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12-letter words containing a, l, o, n, e, y

  • kolyma range — a mountain range in NE Russia, in NE Siberia, extending about 1100 km (700 miles) between the Kolyma River and the Sea of Okhotsk. Highest peak: 1862 m (6109 ft)
  • kona cyclone — a slow-moving cyclone occuring during the winter over the subtropical Pacific Ocean.
  • lanceolately — in a lanceolate way or form
  • laryngectomy — excision of part or all of the larynx.
  • laryngophone — A type of contact microphone that absorbs vibrations directly from the wearer's throat.
  • laryngoscope — a rigid or flexible endoscope passed through the mouth and equipped with a source of light and magnification, for examining and performing local diagnostic and surgical procedures on the larynx.
  • laundrywomen — Plural form of laundrywoman.
  • liberty loan — any of the five bond issues of the U.S. government floated in World War I.
  • lipoxygenase — (enzyme) Any of a class of enzymes that catalyse the oxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids.
  • long gallery — a large gallery, found especially in the uppermost stories of Elizabethan and Jacobean manor houses, used as a family room and as a promenade.
  • longboat key — a narrow barrier island in the Gulf of Mexico, SW of Florida, sheltering Sarasota Bay: sports fishing.
  • longyearbyen — a village on Spitsbergen island, administrative centre of the Svalbard archipelago: coal-mining
  • lower saxony — a state in NW Germany. 18,294 sq. mi. (47,380 sq. km). Capital: Hanover.
  • lycanthropes — Plural form of lycanthrope.
  • lymphadenoma — an enlarged lymph node.
  • malevolently — wishing evil or harm to another or others; showing ill will; ill-disposed; malicious: His failures made him malevolent toward those who were successful.
  • mean anomaly — the anomaly of a mean planet; the angular distance of the planet from perihelion or aphelion.
  • mendaciously — In a lying or deceitful manner.
  • meridionally — In a meridional manner.
  • mnemonically — assisting or intended to assist the memory.
  • money player — a person who performs best under pressure, especially in a competitive situation.
  • monkey gland — the testicle of an ape or monkey, said to have a revitalizing effect on humans when administered by grafting or adding the essence to the bloodstream
  • monkey trial — John Thomas, 1901–70, U.S. high-school teacher whose teaching of the Darwinian theory of evolution became a cause célèbre (Scopes Trial or Monkey Trial) in 1925.
  • monosyllable — a word of one syllable, as yes or no.
  • monumentally — resembling a monument; massive or imposing.
  • myofilaments — Plural form of myofilament.
  • myoneuralgia — myalgia.
  • neoliberally — In a neoliberal manner.
  • neurotically — of, relating to, or characteristic of neurosis.
  • neurotypical — relating to or showing typical neurological behavior and development: She has one dyslexic and one neurotypical child.
  • noematically — in an intellectual manner
  • non-literary — pertaining to or of the nature of books and writings, especially those classed as literature: literary history.
  • nonlinearity — Mathematics. the quality of a function that expresses a relationship that is not one of direct proportion.
  • nonliterally — In a manner that is not literal.
  • nonmedically — In a nonmedical manner.
  • nonrepayable — that does not need to be or cannot be repaid
  • nontextually — In a nontextual manner.
  • norway maple — a European maple, Acer platanoides, having bright-green leaves, grown as a shade tree in the U.S.
  • note payable — A note payable is a written legal obligation to repay an amount of borrowed money at a particular future date.
  • occidentally — In an occidental manner.
  • oleaginously — In an oleaginous manner.
  • oleandomycin — a macrolide antibiotic used to treat skin infections
  • one and only — incomparable; unique
  • one-act play — a short play consisting of only one act
  • only have to — If you say you only have to do one thing in order to achieve or prove a second thing, you are emphasizing how easily the second thing can be achieved or proved.
  • opalescently — In an opalescent manner.
  • opinionately — in a conceited or vain manner
  • ornamentally — In an ornamental way.
  • over-analyze — to separate (a material or abstract entity) into constituent parts or elements; determine the elements or essential features of (opposed to synthesize): to analyze an argument.
  • overanalysis — the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements (opposed to synthesis).
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