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14-letter words containing y, g

  • geographically — of or relating to geography.
  • geohydrologist — a person who studies geohydrology
  • geopolitically — According to geopolitics.
  • geosynchronous — of or relating to a satellite traveling in an orbit 22,300 miles (35,900 km) above the earth's equator: at this altitude, the satellite's period of rotation, 24 hours, matches the earth's and the satellite always remains in the same spot over the earth: geostationary orbit.
  • gerrymandering — U.S. Politics. the dividing of a state, county, etc., into election districts so as to give one political party a majority in many districts while concentrating the voting strength of the other party into as few districts as possible.
  • get a guernsey — to be selected or gain recognition for something
  • get funny with — to be impudent to
  • get in the way — be an obstacle
  • get jiggy with — to have sexual relations with
  • ginseng family — the plant family Araliaceae, characterized by often prickly herbaceous plants, trees, and shrubs having alternate leaves and dense clusters of small, whitish or greenish flowers, and including the devil's-club, ginseng, ivy, schefflera, and wild sarsaparilla.
  • glutaraldehyde — a nonflammable liquid, C 5 H 8 O 2 , soluble in water and alcohol, toxic and an irritant, used for tanning leather and as a fixative for samples to be examined under the electron microscope.
  • glycaemic load — an index indicating the amount of carbohydrate contained in a specified serving of a particular food. It is calculated by multiplying the food's glycaemic index by its carbohydrate content in grams and then dividing by 100
  • glycemic index — a system that ranks foods by the speeds at which their carbohydrates are converted into glucose in the body; a measure of the effects of foods on blood-sugar levels.
  • glyceraldehyde — a white, crystalline, water-soluble solid, C 3 H 6 O 3 , that is an intermediate in carbohydrate metabolism and yields glycerol on reduction.
  • glyceryl group — the trivalent group (C 3 H 5)− 3 , derived from glycerol.
  • glycogenolysis — (biochemistry) The production of glucose-1-phosphate by splitting a glucose monomer from glycogen using inorganic phosphate.
  • glycogenolytic — Of, pertaining to, or capable of glycogenolysis, the catabolism of glycogen.
  • glycosidically — In a glycosidic manner; by means of a glycoside.
  • glyoxylic acid — a water-soluble crystalline compound, C 2 H 2 O 3 , that is an intermediate in photorespiration in plants.
  • go all the way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
  • go easy on sth — If you tell someone to go easy on something, you are telling them to use only a small amount of it.
  • godoy alcayaga — Lucila [Spanish loo-see-lah] /Spanish luˈsi lɑ/ (Show IPA) real name of Gabriela Mistral.
  • goitrogenicity — the potential to cause goitre
  • golden goodbye — A golden goodbye is the same as a golden handshake.
  • governing body — board, regulatory authority
  • governmentally — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
  • graduation day — the day on which the ceremony is held at which university or college degrees and diplomas are conferred
  • grammaticality — the state or quality of being grammatical.
  • granary weevil — a reddish-brown weevil, Sitophilus granarius, that infests stored grain.
  • grand ole opry — a successful radio show from Nashville, Tenn., first broadcast on Nov. 28, 1925, noted for its playing of and continuing importance to country music.
  • granny dumping — the abandonment of an elderly person, especially a relative, at a hospital, bus station, etc.
  • granny glasses — round spectacles
  • grape hyacinth — any plant belonging to the genus Muscari, of the lily family, as M. botryoides, having globular, blue flowers resembling tiny grapes.
  • graveyard slot — the hours from late night until early morning when the number of people watching television is at its lowest
  • graveyard stew — milk toast.
  • gravity assist — the technique of using the energy of a gravitational field and the orbital velocity of a planet to change the speed and trajectory of a spacecraft.
  • gray sea eagle — a grayish-brown sea eagle, Haliaetus albicilla, of the Old World and Greenland, having a white tail.
  • great doxology — Gloria in Excelsis Deo.
  • great gray owl — a large, dish-faced, gray owl, Strix nebulosa, of northern North America and western Eurasia, having streaked and barred plumage.
  • great pyrenees — one of a breed of large dogs having a heavy, white coat, raised originally in the Pyrenees for herding sheep and as a watchdog.
  • great yarmouth — a city in SE Massachusetts.
  • green currency — a currency whose value is adjusted in accordance with fluctuations between the currencies of the EU nations
  • greyhound race — a race in which greyhounds chase a dummy hare around a track
  • groote eylandt — an island in the Gulf of Carpentaria off the coast of NE Australia. 950 sq. mi. (2461 sq. km).
  • group dynamics — (used with a plural verb) the interactions that influence the attitudes and behavior of people when they are grouped with others through either choice or accidental circumstances.
  • group velocity — the velocity of finite numbers of waves undergoing simple harmonic motion, equal to the phase velocity when it does not vary with the wavelengths of the waves. The group velocity of the set of waves produced in water when a stone is dropped is less than the velocity of the individual waves.
  • grow away from — lose attachment
  • grylloblattids — Plural form of grylloblattid.
  • guantanamo bay — a bay on the SE coast of Cuba.
  • guatemala city — a republic in N Central America. 42,042 sq. mi. (108,889 sq. km).
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