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8-letter words containing y, o, g

  • gray fox — a fox, Urocyon cinereoargenteus, ranging from Central America through the southwestern and eastern U.S., having blackish-gray upper parts and rusty-yellowish feet, legs, and ears.
  • grey fox — a greyish American fox, Urocyon cinereoargenteus, inhabiting arid and woody regions from S North America to N South America
  • grey owl — Grey Owl, original name Archibald Belaney (1888–1938). Canadian writer and conservationist, born in England; adopted Native American identity
  • groggery — a slightly disreputable barroom.
  • groggily — staggering, as from exhaustion or blows: a boxer groggy from his opponent's hard left jab.
  • growlery — a place to retreat to, alone, when ill-humoured
  • gryphons — Plural form of gryphon.
  • guaynabo — a city in N Puerto Rico, SE of Bayamón.
  • gulosity — gluttony or greediness.
  • gurgoyle — Alternative form of gargoyle.
  • guy rope — A guy rope is a rope or wire that has one end fastened to a tent or pole and the other end fixed to the ground, so that it keeps the tent or pole in position.
  • gym shoe — a lightweight canvas shoe with a rubber sole; sneaker.
  • gynaeco- — relating to women; female
  • gynecoid — of or like a woman.
  • gynobase — an elevation of the receptacle of a flower, bearing the gynoecium.
  • gynoecia — Plural form of gynoecium.
  • gyp-room — a pantry, especially one attached to a student's quarters.
  • gypseous — of or relating to gypsum.
  • gyration — the act of gyrating; circular or spiral motion; revolution; rotation; whirling.
  • gyratory — moving in a circle or spiral; gyrating.
  • gyrodyne — A kind of VTOL aircraft with a helicopter rotor-like system driven by its engine for takeoff and landing, as well as one or more conventional propellers to provide forward thrust during cruising flight.
  • gyroidal — having a spiral arrangement.
  • gyrolite — calcium silicate hydroxide in a hydrated form
  • gyrostat — a modified gyroscope, consisting of a rotating wheel pivoted within a rigid case.
  • hegemony — leadership or predominant influence exercised by one nation over others, as in a confederation.
  • hexalogy — A set of six works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as six individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
  • highboys — Plural form of highboy.
  • hodology — The study of pathways.
  • hogmanay — the eve of New Year's Day.
  • hogmolly — hog sucker.
  • hogtying — to tie (an animal) with all four feet together.
  • hologamy — a type of reproduction in which the gametes are like ordinary cells in form and size, as is found in some algae and protozoa
  • hologyny — the inheritance of genetic traits through females only
  • homogamy — the state of being homogamous.
  • homogeny — correspondence in form or structure, owing to a common origin.
  • homogony — state of being homogonous.
  • homology — the state of being homologous; homologous relation or correspondence.
  • honeying — Present participle of honey.
  • hopingly — in a hopeful manner
  • horology — the art or science of making timepieces or of measuring time.
  • hyalogen — any of several insoluble substances found in many animal structures such as cartilage which yield sugars on hydrolysis structures
  • hydrogel — a gel whose liquid constituent is water.
  • hydrogen — a colorless, odorless, flammable gas that combines chemically with oxygen to form water: the lightest of the known elements. Symbol: H; atomic weight: 1.00797; atomic number: 1; density: 0.0899 g/l at 0°C and 760 mm pressure.
  • hypergol — any hypergolic agent.
  • hypogamy — Act or practice of seeking a spouse of lower socioeconomic status, or caste status than oneself.
  • hypogeal — underground; subterranean.
  • hypogean — Existing or growing underground.
  • hypogene — formed beneath the earth's surface, as granite (opposed to epigene).
  • hypogeum — Ancient Architecture. the underground part of a building, as a vault.
  • hypogyny — situated on the receptacle beneath the pistil and free of the ovary, as stamens, petals, or sepals.
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