9-letter words containing y, o, g
- dosiology — the study of doses of drugs
- doughboys — Informal. an American infantryman, especially in World War I.
- doughtily — In a doughty manner.
- dove grey — a brownish-grey colour
- downgyved — (poetic, obsolete) Hanging down like gyves or fetters.
- dragonfly — any of numerous stout-bodied, nonstinging insects of the order Odonata (suborder Anisoptera), the species of which prey on mosquitoes and other insects and are distinguished from the damselflies by having the wings outstretched rather than folded when at rest.
- droningly — With a droning sound.
- dry goods — fabrics, clothing
- dysgnosia — any intellectual impairment.
- easygoing — going easily, as a horse.
- echoingly — In an echoing way.
- embodying — Present participle of embody.
- emetology — (medicine) The study of the causes of emesis, i.e., vomiting, usually sub-specialities of gastroenterology or neurology.
- employing — Present participle of employ.
- endophagy — cannibalism within the same group or tribe
- engyscope — (in the 17th and 18th centuries) a microscope
- ennealogy — A speech or treatise consisting of nine parts or chapters; any work in nine parts (compare trilogy (3-part), tetralogy (4-part), etc.).
- epigynous — (of flowers) having the receptacle enclosing and fused with the gynoecium so that the other floral parts arise above it
- epirogeny — epeirogeny
- ergometry — Measurement with an ergometer.
- erotology — the study of erotic stimuli and sexual behaviour
- ethnogeny — the branch of ethnology that deals with the origin of races or peoples
- ethnology — The study of the characteristics of various peoples and the differences and relationships between them.
- etimology — Misspelling of etymology.
- etymology — The study of the origin of words and the way in which their meanings have changed throughout history.
- euchology — a euchologion
- festilogy — a treatise on the subject of church festivals
- filmology — (film) A 1950s\u201360s movement of theoretical study relating to film.
- flowingly — moving in or as in a stream: flowing water.
- foamingly — in a foaming manner
- foetology — fetology.
- fogramity — a fogey or antiquated thing
- foiningly — by means of a thrust or push
- fontology — (XEROX PARC) The body of knowledge dealing with the construction and use of new fonts (e.g. for window systems and typesetting software). It has been said that fontology recapitulates file-ogeny. Unfortunately, this reference to the embryological dictum that "Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny" is not merely a joke. On the Macintosh, for example, System 7 has to go through contortions to compensate for an earlier design error that created a whole different set of abstractions for fonts parallel to "files" and "folders" - ESR
- fossilogy — (archaic, 1776-19th century) The science or study of fossils.
- frog lily — a yellow water lily.
- fungosity — the condition of being fungous.
- garbology — the study of the material discarded by a society to learn what it reveals about social or cultural patterns.
- gargoyled — (of a building) Having gargoyles carved into it.
- gargoyles — Plural form of gargoyle.
- garryowen — (rugby union) A high short punt onto or behind the defending team.
- gasometry — the measurement of gases.
- gay power — the organized political influence exerted by homosexuals as a group, especially to ensure equal rights in employment, housing, etc.
- gaycation — a holiday specifically designed for the gay market
- gemmology — (mineralogy, petrology) the branch of mineralogy that studies mineral gems and petrified gemstones.
- genealogy — a record or account of the ancestry and descent of a person, family, group, etc.
- geneology — Misspelling of genealogy.
- genotypes — the genetic makeup of an organism or group of organisms with reference to a single trait, set of traits, or an entire complex of traits.
- genotypic — the genetic makeup of an organism or group of organisms with reference to a single trait, set of traits, or an entire complex of traits.
- geobotany — phytogeography.