12-letter words containing n, a, y, g
- in a big way — very much, greatly
- inauguratory — Inaugural; being the first instance.
- increasingly — growing larger or greater; enlarging; augmenting.
- interplaying — Present participle of interplay.
- irritatingly — causing irritation; annoying; provoking: irritating questions.
- ivy geranium — a trailing geranium, Pelargonium peltatum, of southern Africa, having a fleshy stem that becomes woody with age, glossy, ivy-shaped leaves, and clusters of flowers ranging from white to deep rose in color.
- jersey giant — one of a breed of large domestic chickens raised primarily for their meat, originally black but now with a white variety, developed in New Jersey by interbreeding Langshans and large Asiatic fowl.
- judgment day — the day of the Last Judgment; doomsday.
- judgmentally — involving the use or exercise of judgment.
- jury-packing — the practice of contriving that the majority of those chosen for a jury will be persons likely to have partialities affecting a particular case.
- k'ang yu-wei — 1858–1927, Chinese scholar and reformer.
- karyomapping — a technique for determining whether an embryo has inherited a genetic defect by analysing DNA taken from it and its close relatives
- kinetography — a camera for taking pictures for a kinetoscope.
- kolyma range — a mountain range in NE Russia, in NE Siberia, extending about 1100 km (700 miles) between the Kolyma River and the Sea of Okhotsk. Highest peak: 1862 m (6109 ft)
- lallygagging — Present participle of lallygag.
- languorously — characterized by languor; languid.
- laryngealize — to pronounce with accompanying constriction of the larynx.
- laryngectomy — excision of part or all of the larynx.
- laryngophone — A type of contact microphone that absorbs vibrations directly from the wearer's throat.
- laryngophony — the sound of the voice as heard through a stethoscope placed on the throat directly over the larynx
- laryngoscope — a rigid or flexible endoscope passed through the mouth and equipped with a source of light and magnification, for examining and performing local diagnostic and surgical procedures on the larynx.
- laryngoscopy — an examination by means of a laryngoscope.
- laryngospasm — An uncontrolled, spasmodic closure of the larynx.
- leading lady — an actress who plays the principal female role in a motion picture or play.
- legal entity — a person or organization that can enter into contracts, and take part in legal action
- liberatingly — In a liberating manner.
- lipoxygenase — (enzyme) Any of a class of enzymes that catalyse the oxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids.
- lognormality — the condition of having a natural logarithm with normal distribution
- lollygagging — lallygag.
- long gallery — a large gallery, found especially in the uppermost stories of Elizabethan and Jacobean manor houses, used as a family room and as a promenade.
- long-playing — of or relating to microgroove records devised to be played at 33 1/3 revolutions per minute.
- longboat key — a narrow barrier island in the Gulf of Mexico, SW of Florida, sheltering Sarasota Bay: sports fishing.
- longyearbyen — a village on Spitsbergen island, administrative centre of the Svalbard archipelago: coal-mining
- lymphangioma — a benign tumor composed of dilated and newly formed lymph vessels.
- lymphangitis — inflammation of the lymphatic vessels.
- magnetically — By or as by, magnetism.
- magnetometry — (physics) The measurement of magnetic fields (strength and direction etc).
- magnotherapy — Any of several alternative medicine therapies using magnetism.
- managerially — pertaining to management or a manager: managerial functions; the managerial class of society.
- meanderingly — In a meandering or winding manner.
- meaningfully — full of meaning, significance, purpose, or value; purposeful; significant: a meaningful wink; a meaningful choice.
- merry-making — Merry-making is the activities of people who are enjoying themselves together in a lively way, for example by eating, drinking, or dancing.
- ming dynasty — the imperial dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644
- misanalyzing — Present participle of misanalyze.
- misleadingly — In a misleading manner.
- moneychanger — a person whose business is the exchange of currency, usually of different countries, at a fixed or official rate.
- monkey gland — the testicle of an ape or monkey, said to have a revitalizing effect on humans when administered by grafting or adding the essence to the bloodstream
- monogamously — In a monogamous manner.
- moralizingly — In a moralizing fashion.
- mulligatawny — a curry-flavored soup of East Indian origin, made with chicken or meat stock.