9-letter words containing y, g
- greenaway — Kate (Catherine) 1846–1901, English painter and author and illustrator of children's books.
- greenways — Plural form of greenway.
- gregory i — Saint ("Gregory the Great") a.d. c540–604, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 590–604.
- gregory v — (Bruno of Carinthia) died a.d. 999, German ecclesiastic: pope 996–999.
- gregory x — (Teobaldo Visconti) c1210–76, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1271–76.
- 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 body — a body that emits radiation in constant proportion to the corresponding black-body radiation
- grey seal — a greyish species of earless seal, Halichoerus grypus
- grey vote — the body of elderly people's votes, or elderly people regarded collectively as voters
- 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.
- greyhound — one of a breed of tall, slender, short-haired dogs, noted for its keen sight and swiftness.
- greyscale — Alternative spelling of grayscale.
- greystone — a grey igneous rock of volcanic origin
- greywacke — Geology. a dark-gray coarse-grained wacke.
- greywater — Alternative spelling of gray water.
- gropingly — In a groping manner; blindly.
- grouchily — In a grouchy manner.
- growingly — becoming greater in quantity, size, extent, or intensity: growing discontent among industrial workers.
- grundyism — a prudish adherence to conventionality, especially in personal behavior.
- grunitsky — Nicolas, 1913–69, African statesman: president of the Republic of Togo 1963–67.
- 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.
- guernseys — Plural form of guernsey.
- guideways — Plural form of guideway.
- gummosity — the quality of being gummous
- gun lobby — a group of people who argue for the right of members of the public to be able to own guns
- gunny-bag — a sack made of gunny or burlap.
- gunnysack — a sack made of gunny or burlap.
- gurneyite — a supporter of Joseph John Gurney (1788–1847), an English Quaker, who, on a preaching tour of America, advocated Christian evangelical principles.
- gushingly — In a gushing manner; with overeffusive sentimentality.
- gustatory — of or relating to taste or tasting.
- gutlessly — In a gutless way; with cowardice.
- gwendolyn — a female given name: from a Welsh word meaning “white.”.
- gym bunny — a person who spends a lot of time exercising at a gymnasium
- 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.
- gynoecium — the pistil or pistils of a flower; the female parts.
- gynophobe — a person who hates or fears women