11-letter words containing o, t, a, y
- faithworthy — worthy of faith, trustworthy
- fatty tumor — lipoma.
- fictionally — In a fictional manner.
- flamboyante — an alternative name for the flame tree, Poinciana regia
- flamboyants — Plural form of flamboyant.
- flowability — to move along in a stream: The river flowed slowly to the sea.
- flying boat — a seaplane whose main body is a hull adapted for floating.
- forepayment — prepayment
- formability — the capacity of a material, as sheet steel, to be readily bent, stamped, shaped, etc.
- fornicatory — Of or pertaining to fornication.
- fortunately — having good fortune; receiving good from uncertain or unexpected sources; lucky: a fortunate young actor who got the lead in the play.
- fractiously — In a fractious manner.
- frame story — a secondary story or stories embedded in the main story.
- fray bentos — a port in W Uruguay, on the River Uruguay: noted for meat-packing. Pop: 23 122 (2004 est)
- front royal — a town in N Virginia.
- fulminatory — Thundering; striking terror.
- functionary — a person who functions in a specified capacity, especially in government service; an official: civil servants, bureaucrats, and other functionaries.
- game theory — a mathematical theory that deals with strategies for maximizing gains and minimizing losses within prescribed constraints, as the rules of a card game: widely applied in the solution of various decision-making problems, as those of military strategy and business policy.
- gametocytes — Plural form of gametocyte.
- gametophyte — the sexual form of a plant in the alternation of generations.
- gangliocyte — (biology) A ganglion cell.
- gastrectomy — partial or total excision of the stomach.
- gastrodynia — (pathology) gastralgia (stomach pain).
- gastromancy — a form of divination by interpreting words and sounds seeming to come from the stomach
- gastropathy — (pathology) Any disease of the stomach.
- gastroscopy — the examination with a gastroscope to detect disease.
- gastrosophy — the science or art of good eating
- gastrostomy — the construction of an artificial opening from the stomach through the abdominal wall, permitting intake of food or drainage of gastric contents.
- gate theory — a theory proposing that neural stimulation beyond a certain threshold level, as by application of an electric current, can overwhelm the ability of the nerve center to sense pain.
- geitonogamy — pollination of a flower by pollen from another flower on the same plant.
- genioplasty — Mentoplasty.
- genotypical — the genetic makeup of an organism or group of organisms with reference to a single trait, set of traits, or an entire complex of traits.
- geostrategy — The strategic use of geopolitics.
- gigantology — the study or description of giants
- give way to — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- glastonbury — a borough of SW England, in whose vicinity the ruins of an important Iron Age lake village have been found and to which in folklore both King Arthur and Joseph of Arimathaea have been linked, the latter as the founder of the abbey there.
- glycosylate — (organic chemistry) To react with a sugar to form a glycoside (especially a glycoprotein).
- glyptograph — an engraved or carved design, as on a gem.
- glyptotheca — a space devoted to sculpture
- gonadectomy — (surgery) The procedure to remove an ovary or testis.
- grandiosity — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
- granny knot — a reef knot with the ends crossed the wrong way, making it liable to slip or jam
- granulocyte — a circulating white blood cell having prominent granules in the cytoplasm and a nucleus of two or more lobes.
- gratulatory — (archaic) congratulatory.
- gustatorily — in a gustatory manner
- gymnanthous — achlamydeous.
- gynaecomast — a man who suffers from gynaecomastia
- gynecopathy — any disease occurring only in women.
- gyrostatics — the science that deals with the laws of rotating bodies.
- haematology — (medicine) The scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs.