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9-letter words containing l, g, y

  • droningly — With a droning sound.
  • dry-gulch — to ambush with the intent of killing or severely mauling: The riders were dry-gulched by bandits.
  • eagle eye — unusually sharp visual powers; keen ability to watch or observe.
  • eagle ray — any of several rays of the family Myliobatidae, found in tropical seas and noted for the soaring movements by which they propel themselves through the water.
  • eagle-eye — unusually sharp visual powers; keen ability to watch or observe.
  • earl grey — a variety of China tea flavoured with oil of bergamot
  • echoingly — In an echoing way.
  • elegantly — Gracefully, smoothly, and swiftly; with supreme style.
  • emetology — (medicine) The study of the causes of emesis, i.e., vomiting, usually sub-specialities of gastroenterology or neurology.
  • employing — Present participle of employ.
  • englishry — people of English descent, esp in Ireland
  • ennealogy — A speech or treatise consisting of nine parts or chapters; any work in nine parts (compare trilogy (3-part), tetralogy (4-part), etc.).
  • ensuingly — In an ensuing manner; subsequently.
  • envyingly — In an envying manner.
  • erotology — the study of erotic stimuli and sexual behaviour
  • 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
  • failingly — an act or instance of failing; failure: His failing is due to general incompetence.
  • fawningly — In a feigning manner; falsely.
  • feelingly — (of the expression of an emotion or opinion) in a heartfelt way.
  • feignedly — pretended; sham; counterfeit: feigned enthusiasm.
  • festilogy — a treatise on the subject of church festivals
  • figurally — consisting of figures, especially human or animal figures: the figural representations contained in ancient wall paintings.
  • figuredly — in a figured manner
  • filmology — (film) A 1950s\u201360s movement of theoretical study relating to film.
  • fittingly — suitable or appropriate; proper or becoming.
  • flagrancy — shockingly noticeable or evident; obvious; glaring: a flagrant error.
  • flamingly — With, or as if with, fire or flames.
  • flangeway — an opening, parallel to a rail, made through platforms, pavements, track structures, etc., to permit passage of wheel flanges.
  • flaringly — In a flaring manner.
  • flightily — In a flighty manner.
  • flowingly — moving in or as in a stream: flowing water.
  • flurrying — a light, brief shower of snow.
  • fly-tying — the art or hobby of making artificial lures for fly fishing.
  • flybridge — flying bridge.
  • flyweight — a boxer or other contestant of the lightest competitive class, especially a professional boxer weighing up to 112 pounds (51 kg).
  • foamingly — in a foaming manner
  • foetology — fetology.
  • 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.
  • fragilely — In a fragile way or manner.
  • fragility — easily broken, shattered, or damaged; delicate; brittle; frail: a fragile ceramic container; a very fragile alliance.
  • frog lily — a yellow water lily.
  • frugality — the quality of being frugal, or prudent in saving; the lack of wastefulness: Many people who have lived through periods of economic deprivation develop lifelong habits of frugality and are almost never tempted by wasteful consumption.
  • fulgently — In a fulgent manner; so as to dazzle or glitter.
  • gainfully — In a gainful manner; profitably.
  • gallantly — brave, spirited, noble-minded, or chivalrous: a gallant knight; a gallant rescue attempt.
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