13-letter words containing y, r
- frighteningly — to make afraid or fearful; throw into a fright; terrify; scare.
- frobisher bay — an inlet of the Atlantic in NE Canada, in the SE coast of Baffin Island
- frontal gyrus — any of several convolutions on the outer surface of the frontal lobe of the cerebrum.
- fruiting body — an organ that produces spores; fructification.
- frustratingly — to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.
- funambulatory — relating to tightrope-walking
- futurity race — a race for two-year-old horses in which the entries are selected before birth
- galactic year — the duration of a complete rotation of the Milky Way, approximately 200 million years.
- gallop rhythm — an abnormal heart rhythm characterized by three clear sounds in each beat, resembling the sound of a horse's gallop.
- galois theory — the branch of mathematics that deals with the application of the theory of finite groups to the solution of algebraic equations.
- games library — a type of library for video games where games (usually downloaded via the internet) can be paid for per use rather than be bought at full price
- gastrorrhaphy — The suture of a perforation of the stomach.
- gender binary — a classification system consisting of two genders, male and female.
- general synod — the governing body, under Parliament, of the Church of England, made up of the bishops and elected clerical and lay representatives
- genitourinary — of or relating to the genital and urinary organs; urogenital.
- geochronology — the chronology of the earth, as based on both absolute and relative methods of age determination.
- geohydrologic — relating to geohydrology
- geometrically — of or relating to geometry or to the principles of geometry.
- geomorphology — the study of the characteristics, origin, and development of landforms.
- geostationary — of or relating to a satellite traveling in an orbit 22,300 miles (35,900 km) above the earth's equator: at this altitude, the satellite's period of rotation, 24 hours, matches the earth's and the satellite always remains in the same spot over the earth: geostationary orbit.
- germinability — the degree of ability of a seed to germinate or sprout.
- gerodontology — the branch of dentistry dealing with aging and aged persons.
- gerrymandered — Simple past tense and past participle of gerrymander.
- gerrymanderer — a person who gerrymanders
- gesticulatory — Making a lot of gesticulations.
- ginger family — the plant family Zingiberaceae, characterized by tropical, often aromatic herbaceous plants having rhizomes, long sheathing leaves, and clusters of tubular flowers, and including cardamon, ginger, and turmeric.
- giorgi system — a system of units based on the metre, kilogram, second, and ampere, in which the magnetic constant has the value 4π × 10–7 henries per metre. It was used as a basis for SI units
- give priority — If you give priority to something or someone, you treat them as more important than anything or anyone else.
- glove factory — a factory where gloves are made
- glyceric acid — a colorless, syrupy liquid, C 3 H 6 O 4 , obtained by oxidizing glycerol.
- glycoproteins — Plural form of glycoprotein.
- gnu c library — (library) (glibc) The run-time library for the GNU C compiler, gcc, and others. glibc is the source code for libc.a. It is maintained separately from the compilers and is a superset of ANSI C and POSIX.1 and a large subset of POSIX.2. Mailing list: <[email protected]> (bugs).
- god's country — an area or region supposed to be favored by God, especially a naturally beautiful rural area.
- golden remedy — a very successful way of dealing with a problem
- gone to glory — dead
- goodheartedly — In a goodhearted manner.
- goodhumoredly — In a good-humored manner.
- goodnaturedly — In a good-natured manner.
- governability — to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.
- grammatically — of or relating to grammar: grammatical analysis.
- granary bread — bread made from Granary flour
- grand drapery — a valance across the proscenium arch, forming part of the decorative frame for the stage.
- grand larceny — larceny in which the value of the goods taken is above a certain legally specified amount.
- grandfatherly — of or characteristic of a grandfather.
- grandmotherly — of or characteristic of a grandmother.
- grape variety — type of grape
- graphemically — In terms of or by means of graphemes.
- gravity clock — a clock driven by its own weight as it descends a rack, cord, incline, etc.
- gravity fault — a fault along an inclined plane in which the upper side or hanging wall appears to have moved downward with respect to the lower side or footwall (opposed to reverse fault).
- gravity hinge — a hinge closing automatically by means of gravity.