11-letter words containing s, r, y, g
- 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.
- gay gordons — an energetic old-time dance
- geostrategy — The strategic use of geopolitics.
- ghost story — a tale in which such elements as ghostly visitations and supernatural intervention are used to further the plot and a chilling, suspenseful atmosphere.
- glamorously — In a glamorous manner.
- 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.
- gomme syrup — simple syrup.
- gracelessly — In a graceless manner.
- grandiosely — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
- grandiosity — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
- grass style — a style of Japanese calligraphy and sumi-e painting, characterized chiefly by free or loose brush strokes.
- greasy pole — a pole covered with grease to make it slippery and difficult to climb, often used as entertainment
- greasy wool — untreated wool, still retaining the lanolin, which is used for waterproof clothing
- greedy guts — a glutton
- green bytes — (jargon) (Or "green words") Meta-information embedded in a file, such as the length of the file or its name; as opposed to keeping such information in a separate description file or record. By extension, the non-data bits in any self-describing format. "A GIF file contains, among other things, green bytes describing the packing method for the image". At a meeting of the SHARE Systems Division, November 22, 1964, in Washington, DC, George Mealy of IBM described the new block tape format for FORTRAN in which unformatted binary records had a Control Word. George used green chalk to describe it. No one liked the contents of the Green Word (not information, wrong location, etc.) so Conrad Weisert and Channing Jackson made badges saying "Stamp out Green Words". This was the first computer badge. Compare out-of-band, zigamorph, fence.
- grotesquely — odd or unnatural in shape, appearance, or character; fantastically ugly or absurd; bizarre.
- grotesquery — grotesque character.
- gullywasher — a usually short, heavy rainstorm.
- gustatorily — in a gustatory manner
- gymnasiarch — (in ancient Greece) a magistrate who superintended the gymnasia and public games in certain cities.
- gymnosperms — Plural form of gymnosperm.
- gymnospermy — The property of being gymnospermous.
- gypsiferous — containing gypsum.
- gyrocompass — a navigational compass containing a gyroscope rotor, that, when adjusted for the latitude and speed of the vessel or aircraft, indicates the direction of true north along the surface of the earth or communicates this information to one or more gyro repeaters.
- gyrostatics — the science that deals with the laws of rotating bodies.
- hairstyling — a person who designs and arranges hair styles.
- harassingly — in a harassing manner
- heresiology — the study of heresies.
- heyagashira — (sumo) the rikishi of highest rank in a particular heya.
- hieroglyphs — Plural form of hieroglyph.
- histography — a treatise on or description of organic tissues.
- hydragogues — Plural form of hydragogue.
- hydrogenase — an enzyme in certain microorganisms that speeds up the reversible oxidation of hydrogen
- hydrogenous — of or containing hydrogen.
- hydrologist — the science dealing with the occurrence, circulation, distribution, and properties of the waters of the earth and its atmosphere.
- hygrographs — Plural form of hygrograph.
- hygrometers — Plural form of hygrometer.
- hygrophytes — Plural form of hygrophyte.
- hygroscopes — Plural form of hygroscope.
- hygroscopic — absorbing or attracting moisture from the air.
- hypergelast — Someone who laughs excessively.
- hypogastric — of, relating to, or situated in the hypogastrium.
- hypsography — a branch of geography that deals with the measurement and mapping of the topography of the earth above sea level.
- hysterology — (obsolete) A scientific study, or treatise on the uterus.
- inspiringly — to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence: His courage inspired his followers.
- insurgently — In an insurgent manner.
- ladyfingers — Plural form of ladyfinger.
- laryngismus — Laryngospasm.