11-letter words containing o, y, a
- 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.
- foolhardily — In a foolhardy manner.
- forepayment — prepayment
- foreseeably — In a manner that could be foreseen.
- 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)
- freemasonry — secret or tacit brotherhood; fellowship; fundamental bond or rapport: the freemasonry of those who hunger for knowledge.
- 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.
- gallerygoer — a person who visits art galleries, especially often or regularly.
- 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.
- garrulously — In a garrulous manner.
- 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.
- gay gordons — an energetic old-time dance
- 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.
- geodynamics — (used with a singular verb) the science dealing with dynamic processes or forces within the earth.
- geophysical — the branch of geology that deals with the physics of the earth and its atmosphere, including oceanography, seismology, volcanology, and geomagnetism.
- 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.
- glamorously — In a glamorous manner.
- glamour boy — a man whose appearance or lifestyle is considered glamorous by popular standards.
- 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.
- glory years — very great praise, honor, or distinction bestowed by common consent; renown: to win glory on the field of battle.
- glossodynia — a condition characterized by a burning or tingling mouth region
- glycosidase — (enzyme) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a glycoside.
- 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.
- gonycampsis — abnormal curvature of the knee.
- good friday — the Friday before Easter, a holy day of the Christian church, observed as the anniversary of the Crucifixion of Jesus.