10-letter words containing u, y
- granularly — of the nature of granules; grainy.
- gratefully — warmly or deeply appreciative of kindness or benefits received; thankful: I am grateful to you for your help.
- gray trout — a common weakfish, Cynoscion regalis, inhabiting Atlantic and Gulf coastal waters of the U.S.
- greedyguts — (informal) A greedy person.
- greyed out — (of a navigation button, menu item, etc on a computer screen) not highlighted, indicating that the function is unavailable at a given time
- greyhounds — Plural form of greyhound.
- grievously — causing grief or great sorrow: grievous news.
- ground ivy — a creeping, aromatic plant, Glechoma hederacea, of the mint family, having rounded leaves and whorling clusters of small blue flowers.
- groundedly — in a grounded manner, or with good justification or reason
- grudgingly — displaying or reflecting reluctance or unwillingness: grudging acceptance of the victory of an opponent.
- gruelingly — exhausting; very tiring; arduously severe: the grueling Boston marathon.
- gruesomely — In a gruesome manner.
- guard duty — a military assignment involving watching over or protecting a person or place or supervising prisoners.
- guilefully — In a guileful manner.
- gum myrtle — any of several trees of the genus Angophora, native to Australia, allied to and resembling the eucalyptus.
- gunnysacks — Plural form of gunnysack.
- gutturally — In a harsh or throaty manner.
- guy friday — a man who acts as a general assistant in a business office or to an executive and has a wide variety of especially secretarial and clerical duties.
- guy steele — Guy Lewis Steele, Jr.
- gymnasiums — Plural form of gymnasium.
- gynandrous — having stamens and pistils united in a column, as in orchids.
- habitually — of the nature of a habit; fixed by or resulting from habit: habitual courtesy.
- halfhourly — half-hour (def 3).
- happy dust — cocaine.
- happy hour — a cocktail hour or longer period at a bar, during which drinks are served at reduced prices or with free snacks: happy hour from 5 to 7 p.m.
- happy-dust — cocaine.
- hastefully — swiftness of motion; speed; celerity: He performed his task with great haste. They felt the need for haste.
- haulageway — a passageway by which coal, ore, etc., is hauled to the surface from an underground mine.
- hauntingly — remaining in the consciousness; not quickly forgotten: haunting music; haunting memories.
- heartfully — In a heartful manner.
- heavy-duty — providing an unusual amount of power, durability, etc.: heavy-duty machinery; heavy-duty shoes.
- hemelytrum — the anterior wing of some insects such as earwigs
- hemizygous — an individual having only one of a given pair of genes.
- hexagynous — (of a plant) having six pistils
- hieronymus — Eusebius [yoo-see-bee-uh s] /yuˈsi bi əs/ (Show IPA), Jerome, Saint.
- hippolytus — Also, Hippolytos [hi-pol-i-tuh s, -tos] /hɪˈpɒl ɪ təs, -ˌtɒs/ (Show IPA). Classical Mythology. the son of Theseus who was falsely accused by his stepmother, Phaedra, of raping her after he had rejected her advances and who was killed by Poseidon in response to the plea of Theseus.
- home study — instruction in a subject given by mail and addressed to a student's home.
- homebuyers — Plural form of homebuyer.
- homonymous — of the nature of homonyms; having the same name.
- homozygous — having identical pairs of genes for any given pair of hereditary characteristics.
- honeybunch — honey (def 6, 7).
- honeybunny — A term of endearment; honey, sweetheart.
- honeyguide — any of a family (Indicatoridae) of small, heavily built, drab-colored piciform birds of Africa, Asia, and the East Indies: they are said to lead people or animals to bees' nests in order to eat the grubs and wax discarded by the people, etc. when they take the honeycombs
- honourably — (British) In a honourable manner.
- housewifey — (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a housewife.
- hu yaobang — 1915–89, Chinese Communist leader: general secretary of the Chinese Communist Party 1981–87.
- hudson bay — a large inland sea in N Canada. 850 miles (1370 km) long; 600 miles (965 km) wide; 400,000 sq. mi. (1,036,000 sq. km).
- human body — the physical structure and material substance of a human being, consisting of many billions of cells as well as components outside of the cells: The average adult human body is 50–65% water.
- humblingly — not proud or arrogant; modest: to be humble although successful.
- humbuggery — pretense; sham.