12-letter words containing y, a, n, g, s
- grayson kirk — Grayson (Louis) 1903–1997, U.S. educator: president of Columbia University 1953–68.
- greasy spoon — a cheap and rather unsanitary restaurant.
- great sunday — Easter Sunday.
- gymnocarpous — (of a fungus or lichen) having the apothecium open and attached to the surface of the thallus.
- gynantherous — having the stamens converted into pistils by the action of frost, disease, or insects.
- gynecomastia — abnormal enlargement of the breast in a male.
- headstrongly — In a headstrong manner.
- hesitatingly — In a hesitating manner.
- hydrogenates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hydrogenate.
- hypognathous — having the lower jaw or mandible longer than the upper.
- hypogonadism — diminished hormonal or reproductive functioning in the testes or the ovaries.
- increasingly — growing larger or greater; enlarging; augmenting.
- jersey giant — one of a breed of large domestic chickens raised primarily for their meat, originally black but now with a white variety, developed in New Jersey by interbreeding Langshans and large Asiatic fowl.
- languorously — characterized by languor; languid.
- laryngoscope — a rigid or flexible endoscope passed through the mouth and equipped with a source of light and magnification, for examining and performing local diagnostic and surgical procedures on the larynx.
- laryngoscopy — an examination by means of a laryngoscope.
- laryngospasm — An uncontrolled, spasmodic closure of the larynx.
- lipoxygenase — (enzyme) Any of a class of enzymes that catalyse the oxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids.
- lymphangitis — inflammation of the lymphatic vessels.
- ming dynasty — the imperial dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644
- misanalyzing — Present participle of misanalyze.
- misleadingly — In a misleading manner.
- monogamously — In a monogamous manner.
- naughty bits — genitals
- naughty step — a place where a child is made to stand as a punishment for bad behaviour
- nauseatingly — causing sickness of the stomach; nauseous.
- oleaginously — In an oleaginous manner.
- onomasiology — the study of the means of expressing a given concept.
- palynologist — the study of live and fossil spores, pollen grains, and similar plant structures.
- paralysingly — in a manner that paralyses
- paying guest — lodger
- press agency — news-reporting organization
- progymnasium — (in Europe) a school that prepares pupils for secondary education (the gymnasium)
- pugnaciously — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
- reassuringly — to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
- rogue's yarn — a yarn of distinctive color, material, or twist, laid in a strand or strands of a rope to identify the owner or the maker.
- salary range — pay scale
- salpingotomy — incision of a Fallopian tube.
- sandy blight — trachoma.
- saunteringly — in a sauntering manner
- scatteringly — in a scattering manner
- scintigraphy — the process of producing a scintigram.
- scramblingly — in a scrambling manner
- scratchingly — in a scratching manner, with a scratching action
- selenography — the branch of astronomy that deals with the charting of the moon's surface.
- self-playing — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- shagreen ray — a species of skate, Leucoraja fullonica
- sigma baryon — an unstable hyperon having positive, negative, or zero electric charge and strangeness −1. Symbol: Σ.
- significancy — significance.
- single-party — of or relating to a form of government in which only a single political party constitutes the government