12-letter words containing y, o, g
- golden years — the years that follow retirement from work
- goldsmithery — the occupation of a goldsmith
- gollywobbler — a very large quadrilateral staysail set between the foremast and mainmast of a schooner.
- goo-goo eyes — expressing adoration; foolishly amorous: They sat there making goo-goo eyes at each other.
- good ol' boy — a male who embodies the unsophisticated good fellowship and sometimes boisterous sociability regarded as typical of white males of small towns and rural areas of the South.
- good old boy — a male who embodies the unsophisticated good fellowship and sometimes boisterous sociability regarded as typical of white males of small towns and rural areas of the South.
- goofy-footer — a surfboard rider or snowboarder who stands with the right foot forward instead of the left foot forward
- gourd family — the plant family Cucurbitaceae, characterized by tendril-bearing vines, either trailing or climbing and having alternate, palmately lobed leaves, often large yellow or greenish flowers, and many-seeded, fleshy fruit with a hard rind, and including the cucumber, gourd, melon, pumpkin, and squash.
- grammatology — the scientific study of systems of writing.
- grand canyon — a gorge of the Colorado River in N Arizona. over 200 miles (320 km) long; 1 mile (1.6 km) deep.
- granny woman — midwife (def 1).
- granulocytes — Plural form of granulocyte.
- granulocytic — Of, or pertaining to, granulocytes.
- graph theory — the branch of mathematics dealing with linear graphs.
- grass hockey — field hockey.
- gratuitously — given, done, bestowed, or obtained without charge or payment; free; voluntary.
- grayanotoxin — a toxin found in the nectar of some species of rhododendron and other plants of the family Ericaceae and in food made from their nectar, as unpasteurized honey, poisonous to humans and animals.
- grayson kirk — Grayson (Louis) 1903–1997, U.S. educator: president of Columbia University 1953–68.
- greasy spoon — a cheap and rather unsanitary restaurant.
- greek yogurt — a thick, creamy, protein-rich yogurt made by removing most of the liquid whey, as by centrifuge or straining.
- green monkey — a W African variety of a common guenon monkey, Cercopithecus aethiops, having greenish-brown fur and a dark face
- greengrocery — a greengrocer's shop.
- gregariously — fond of the company of others; sociable.
- gregory viii — (Alberto de MoraorAlberto di Morra) died 1187, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1187.
- gregory xiii — (Ugo Buoncompagni) 1502–85, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1572–85, educator and innovator of the modern calendar.
- groin injury — any injury to the groin area, esp suffered by a sports player
- groundlessly — In a groundless manner; without justification.
- group theory — the branch of mathematics that deals with the structure of mathematical groups and mappings between them.
- grovellingly — With grovelling or self-abasement; obsequiously.
- gymnocarpous — (of a fungus or lichen) having the apothecium open and attached to the surface of the thallus.
- gymnosophist — one of a group of Jainist philosophers, existing from ancient times to c1000, characterized by refusal to wear clothes and the abandonment of caste marks; a member of the Digambara sect.
- gynaecocracy — Alternative form of gynecocracy.
- gynantherous — having the stamens converted into pistils by the action of frost, disease, or insects.
- gynecologist — a physician specializing in gynecology. Abbreviation: GYN, gyn.
- gynecomastia — abnormal enlargement of the breast in a male.
- gynodioecism — the condition of having flowers that are only female in one example of a plant and flowers that have stamens and pistils in another example of a plant of the same species
- gypsum board — wallboard composed primarily of gypsum and often used as sheathing.
- gyro horizon — artificial horizon (def 3).
- gyromagnetic — of or relating to the magnetic properties of a rotating charged particle.
- hamartiology — the doctrine of sin in Christian theology
- hangchow bay — a bay of the East China Sea.
- hangtown fry — a type of omelet to which fried oysters, bacon, and sometimes onions are added.
- headstrongly — In a headstrong manner.
- heavy oxygen — either of the two stable isotopes of oxygen having mass numbers of 17 and 18.
- hedge hyssop — any plant of the genus Gratiola, a bitter herb used medicinally.
- hemorheology — The science of the rheological (especially flow) properties of the blood.
- hepaticology — the scientific study of bryophyte plants known as hepatics or liverworts
- hepatomegaly — an abnormal enlargement of the liver, usually associated with liver disease or heart failure.
- heterodyning — Present participle of heterodyne.
- heterogamety — the condition or state of being heterogametic