12-letter words containing r, a, y
- gravity cell — a cell containing two electrolytes that have different specific gravities.
- gravity feed — the supplying of fuel, materials, etc., by force of gravity.
- gravity wave — Astronomy, Physics. gravitational wave.
- gravity wind — a light wind directed downslope, occurring at night because of the cooling and densification of the air near the ground.
- gray catbird — any of several American or Australian birds having catlike cries, especially Dumetella carolinensis (gray catbird) of North America.
- gray panther — a member of an organized group of elderly people seeking to secure or protect their rights by collective action.
- gray snapper — a snapper, Lutjanus griseus, of shallow waters off the coast of Florida, having a grayish-green body with a brown spot on each scale.
- grayanotoxin — a toxin found in the nectar of some species of rhododendron and other plants of the family Ericaceae and in food made from their nectar, as unpasteurized honey, poisonous to humans and animals.
- graybar land — (jargon) The place you go while you're staring at a computer that's processing something very slowly (while you watch the grey bar creep across the screen). "I was in graybar land for hours, waiting for that CAD rendering".
- grayson kirk — Grayson (Louis) 1903–1997, U.S. educator: president of Columbia University 1953–68.
- greasy spoon — a cheap and rather unsanitary restaurant.
- great gatsby — a novel (1925) by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
- great sunday — Easter Sunday.
- gregariously — fond of the company of others; sociable.
- grey gurnard — a species of scorpionfish, Eutriglia gurnardus
- grey panther — a member of the generation of affluent older consumers, who regard themselves as young, active, and sociable
- grey wagtail — a greyish species of wagtail, Motacilla cinerea, found in temperate regions
- grey warbler — a small bush bird that hatches the eggs of the shining cuckoo
- grindability — to wear, smooth, or sharpen by abrasion or friction; whet: to grind a lens.
- grizzly bear — a large North American brown bear, Ursus (arctos) horribilis, with coarse, gray-tipped brown fur, once widespread in the western part of the continent as far south as northern Mexico but now restricted to some regions of Alaska, western Canada, and the U.S. Rocky Mountains: a threatened species except in Alaska.
- guilty party — the person or people responsible for an offence or misdeed
- gully-washer — a usually short, heavy rainstorm.
- gullywashers — Plural form of gullywasher.
- gymnocarpous — (of a fungus or lichen) having the apothecium open and attached to the surface of the thallus.
- gynaecocracy — Alternative form of gynecocracy.
- gynantherous — having the stamens converted into pistils by the action of frost, disease, or insects.
- gypsum board — wallboard composed primarily of gypsum and often used as sheathing.
- gyromagnetic — of or relating to the magnetic properties of a rotating charged particle.
- haberdashery — a haberdasher's shop.
- hair stylist — a person who designs and arranges hair styles.
- hairstylists — Plural form of hairstylist.
- half-century — a period of 100 years.
- hamartiology — the doctrine of sin in Christian theology
- handypersons — Plural form of handyperson.
- hangtown fry — a type of omelet to which fried oysters, bacon, and sometimes onions are added.
- happy camper — Slang. a person who is cheerful and satisfied: There were no happy campers after the company was reorganized.
- hard done by — If you feel hard done by, you feel that you have not been treated fairly.
- hardheadedly — In a hardheaded manner.
- hardy annual — a plant that can withstand freezing temperatures and which completes its life cycle within a year
- hare wallaby — a wallaby of the genus Lagorchestes
- harmonically — pertaining to harmony, as distinguished from melody and rhythm.
- harmoniously — marked by agreement in feeling, attitude, or action: a harmonious group.
- headmasterly — In a manner befitting a headmaster.
- headstrongly — In a headstrong manner.
- hearsay rule — the rule making hearsay evidence inadmissible.
- heart cherry — a large, heart-shaped variety of sweet cherry having soft flesh.
- hearteningly — In a heartening way; cheeringly.
- heavy bomber — a large plane capable of carrying heavy bomb loads for long distances, especially at high altitudes.
- heavy hitter — a baseball player who makes many extra-base hits.
- heavyhearted — Sad.