10-letter words containing y, i, d
- ginglymoid — of, relating to, or resembling a ginglymus.
- glycerides — Plural form of glyceride.
- glyceridic — Of or pertaining to glycerol or glycerides.
- glycolipid — any of a class of lipids, comprising the cerebrosides and gangliosides, that upon hydrolysis yield galactose or a similar sugar, a fatty acid, and sphingosine or dihydrosphingosine.
- glycosides — Plural form of glycoside.
- glycosidic — any of the class of compounds that yield a sugar and an aglycon upon hydrolysis.
- goldwynism — a phrase or statement involving a humorous and supposedly unintentional misuse of idiom, as “Keep a stiff upper chin,” especially such a statement attributed to Samuel Goldwyn, as “Include me out.”.
- golgi body — an organelle, consisting of layers of flattened sacs, that takes up and processes secretory and synthetic products from the endoplasmic reticulum and then either releases the finished products into various parts of the cell cytoplasm or secretes them to the outside of the cell.
- goliardery — one of a class of wandering scholar-poets in Germany, France, and England, chiefly in the 12th and 13th centuries, noted as the authors of satirical Latin verse written in celebration of conviviality, sensual pleasures, etc.
- gooneybird — an informal name for the albatross, esp the black-footed albatross (Diomedea nigripes)
- graduality — The state or degree of being gradual.
- grindingly — In a grinding fashion; in a way that grinds.
- ground ivy — a creeping, aromatic plant, Glechoma hederacea, of the mint family, having rounded leaves and whorling clusters of small blue flowers.
- grudgingly — displaying or reflecting reluctance or unwillingness: grudging acceptance of the victory of an opponent.
- guy friday — a man who acts as a general assistant in a business office or to an executive and has a wide variety of especially secretarial and clerical duties.
- gynandrism — hermaphroditism.
- hardwarily — /hard-weir'*-lee/ In a way pertaining to hardware. "The system is hardwarily unreliable." The adjective "hardwary" is *not* traditionally used, though it has recently been reported from the U.K. See softwarily.
- hereditary — passing, or capable of passing, naturally from parent to offspring through the genes: Blue eyes are hereditary in our family. Compare congenital.
- hexahydric — (especially of alcohols and phenols) hexahydroxy.
- hexaploidy — the condition of being a hexaploid
- hidey hole — a nook or cranny used as a hiding place.
- hidey-hole — a nook or cranny used as a hiding place.
- high-keyed — very nervous or excitable; high-strung.
- holidaying — a day fixed by law or custom on which ordinary business is suspended in commemoration of some event or in honor of some person.
- hollywired — Siliwood
- honeyguide — any of a family (Indicatoridae) of small, heavily built, drab-colored piciform birds of Africa, Asia, and the East Indies: they are said to lead people or animals to bees' nests in order to eat the grubs and wax discarded by the people, etc. when they take the honeycombs
- hyalinised — to become hyaline.
- hyalinized — to become hyaline.
- hybrid car — vehicle with combined power source
- hybrid tea — a type of cultivated rose originally produced chiefly by crossing the tea rose and the hybrid perpetual.
- hybridised — Simple past tense and past participle of hybridise.
- hybridized — Simple past tense and past participle of hybridize.
- hybridizer — One who hybridizes.
- hybridizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hybridize.
- hybridomas — Plural form of hybridoma.
- hydrastine — an alkaloid, C 21 H 21 NO 6 , that is extracted from the roots of goldenseal and forms prismatic crystals: used as an astringent and to inhibit uterine bleeding.
- hydraulics — the science that deals with the laws governing water or other liquids in motion and their applications in engineering; practical or applied hydrodynamics.
- hydrazides — Plural form of hydrazide.
- hydrically — in a hydric manner; in a manner using water or moisture
- hydriodate — (obsolete, inorganic chemistry) iodide.
- hydriodide — (chemistry) A compound of hydriodic acid with a base.
- hydrofoils — Plural form of hydrofoil.
- hydrogenic — (chemistry) hydrogen-like.
- hydroiodic — (chemistry) Composed of hydrogen and iodine.
- hydrolized — Simple past tense and past participle of hydrolize.
- hydrologic — the science dealing with the occurrence, circulation, distribution, and properties of the waters of the earth and its atmosphere.
- hydrolysis — chemical decomposition in which a compound is split into other compounds by reacting with water.
- hydrolytic — producing, noting, or resulting in hydrolysis.
- hydromania — an excessive craving or love for water
- hydrophile — (chemistry) Any hydrophilic substance.