11-letter words containing y, u, g, a
- gullywasher — a usually short, heavy rainstorm.
- gustatorily — in a gustatory manner
- gymnanthous — achlamydeous.
- heptagynous — (of a flower) having seven pistils
- hurry along — rush, go quickly
- hydragogues — Plural form of hydragogue.
- hydrargyrum — mercury.
- hylophagous — xylophagous (def 1).
- irregularly — without symmetry, even shape, formal arrangement, etc.: an irregular pattern.
- laryngismus — Laryngospasm.
- laughworthy — worthy of being laughed at
- laundry bag — A laundry bag is a bag for clothes that that are about to be washed.
- league city — a town in S Texas.
- legacy duty — estate tax; inheritance tax
- lianyungang — a city in NE Jiangsu province, in E China.
- lienyunkang — Lianyungang.
- marsh buggy — swamp buggy.
- maryborough — a seaport in E Australia.
- molly-guard — /mol'ee-gard/ [University of Illinois] A shield to prevent tripping of some Big Red Switch by clumsy or ignorant hands. Originally used of the plexiglass covers improvised for the BRS on an IBM 4341 after a programmer's toddler daughter (named Molly) frobbed it twice in one day. Later generalised to covers over stop/reset switches on disk drives and networking equipment.
- multiagency — involving multiple agencies
- murphy game — a confidence game in which the victim pays the swindler (Murphy Man) for something, as the services of a prostitute, which the swindler promises but the victim never receives
- museography — The systematic description of objects in museums.
- mycophagous — feeding on fungi.
- mystagogues — Plural form of mystagogue.
- objurgatory — to reproach or denounce vehemently; upbraid harshly; berate sharply.
- pedagoguery — a teacher; schoolteacher.
- pentagynous — (of plants) belonging to the order Pentagynia, characterized by the presence of five styles or pistils
- polyangular — multangular; multiangular.
- polygonatum — a plant of the genus Polygonatum
- polylingual — pertaining to, expressed in, or using several languages; multilingual.
- polyphagous — Pathology. excessive desire to eat.
- pony league — a baseball league similar to a Little League and having teams whose players are from 13 to 14 years of age.
- psychagogue — a necromancer
- ptyalagogue — an item that causes the flow of saliva
- quangocracy — Rule by quangos or similar unelected bodies. (from 20th c.).
- quantifying — to determine, indicate, or express the quantity of.
- quaveringly — In a quavering manner; tremulously.
- regular lay — a right-handed lay, as of a plain-laid rope.
- repugnantly — distasteful, objectionable, or offensive: a repugnant smell.
- royal burgh — (in Scotland) a burgh that was established by a royal charter granted directly by the sovereign
- singularity — the state, fact, or quality of being singular.
- squeakingly — in a squeaking manner
- subcategory — a subordinate category or a division of a category.
- sugar candy — large crystals of sugar formed by suspending strings in a strong sugar solution that hardens on the strings, used chiefly for sweetening coffee
- sugar daddy — a wealthy, middle-aged man who spends freely on a young woman in return for her companionship or intimacy.
- sugar-candy — excessively sweet; saccharine: sugar-candy stories in family magazines.
- superagency — a very large agency, especially a large government agency that oversees smaller ones.
- supergalaxy — a system of galaxies.
- swamp buggy — an amphibious vehicle for use in and around swamps, typically having an automobile engine, four-wheel drive, large wheels with deep treads, and a raised chassis.
- syngnathous — (of fish) having a tubular snout, e.g. pipefish, seahorse