11-letter words containing y, o, g
- go belly up — the front or under part of a vertebrate body from the breastbone to the pelvis, containing the abdominal viscera; the abdomen.
- god's penny — earnest money.
- goggle-eyed — having bulging, wide-open, or rolling eyes, especially in astonishment or wonderment.
- goldenberry — the Cape gooseberry
- gomme syrup — simple syrup.
- gonadectomy — (surgery) The procedure to remove an ovary or testis.
- gonycampsis — abnormal curvature of the knee.
- good friday — the Friday before Easter, a holy day of the Christian church, observed as the anniversary of the Crucifixion of Jesus.
- good on you — well done, well said, etc: a term of congratulation
- goody goody — a person who is self-righteously, affectedly, or cloyingly good.
- goody-goody — a person who is self-righteously, affectedly, or cloyingly good.
- googly-eyed — goggle-eyed.
- gooney bird — any of several albatrosses, especially the black-footed albatross and the Laysan albatross, occurring on islands in the Pacific Ocean, often near naval bases.
- gopherberry — bush huckleberry.
- gossypiboma — (surgery) A gauze or surgical sponge left inside a patient's body during surgery.
- gouty stool — a footstool of the 18th century having a top adjustable to a variety of angles.
- governmenty — pompous.
- graminology — the branch of botany concerned with the study of grasses
- grandiosely — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
- grandiosity — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
- granny bond — (in Britain) an informal name for retirement issue certificate, an index-linked savings certificate, originally available only to people over retirement age
- granny knot — a reef knot with the ends crossed the wrong way, making it liable to slip or jam
- granulocyte — a circulating white blood cell having prominent granules in the cytoplasm and a nucleus of two or more lobes.
- gratulatory — (archaic) congratulatory.
- greasy pole — a pole covered with grease to make it slippery and difficult to climb, often used as entertainment
- greasy wool — untreated wool, still retaining the lanolin, which is used for waterproof clothing
- gregory iii — Saint, died a.d. 741, pope 731–741.
- gregory vii — Saint (Hildebrand) c1020–85, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1073–85.
- gregory xii — (Angelo Correr, Corrario or Corraro) c1327–1417, Italian ecclesiastic: installed as pope in 1406 and resigned office in 1415.
- gregory xiv — (Niccolò Sfandrati) 1535–91, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1590–91.
- gregory xvi — (Bartolommeo Alberto Cappellari) 1765–1846, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1831–46.
- grey import — an imported vehicle that does not have an exact model equivalent in the receiving country
- grey plover — the black-bellied plover.
- grey willow — a species of willow, Salix cinerea, with greenish-grey catkins
- grotesquely — odd or unnatural in shape, appearance, or character; fantastically ugly or absurd; bizarre.
- grotesquery — grotesque character.
- grovelingly — Alternative form of grovellingly.
- gustatorily — in a gustatory manner
- gymnanthous — achlamydeous.
- gymnodinium — any marine or freshwater dinoflagellate of the genus Gymnodinium, certain species of which cause red tide.
- gymnogynous — having a naked ovary.
- 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.
- gymnosperms — Plural form of gymnosperm.
- gymnospermy — The property of being gymnospermous.
- gynaecology — Alternative form of gynecology.
- gynaecomast — a man who suffers from gynaecomastia
- gynecocracy — gynarchy.
- gynecologic — the branch of medical science that deals with the health maintenance and diseases of women, especially of the reproductive organs. Abbreviation: GYN, gyn.
- gynecopathy — any disease occurring only in women.