15-letter words containing o, y, a
- frontal cyclone — any extratropical cyclone associated with a front: the most common cyclonic storm.
- fully fashioned — (of stockings, knitwear, etc) shaped and seamed so as to fit closely
- fumitory family — the plant family Fumariaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having deeply cut basal or alternate leaves, flowers with four petals of which one or two are spurred or lobed, and fruit in the form of a capsule, and including the bleeding heart, Dutchman's-breeches, fumitory, and squirrel corn.
- functionability — functional (def 3).
- gaia hypothesis — a model of the earth as a self-regulating organism, advanced as an alternative to a mechanistic model.
- gastronomically — the art or science of good eating.
- gated community — a group of houses or apartment buildings protected by gates, walls, or other security measures.
- general holiday — a public holiday
- geomagnetically — In a geomagnetic way; through geomagnetism.
- geostrophically — By means of, or in terms of, geostrophy.
- geotectonically — from a geotectonic point of view
- get any good of — to handle to good effect
- give a monkey's — to care about or regard as important
- glen canyon dam — Adam Clayton, Jr. 1908–72, U.S. clergyman, politician, and civil-rights leader: congressman 1945–67, 1969–71.
- glycogenic acid — gluconic acid.
- glycuronic acid — glucuronic acid.
- go by the board — If something goes by the board, it is rejected or ignored, or is no longer possible.
- go on one's way — If you go on your way, you continue with your journey.
- governmentality — (sociology) The organized practices (mentalities, rationalities, and techniques) through which subjects are governed and influenced.
- gramophonically — in a gramophonic manner
- grand old party — G.O.P.
- grandiloquently — speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
- graphologically — In terms of or by means of graphology.
- gravitationally — As a result of the force of gravity.
- gravity anomaly — a deviation from the normal value of gravity at the earth's surface, caused by density differences at depth, for example those caused by a buried mineral body
- great south bay — an Atlantic Ocean inlet, between the S shore of Long Island and Fire Island and other barrier islands. 45 miles (72 km) long.
- great synagogue — (according to Jewish tradition) a council of 120 members, established by Ezra, that directed the Jews chiefly in religious matters, c450–c200 b.c., and made significant contributions to the Jewish liturgy and Bible.
- grey propaganda — propaganda that does not identify its source
- gynandromorphic — (of an organism) Having male and female characteristics.
- gyrostabilizers — Plural form of gyrostabilizer.
- hacking x for y — [ITS] Ritual phrasing of part of the information which ITS made publicly available about each user. This information (the INQUIR record) was a sort of form in which the user could fill out various fields. On display, two of these fields were always combined into a project description of the form "Hacking X for Y" (e.g. ""Hacking perceptrons for Minsky""). This form of description became traditional and has since been carried over to other systems with more general facilities for self-advertisement (such as Unix plan files).
- hair hygrometer — a hygrometer actuated by the changes in length of a strand of human hair brought about by changes in the relative humidity.
- hard-luck story — a story of misfortune designed to elicit sympathy
- haulage company — a firm that transports goods by lorry
- have a derry on — to have a prejudice or grudge against
- have a good day — pleasantry
- have an eye for — the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- hay conditioner — either of two machines, one designed to crush stems of hay, the other to break and bend them, in order to cause more rapid and even drying
- heliometrically — By means of, or in terms of, heliometry.
- hemadynamometer — An instrument by which the pressure of the blood in the arteries, or veins, is measured by the height to which it will raise a column of mercury.
- hematoporphyria — porphyria.
- hematoporphyrin — a porphyrin made by treating haemoglobin with acid, used to treat cancer in photodynamic therapy
- hemicraniectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of half of the cranium to enable brain surgery; hemicraniotomy.
- hemodynamically — With regard to hemodynamics.
- heterocercality — the condition or state of having a heterocercal tail
- heterodactylous — having the first and fourth toes directed backward, and the second and third forward, as in trogons.
- heterosexuality — sexual feeling or behavior directed toward a person or persons of the opposite sex.
- hexahydrothymol — menthol.
- highway robbery — robbery committed on a highway against travelers, as by a highwayman.
- histochemically — In a histochemical manner.