9-letter words containing y, a
- gray mold — a disease of plants, characterized by a gray, furry coating on the decaying parts, caused by any of several fungi.
- gray pine — jack pine.
- gray wolf — a wolf, Canis lupus, having a usually grizzled, blackish, or whitish coat: formerly common in Eurasia and North America, some subspecies are now reduced in numbers or near extinction.
- graybacks — Plural form of grayback.
- graybeard — Sometimes Disparaging. a man whose beard is gray; old man; sage.
- grayhound — one of a breed of tall, slender, short-haired dogs, noted for its keen sight and swiftness.
- graylings — Plural form of grayling.
- grayscale — a scale of achromatic colors having several, usually ten, equal gradations ranging from white to black, used in television and photography.
- graystone — (uncountable) A type of gray, volcanic rock, typically containing feldspar and iron.
- graywacke — Geology. a dark-gray coarse-grained wacke.
- graywater — dirty water from sinks, showers, bathtubs, washing machines, and the like, that can be recycled, as for use in flushing toilets.
- green bay — an arm of Lake Michigan, in NE Wisconsin. 120 miles (195 km) long.
- greenaway — Kate (Catherine) 1846–1901, English painter and author and illustrator of children's books.
- greenways — Plural form of greenway.
- grey area — If you refer to something as a grey area, you mean that it is unclear, for example because nobody is sure how to deal with it or who is responsible for it, or it falls between two separate categories of things.
- grey seal — a greyish species of earless seal, Halichoerus grypus
- grey-wave — denoting a company or an investment that is potentially profitable but is unlikely to fulfil expectations before the investor has grey hair
- greybeard — Sometimes Disparaging. a man whose beard is gray; old man; sage.
- greyscale — Alternative spelling of grayscale.
- greywacke — Geology. a dark-gray coarse-grained wacke.
- greywater — Alternative spelling of gray water.
- guanylate — (biochemistry) any salt or ester of guanylic acid; the salts are used as flavour enhancers.
- guardedly — cautious; careful; prudent: to be guarded in one's speech.
- guayabera — a sport shirt or lightweight jacket, often with several large front pockets, modeled upon a loose, smocklike shirt originally worn by men in Cuba.
- guayaquil — a seaport in W Ecuador, on the Gulf of Guayaquil.
- guberniya — (in the Soviet Union) an administrative division of the volosts, smaller than a district.
- guideways — Plural form of guideway.
- gunny-bag — a sack made of gunny or burlap.
- gunnysack — a sack made of gunny or burlap.
- gustatory — of or relating to taste or tasting.
- gym class — physical education lesson
- gymkhanas — Plural form of gymkhana.
- gymnasial — relating to gymnasium schools
- gymnasium — a building or room designed and equipped for indoor sports, exercise, or physical education.
- gymnastic — of or relating to physical exercises that develop and demonstrate strength, balance, and agility, especially such exercises performed mostly on special equipment.
- gynaeceum — (among the ancient Greeks) the part of a dwelling used by women.
- gynaecoid — Characteristic of a woman.
- gynarchic — relating to gynarchy or rule by women
- gynobasic — an elevation of the receptacle of a flower, bearing the gynoecium.
- gynocracy — gynarchy.
- gypsy cab — a taxicab that is licensed only to pick up passengers on call by telephone, but that often illegally seeks passengers on the street.
- gypsyhead — a flanged drum on a winch, for winding in lines.
- gyrations — Plural form of gyration.
- gyrfalcon — a large falcon, Falco rusticolus, of arctic and subarctic regions, having white, gray, or blackish color phases: now greatly reduced in number.
- gyromancy — a method of prediction or prophecy in which a person moves round and round in a circle and the place at which they fall to the ground is said to be highly significant
- gyroplane — autogiro.
- gyrovague — a vagrant monk who wandered from one monastery to another.
- habitably — capable of being inhabited.
- habitancy — the act or fact of inhabiting; inhabitancy.
- hack away — keep chopping at sth