8-letter words containing y, g
- glossary — a list of terms in a special subject, field, or area of usage, with accompanying definitions.
- glossily — In a glossy manner.
- glumpily — in a glumpy manner
- gluttony — excessive eating and drinking.
- glycemia — the presence of glucose in the blood.
- glycemic — the presence of glucose in the blood.
- glyceria — any aquatic grass species in the genus Glyceria
- glyceric — of or derived from glycerol.
- glycerin — glycerol.
- glycerol — a colorless, odorless, syrupy, sweet liquid, C 3 H 8 O 3 , usually obtained by the saponification of natural fats and oils: used for sweetening and preserving food, in the manufacture of cosmetics, perfumes, inks, and certain glues and cements, as a solvent and automobile antifreeze, and in medicine in suppositories and skin emollients.
- glyceryl — containing the glyceryl group.
- glycogen — a white, tasteless polysaccharide, (C 6 H 10 O 5) n , molecularly similar to starch, constituting the principal carbohydrate storage material in animals and occurring chiefly in the liver, in muscle, and in fungi and yeasts.
- glycolic — pertaining to or derived from glycol.
- glyconic — (of a line of verse) consisting of three trochees and one dactyl
- glycosyl — (biochemistry) Any functional group derived from a sugar (especially from a monosaccharide) by removal of the hemiacetal hydroxy group.
- glyphics — Plural form of glyphic.
- glyptics — the act or process of producing glyptic ornaments.
- godowsky — Leopold, 1870–1938, U.S. composer and pianist, born in Poland.
- goldenly — In a golden manner.
- gollywog — Alternative form of golliwog.
- gonocyte — an oocyte or spermatocyte
- good day — day spent well
- good guy — decent man
- good-bye — a farewell.
- goodbyes — Plural form of goodbye.
- goodyear — Charles, 1800–60, U.S. inventor: developer of the process of vulcanizing rubber.
- gorbelly — a protruding belly.
- gospelly — Resembling gospel music.
- gossipry — Spiritual relationship or affinity; gossiprede; special intimacy.
- gossypol — a toxic pigment, C 30 H 30 O 8 , derived from cottonseed oil, made nontoxic by heating, presently under study as a potential male contraceptive and antimicrobial.
- gradably — In a gradable manner.
- graithly — in a graith manner
- gramarye — occult learning; magic.
- gramercy — Obsolete. thanks.
- grassily — in a grassy manner
- gratuity — a gift of money, over and above payment due for service, as to a waiter or bellhop; tip.
- gravelly — of, like, or abounding in gravel.
- gray fox — a fox, Urocyon cinereoargenteus, ranging from Central America through the southwestern and eastern U.S., having blackish-gray upper parts and rusty-yellowish feet, legs, and ears.
- gray hat — a hacker who violates the security of a system without true malicious intent but often without the prior knowledge or consent of the owner or developer, and who later reports system vulnerabilities to the authorities, sometimes for personal profit.
- gray jay — a gray jay, Perisoreus canadensis, of northern North America, noted for its boldness in stealing food from houses, traps, camps, etc.
- gray urn — a smooth, urn-shaped edible mushroom, Urnula craterium, commonly found in North America on fallen hardwood.
- grayback — any of various marine and aquatic animals that are dark gray above and light-colored or white below, as the gray whale, the alewife, certain whitefish, and certain sandpipers.
- grayfish — a name used in marketing for any of several American sharks, especially the dogfishes of the genus Squalus.
- grayling — any freshwater fish of the genus Thymallus, related to the trouts but having a longer and higher, brilliantly colored dorsal fin.
- graymail — a means of preventing prosecution, as for espionage, by threatening to disclose government secrets during trial.
- grayness — of a color between white and black; having a neutral hue.
- greasily — In a greasy manner.
- greedily — excessively or inordinately desirous of wealth, profit, etc.; avaricious: the greedy owners of the company.
- greenery — green foliage or vegetation; verdure.
- greeneye — a slender fish with pale green eyes