plant belonging to the genus Gypsophila, of the pink family, native to Mediterranean regions, having small, panicled, pink or white flowers, as baby's breath.
- gypsophile — any plant living or thriving in soil containing gypsum.
- gyrational — Of, pertaining to, or caused by gyration.
- gyro pilot — automatic pilot.
- hagiolatry — the worship of saints.
- hieroglyph — Also, hieroglyphical. designating or pertaining to a pictographic script, particularly that of the ancient Egyptians, in which many of the symbols are conventionalized, recognizable pictures of the things represented.
- hobblingly — in a hobbling manner
- holidaying — a day fixed by law or custom on which ordinary business is suspended in commemoration of some event or in honor of some person.
- holy grail — grail (def 1).
- hydrologic — the science dealing with the occurrence, circulation, distribution, and properties of the waters of the earth and its atmosphere.
- hypergolic — (especially of rocket-fuel propellant constituents) igniting spontaneously upon contact with a complementary substance.
- ignobility — of low character, aims, etc.; mean; base: his ignoble purposes.
- ignorantly — lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned: an ignorant man.
- immunology — the branch of science dealing with the components of the immune system, immunity from disease, the immune response, and immunologic techniques of analysis.
- imposingly — very impressive because of great size, stately appearance, dignity, elegance, etc.: Notre Dame, Rheims, and other imposing cathedrals of France.
- intoningly — in an intonational manner
- ivory gull — a white, arctic gull, Pagophila eburnea.
- jollifying — Present participle of jollify.
- karyologic — of or relating to karyology
- keylogging — the practice of using a software program or hardware device (keylogger) to record all keystrokes on a computer keyboard, either overtly as a surveillance tool or covertly as spyware: Many employers are making use of keylogging to monitor their employees' computer habits.
- lexicology — the study of the formation, meaning, and use of words and of idiomatic combinations of words.
- limacology — the study of slugs
- lipography — unintentional omission in writing, as of a specific letter or syllable.
- lithoglyph — an incision or engraving on a gem or stone
- logicality — according to or agreeing with the principles of logic: a logical inference.
- loungingly — in a lounging manner