11-letter words containing y, a, g
- carriageway — A carriageway is one side of a road on which traffic travelling in opposite directions is separated by a barrier.
- carry light — a searchlight used to illuminate a target while it is tracked and fired upon.
- carrying-on — unconventional or questionable behaviour
- cartography — Cartography is the art or activity of drawing maps and geographical charts.
- castigatory — to criticize or reprimand severely.
- cayuga lake — lake in WC N.Y., one of the Finger Lakes: 38 mi (61 km) long
- cerargyrite — a soft mineral, AgCl, that is an ore of silver; silver chloride
- chalazogamy — (of plants) the process of fertilization whereby the pollen tube penetrates the embryosac through the chalaza rather than through the micropyle
- changefully — In a changeful manner.
- chateauguay — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada, on the St. Lawrence.
- chemigraphy — any technique for making engravings or etchings using chemicals and without the aid of photography.
- chikungunya — A viral disease resembling dengue, transmitted by mosquitoes and endemic in East Africa and parts of Asia.
- chirography — handwriting; penmanship
- chorography — the technique of mapping regions
- chrysograph — a manuscript, especially of the Middle Ages, written in gold or gold and silver ink.
- classifying — Denoting an adjective that describes the class that a head noun belongs to and characterized by not having a comparative or superlative (for example American, mortal ).
- clay pigeon — Clay pigeons are discs of baked clay which are thrown into the air by a machine as targets for gun shooting practice.
- cleistogamy — self-pollination and fertilization of an unopened flower, as in the flowers of the violet produced in summer
- clergywoman — a female member of the clergy
- climatology — the study of climate
- cog railway — a railway for a very steep grade with traction supplied by a central cogged rail that meshes with a cogwheel on the engine
- cognizantly — In a cognizant manner.
- collagraphy — A printmaking process in which materials are applied to a rigid substrate (such as cardboard or wood).
- collegially — collegiate.
- congenially — agreeable, suitable, or pleasing in nature or character: congenial surroundings.
- conjugality — of, relating to, or characteristic of marriage: conjugal vows.
- conjugately — In a conjugate manner.
- copycatting — a person or thing that copies, imitates, mimics, or follows the lead of another, as a child who says or does exactly the same as another child.
- cosignatory — a person, country, etc, that signs a document jointly with others
- cosmography — a representation of the world or the universe
- cracklingly — With a crackling sound.
- craniognomy — the scientific study of the shape and characteristics of the skull
- cryptogamic — Of, relating to, or denoting cryptogams.
- cryptograms — Plural form of cryptogram.
- cryptograph — something written in code or cipher
- crystallog. — crystallography
- cutty grass — a species of sedge, Cyperus ustulatus, of New Zealand with sharp leaves
- cyano group — the univalent group CN; cyanogen.
- cyclolignan — (organic chemistry) Any lignan having an additional ring.
- cycloplegia — paralysis of the muscles that adjust the shape of the lens of the eye, resulting in loss of ability to focus
- cystography — radiography of the urinary bladder using a contrast medium
- cytological — Of, or relating to cytology or cytologists.
- cytomegalic — of or relating to a disease characterized by enlarged cells
- cytophagous — the ingestion of cells by other cells.
- dactylogram — a fingerprint
- dactylology — the method of using manual sign language, as in communicating with deaf people
- daemonology — the study of demons or of beliefs about demons.
- daily grind — everyday work routine
- dangerously — full of danger or risk; causing danger; perilous; risky; hazardous; unsafe.
- dangleberry — a blue huckleberry (Gaylussacia frondosa), native to E North America