11-letter words containing y, i, n, g
- grandiosely — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
- grandiosity — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
- granularity — of the nature of granules; grainy.
- gravy train — a position in which a person or group receives excessive and unjustified money or advantages with little or no effort: The top executives were on the gravy train with their huge bonuses.
- grey knight — an ambiguous intervener in a takeover battle, who makes a counterbid for the shares of the target company without having made his intentions clear
- grimacingly — With a grimace.
- grovelingly — Alternative form of grovellingly.
- gruellingly — In a gruelling manner.
- grumblingly — While or as if grumbling.
- guarantying — a warrant, pledge, or formal assurance given as security that another's debt or obligation will be fulfilled.
- gymnasiarch — (in ancient Greece) a magistrate who superintended the gymnasia and public games in certain cities.
- gymnastical — Alternative form of gymnastic.
- gymnodinium — any marine or freshwater dinoflagellate of the genus Gymnodinium, certain species of which cause red tide.
- gymnophobia — An inordinate fear or hatred of being naked, and possibly nudity or nudists and naturists.
- gymnorhinal — (of a bird) having the nostrils exposed, not covered by feathers.
- gynecologic — the branch of medical science that deals with the health maintenance and diseases of women, especially of the reproductive organs. Abbreviation: GYN, gyn.
- gynocentric — Centered on or concerned exclusively with women; taking a female (or specifically a feminist) point of view.
- gynogenesis — a type of reproduction by parthenogenesis that requires stimulation by a sperm to activate the egg into development but occurs without fusion of sperm and egg nuclei.
- gynogenetic — relating to gynogenesis
- gynostegium — a specialized caplike mass of tissue covering a gynoecium.
- gynostemium — the united stamens and pistil of an orchid.
- gypsy winch — a small winch or crab.
- hairstyling — a person who designs and arranges hair styles.
- hangability — the ability to be hanged
- harassingly — in a harassing manner
- harrowingly — extremely disturbing or distressing; grievous: a harrowing experience.
- heavy going — a soft and muddy surface to race on
- hectoringly — So as to hector or bully.
- high-energy — possessing speed and energy beyond the classical laws of motion, esp of particles which have been accelerated in an accelerator
- high-flying — moving upward to or along at a considerable height: highflying planes.
- hinderingly — in a hindering manner, so as to hinder or obstruct
- hobgoblinry — the behaviour or activities of hobgoblins
- holystoning — Present participle of holystone.
- home-buying — the purchase of a house or flat
- homogeneity — composition from like parts, elements, or characteristics; state or quality of being homogeneous.
- honey guide — any of several small, usually dull-colored birds of the family Indicatoridae, of Africa and southern Asia, certain species of which are noted for their habit of leading people or animals to nests of honeybees in order to feed on the honey, larvae, and wax of the nests after they have been broken open.
- humidifying — Present participle of humidify.
- hybernating — Present participle of hybernate.
- hybridizing — Present participle of hybridize.
- hydrogenize — hydrogenate.
- hydrolyzing — Present participle of hydrolyze.
- hylogenesis — the formation or coming into being of matter
- hymnologist — A composer or compiler of hymns; one versed in hymnology.
- hypermiling — to improve fuel mileage in a motor vehicle, as by adopting certain driving techniques or making design alterations to the vehicle.
- hyphenating — Present participle of hyphenate.
- hypnotising — Present participle of hypnotise.
- hypnotizing — Present participle of hypnotize.
- hypogenesis — underdevelopment of an organ or function, especially in the embryo.
- ichnography — the art of drawing a ground plan or layout of a building.
- iconography — symbolic representation, especially the conventional meanings attached to an image or images.