10-letter words containing y, o, g
- bon voyage — You say 'bon voyage' to someone who is going on a journey, as a way of saying goodbye and wishing them good luck.
- borborygmi — a rumbling or gurgling sound caused by the movement of gas in the intestines.
- bouncingly — in a bouncing manner
- bounty bag — a set of free samples, such as nappies and creams, given to mothers leaving hospital with a new baby
- boxing day — Boxing Day is the 26th of December, the day after Christmas Day.
- brachylogy — a concise style in speech or writing
- broodingly — preoccupied with depressing, morbid, or painful memories or thoughts: a brooding frame of mind.
- buddhology — the study of Buddha and of Buddhahood.
- by george! — a figure of St. George killing the dragon, especially one forming part of the insignia of the Order of the Garter.
- cacography — bad handwriting
- cajolingly — In a cajoling manner.
- cardiology — Cardiology is the study of the heart and its diseases.
- carphology — the action of grasping at imaginary objects or plucking at one's bed linen, a characteristic of people affected by delirium
- category 3 — (hardware) (Cat 3, or "voice grade") An American Standards Institute standard for UTP cables. Used, e.g., for 100BaseVG network cabling.
- category 5 — The term Category 5 refers to Ethernet cabling that allows data transfers up to 100 Megabits per second.
- category a — (of a prisoner) regarded as highly dangerous and therefore requiring constant observation and maximum security
- category d — (of a prisoner) regarded as sufficiently trustworthy to be kept under open prison conditions
- cerography — the art of engraving on a waxed plate on which a printing surface is created by electrotyping
- chasmogamy — the production of flowers that open, so as to expose the reproductive organs and allow cross-pollination
- chirognomy — the study of the hand in order to discern a person's nature or future events
- choreology — the method of writing down the signs and characters that indicate movements in dance
- chronology — The chronology of a series of past events is the times at which they happened in the order in which they happened.
- clownology — The study of being a clown.
- codicology — the study of manuscripts
- cognizably — In a cognizable manner.
- cohomology — the abstract study of algebraic topology
- cometology — the study of comets
- companying — Present participle of company.
- conchology — the study and collection of mollusc shells
- condignity — merit earned through good works while in a state of grace, and having a just claim on such rewards as heavenly glory. Compare congruity (def 4).
- config.sys — (operating system) A text file containing special system configuration commands, found in the root directory on an MS-DOS computer, typically on drive C (the hard disk). It is read by MS-DOS at boot time, after the setup has been read from CMOS RAM and before running AUTOEXEC.BAT. It can be modified by the user. Some example commands which CONFIG.SYS might contain are: DEVICE=C:\DOS\HIMEM.SYS /testmem:off Load the extended memory manager. DEVICE=C:\DOS\EMM386.EXE RAM Load the expanded memory manager. BUFFERS=10,0 Specify memory for disk buffers. FILES=70 Set the number of files that can be open at once. DOS=UMB DOS is located in UppeMemoryBlock. LASTDRIVE=Z Disk drives are A: to Z:. FCBS=16,0 Set the number of file control blocks. DEVICEHIGH /L:1,12048 =C:\DOS\SETVER.EXE Report the DOS version to older programs. DOS=HIGH DOS should maintain a link to UMB. COUNTRY=358,437 C:\DOS\COUNTRY.SYS Set the country code for some programs. STACKS=9,256 Set dynamic stacks for hardware control. SHELL=C:\DOS\COMMAND.COM C:\DOS\ /E:1024 /p Set the location of the command interpreter.
- congruency — congruence.
- conjugally — In a conjugal manner; as husband and wife.
- consignify — to signify (something) when understood or interpreted in combination with something else
- contiguity — the state of being contiguous; nearness or contact
- coprophagy — feeding on dung, as certain beetles.
- copyrights — Plural form of copyright.
- cosy along — to reassure (someone), esp with false assurances
- covetingly — in a covetous manner
- coweringly — in a cowering manner
- craniology — the branch of science concerned with the shape and size of the human skull, esp with reference to variations between different races
- crazy golf — a putting game in which the ball has to be played via various obstacles
- cryogenics — Cryogenics is a branch of physics that studies what happens to things at extremely low temperatures.
- cryogenist — of or relating to the production or use of very low temperatures: cryogenic storage.
- cryptogams — Plural form of cryptogam.
- cryptogamy — the state of being a cryptogam
- cryptogram — a secret symbol
- cryptology — the study of secret codes or ciphers and the devices used to create and decipher them
- cyanogenic — having the capability to generate or produce cyanide
- cyberglove — (hardware, virtual reality) A data glove sold by Virtual Technologies. The spandex-like glove houses 18 sensors to track accurately just about every move your hand is capable of making. The accompanying software includes a three-dimensional hand model that can he added to any virtual reality application. The glove includes a mount for Polhemus and Ascension sensors.