15-letter words containing y, g
- green with envy — If you say that someone is green with envy, you mean that they are very envious indeed.
- greenback party — a former political party, organized in 1874, opposed to the retirement or reduction of greenbacks and favoring their increase as the only paper currency.
- greenbottle fly — any of several metallic-green blowflies, as Phaenicia sericata.
- grey propaganda — propaganda that does not identify its source
- griffith-joyner — Florence, known as Flojo. 1959–98, US sprinter, winner of two gold medals at the 1988 Olympic Games
- gross indecency — sexual offence
- growth industry — an industry that is experiencing rapid growth
- guidance system — The guidance system of a missile or rocket is the device which controls its course.
- gunnery officer — an officer in charge of heavy guns
- gynandromorphic — (of an organism) Having male and female characteristics.
- gyrostabilizers — Plural form of gyrostabilizer.
- hacking x for y — [ITS] Ritual phrasing of part of the information which ITS made publicly available about each user. This information (the INQUIR record) was a sort of form in which the user could fill out various fields. On display, two of these fields were always combined into a project description of the form "Hacking X for Y" (e.g. ""Hacking perceptrons for Minsky""). This form of description became traditional and has since been carried over to other systems with more general facilities for self-advertisement (such as Unix plan files).
- hair hygrometer — a hygrometer actuated by the changes in length of a strand of human hair brought about by changes in the relative humidity.
- hamersley range — a mountain range in N Western Australia: iron-ore deposits. Highest peak: 1236 m (4056 ft)
- haulage company — a firm that transports goods by lorry
- have a good day — pleasantry
- heartbreakingly — causing intense anguish or sorrow.
- heavy breathing — stertorous breathing or breathing done with difficulty
- hedge your bets — play it safe, lessen a risk
- hemiglossectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of a portion of the tongue.
- heterogeneously — different in kind; unlike; incongruous.
- hieroglyphology — the study of hieroglyphic writing.
- high and mighty — self-important, arrogant
- high technology — any technology requiring the most sophisticated scientific equipment and advanced engineering techniques, as microelectronics, data processing, genetic engineering, or telecommunications (opposed to low technology).
- high-and-mighty — haughty; arrogant.
- high-dependency — needing or providing a more than usually high level of healthcare
- highway robbery — robbery committed on a highway against travelers, as by a highwayman.
- histomorphology — histology.
- histophysiology — the branch of physiology dealing with tissues.
- holding company — a company that controls other companies through stock ownership but that usually does not engage directly in their productive operations (distinguished from parent company).
- holiday cottage — a cottage used for accommodation for a family, couple, etc, on holiday
- holiday feeling — the positive feeling people experience while on holiday and during holiday periods such as the Christmas period
- holiday village — a park with villas where holidaymakers stay and which has a central area with a shop, entertainment, etc
- holographically — In a holographic way.
- honey tangerine — a citrus fruit with a deep-orange pulp, formed by crossing a tangerine and a sweet orange hybrid; Murcott
- horse-and-buggy — of or relating to the last few generations preceding the invention of the automobile: vivid recollections of horse-and-buggy days.
- hughes syndrome — a condition of the autoimmune system caused by antibodies reacting against phospholipids, leading to thrombosis
- human geography — the study of the interaction between human beings and their environment in particular places and across spatial areas.
- humphrey bogart — Humphrey (DeForest) ("Bogie"or"Bogey") 1899–57, U.S. motion-picture actor.
- hydrobiological — of or relating to hydrobiology
- hydrofracturing — a process in which fractures in rocks below the earth's surface are opened and widened by injecting chemicals and liquids at high pressure: used especially to extract natural gas or oil.
- hydrogen iodide — a colorless gas, HI, having a suffocating odor: the anhydride of hydriodic acid.
- hydrometallurgy — the technique or process of extracting metals at ordinary temperatures by leaching ore with liquid solvents.
- hyetometrograph — an instrument used to record rainfall
- hygroscopically — In a hygroscopic way.
- hyper-energetic — possessing or exhibiting energy, especially in abundance; vigorous: an energetic leader.
- hyperaggressive — characterized by or tending toward unprovoked offensives, attacks, invasions, or the like; militantly forward or menacing: aggressive acts against a neighboring country.
- hypercoagulable — related to excessive coagulation of the blood or blood clots
- hypergalactosis — an abnormally large secretion of milk.
- hyperpolarizing — Present participle of hyperpolarize.