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11-letter words containing y, o, g, h

  • sociography — the branch of sociology that uses statistical data to describe social phenomena.
  • solenoglyph — any poisonous snake of the viper family with hollow, paired, erectile fangs
  • soothsaying — the practice or art of foretelling events.
  • sphagnology — the study of sphagna
  • sphygmogram — a tracing or diagram produced by a sphygmograph.
  • sphygmology — the study and examination of the pulse
  • spirography — the study of breathing using a spirograph
  • spy-hopping — a vertical half-rise out of the water performed by a whale in order to view the surroundings. a springing bounce in tall grasses performed by certain land mammals, as foxes and wolves, to view the surroundings.
  • stenography — the art of writing in shorthand.
  • stenohygric — able to withstand only a narrow range of humidity
  • stylography — the art of writing, tracing, drawing, etc., with a style.
  • syngnathous — (of fish) having a tubular snout, e.g. pipefish, seahorse
  • syphilology — the branch of medicine concerned with the study and treatment of syphilis
  • thanatology — the study of death and its surrounding circumstances, as in forensic medicine.
  • through way — a way that traffic or vehicles can pass through
  • touch rugby — a limited-contact version of rugby in which players seek to evade being touched (rather than tackled) while in possession of the ball
  • tough titty — (often used dismissively) regrettable
  • troy weight — a system of weights in use for precious metals and gems (formerly also for bread, grain, etc.): 24 grains = 1 pennyweight (1.555 grams); 20 pennyweights = 1 ounce (31.103 grams); 12 ounces = 1 pound (0.373 kilogram). The grain, ounce, and pound are the same as in apothecaries' weight, the grain alone being the same as in avoirdupois weight. The troy pound is no longer a standard weight in Great Britain.
  • typographer — a person skilled or engaged in typography.
  • typographia — matter relating to printing or printers
  • typographic — of or relating to typography.
  • tyroglyphid — a tick or mite of the family Tyroglyphidae
  • uranography — the branch of astronomy concerned with the description and mapping of the heavens, and especially of the fixed stars.
  • videography — the art or process of making films with a video camera.
  • xylographed — Simple past tense and past participle of xylograph.
  • xylographer — A person who makes xylographs.
  • xylographic — Of or pertaining to xylographs.
  • xylophagous — Feeding on wood. (of insects etc.).
  • yarboroughs — Plural form of yarborough.
  • yoghurt pot — a small, usually plastic, container that is used for selling yogurt and, when empty, is often used as a craft material
  • young hyson — a Chinese green tea dried and prepared from twisted leaves, especially of the early crop (young hyson)
  • young thing — a young person.
  • youth group — an organization of young people, as for social purposes, usually under the sponsorship of a church, political organization, or the like.
  • zhao ziyang — 1919–2005, Chinese Communist leader: premier 1980–87; general secretary of the Communist Party 1987–89.
  • zincography — the art or process of producing a printing surface on a zinc plate, especially of producing one in relief by etching away unprotected parts with acid.
  • zygomorphic — having bilateral symmetry; divisible lengthwise into similar or symmetrical halves.
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