11-letter words containing y, i, g
- batting eye — the batter's visual appraisal of balls pitched toward home plate.
- bay of pigs — a bay on the SW coast of Cuba: scene of an unsuccessful invasion of Cuba by US-backed troops (April 17, 1961)
- bay village — a city in N central Ohio.
- bayonetting — (British) present participle of bayonet.
- beautifying — Present participle of beautify.
- befittingly — suitable; proper; becoming: planned with a befitting sense of majesty.
- believingly — with belief; in a believing manner
- bellyaching — constant complaining
- benignantly — kind, especially to inferiors; gracious: a benignant sovereign.
- beseemingly — in a manner that is beseeming
- besiegingly — in an urgent or important manner
- big society — the devolution of political power and social responsibility to local communities as opposed to centralized political power and state control
- bigeye scad — a carangid fish, Selar crumenophthalmus, of tropical seas and Atlantic coastal waters of the U.S., having prominent eyes and commonly used as bait.
- bikram yoga — a form of yoga in which traditional exercises are performed at high temperature and humidity
- bing cherry — a dark-red variety of sweet cherry
- biocenology — the branch of biology dealing with the study of biological communities and the interactions among their members.
- blightingly — in a blighting manner
- bloodguilty — guilty of murder or bloodshed.
- bricklaying — the technique or practice of laying bricks
- bright-eyed — eager; fresh and enthusiastic
- bulk buying — the purchase at one time, and often at a reduced price, of a large quantity of a particular commodity
- busy signal — If you try to make a telephone call and get a busy signal, it means that you cannot make the call because the line is already being used by someone else.
- calligraphy — Calligraphy is the art of producing beautiful handwriting using a brush or a special pen.
- callipygian — having beautifully shaped buttocks
- callipygous — having well-shaped buttocks.
- carcinology — the study of crustaceans
- caressingly — In a caressing manner; soothingly.
- carousingly — in a carousing manner
- carriageway — A carriageway is one side of a road on which traffic travelling in opposite directions is separated by a barrier.
- carry light — a searchlight used to illuminate a target while it is tracked and fired upon.
- carrying-on — unconventional or questionable behaviour
- castigatory — to criticize or reprimand severely.
- cerargyrite — a soft mineral, AgCl, that is an ore of silver; silver chloride
- chemigraphy — any technique for making engravings or etchings using chemicals and without the aid of photography.
- chikungunya — A viral disease resembling dengue, transmitted by mosquitoes and endemic in East Africa and parts of Asia.
- chirography — handwriting; penmanship
- christology — the branch of theology concerned with the person, attributes, and deeds of Christ
- chucklingly — In a chuckling manner.
- city of god — heaven conceived of as the New Jerusalem
- classifying — Denoting an adjective that describes the class that a head noun belongs to and characterized by not having a comparative or superlative (for example American, mortal ).
- clay pigeon — Clay pigeons are discs of baked clay which are thrown into the air by a machine as targets for gun shooting practice.
- cleistogamy — self-pollination and fertilization of an unopened flower, as in the flowers of the violet produced in summer
- climatology — the study of climate
- clinchingly — in a clinching manner
- cog railway — a railway for a very steep grade with traction supplied by a central cogged rail that meshes with a cogwheel on the engine
- cognitively — in a cognitive manner
- cognitivity — the state of being cognitive
- cognizantly — In a cognizant manner.
- collegially — collegiate.
- confidingly — In a confiding manner; in a matter that confides.