9-letter words containing o, y, l
- goldovsky — Boris [bawr-is,, bohr-,, bor-;; Russian buh-ryees] /ˈbɔr ɪs,, ˈboʊr-,, ˈbɒr-;; Russian bʌˈryis/ (Show IPA), 1908–2001, U.S. conductor, pianist, and opera director, born in Russia.
- goldsinny — any of various small European wrasses, esp the brightly coloured Ctenolabrus rupestris
- golomynka — an oily fish found only in Lake Baikal
- gonyaulax — any marine dinoflagellate of the genus Gonyaulax, sometimes occurring in great numbers and causing red tide.
- goodwilly — a volunteer.
- gray mold — a disease of plants, characterized by a gray, furry coating on the decaying parts, caused by any of several fungi.
- gray wolf — a wolf, Canis lupus, having a usually grizzled, blackish, or whitish coat: formerly common in Eurasia and North America, some subspecies are now reduced in numbers or near extinction.
- gropingly — In a groping manner; blindly.
- grouchily — In a grouchy manner.
- growingly — becoming greater in quantity, size, extent, or intensity: growing discontent among industrial workers.
- gun lobby — a group of people who argue for the right of members of the public to be able to own guns
- gwendolyn — a female given name: from a Welsh word meaning “white.”.
- gyrfalcon — a large falcon, Falco rusticolus, of arctic and subarctic regions, having white, gray, or blackish color phases: now greatly reduced in number.
- gyropilot — automatic pilot.
- gyroplane — autogiro.
- haemolyse — to break down red blood cells so that haemoglobin is released
- hagiology — the branch of literature dealing with the lives and legends of the saints.
- halcyonic — calm; peaceful; tranquil: halcyon weather.
- halomancy — Divination by use of salt. This is the origin for the superstition of spilled salt.
- halophily — the ability or predisposition to thrive in an extremely salty environment
- halophyte — a plant that thrives in saline soil.
- haplology — the omission of one of two similar adjacent syllables or sounds in a word, as in substituting morphonemic for morphophonemic or in the pronunciation [prob-lee] /ˈprɒb li/ (Show IPA) for probably.
- haplotype — Genetics. a combination of closely linked DNA sequences on one chromosome that are often inherited together: By comparing haplotypes of a mother and father with those of a fetus, scientists can study how new genetic changes arise.
- heavy oil — a hydrocarbon mixture, heavier than water, distilled from coal tar
- heinously — hateful; odious; abominable; totally reprehensible: a heinous offense.
- heliology — the study of the sun
- heliotype — A picture obtained by the process of heliotypy.
- helophyte — any perennial marsh plant that bears its overwintering buds in the mud below the surface
- hemolymph — a fluid in the body cavities and tissues of invertebrates, in arthropods functioning as blood and in some other invertebrates functioning as lymph.
- hemolysin — a substance, as an antibody, that in cooperation with complement causes dissolution of red blood cells.
- hemolysis — the breaking down of red blood cells with liberation of hemoglobin.
- hemolytic — the breaking down of red blood cells with liberation of hemoglobin.
- hemolyzed — to subject (red blood cells) to hemolysis.
- heptalogy — (rare) # A set of seven works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as seven individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
- herbology — the study or collecting of herbs, especially as a hobby.
- hideously — horrible or frightful to the senses; repulsive; very ugly: a hideous monster.
- hideyhole — Alternative spelling of hidey-hole.
- hidy-hole — a hiding place
- hierology — literature or learning regarding sacred things.
- hippology — the study of horses.
- hippolyta — a queen of the Amazons, variously said to have been killed by Hercules or to have been conquered and married by Theseus.
- histology — the branch of biology dealing with the study of tissues.
- hobbyless — without any hobby or hobbies
- hoggishly — In a hoggish manner.
- hol-unity — A verification tool for UNITY? Version 2.1. E-mail: Flemming Andersen <[email protected]>?
- hold sway — have influence
- holidayed — Simple past tense and past participle of holiday.
- holidayer — vacationer.
- holly oak — holm oak.
- hollyhock — any of several plants belonging to the genus Alcea (or Althaea), of the mallow family, native to Eurasia, especially A. rosea, a tall plant having a long cluster of showy, variously colored flowers.