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11-letter words containing a, m, r, y

  • barnyardism — a smutty or indecent word or expression.
  • base memory — (hardware, jargon)   The lowest 640 kilobytes of memory in an IBM PC-compatible computer running MS-DOS. Other PC operating systems can usually compensate and "ignore" the fact that there is a 640K limit to base memory. This was put in place because the original CPU - the Intel 8088 - could only access one megabyte of memory, and IBM wanted to reserve the upper 384KB for device drivers. The high memory area (HMA) lies above 640KB and can be accessed on MS-DOS computers that have an A20 handler.
  • bathymetric — Of, pertaining to, or derived from bathymetry.
  • beauty mark — A beauty mark is a small, dark spot on the skin that is supposed to add to a woman's beauty.
  • beta rhythm — the normal electrical activity of the cerebral cortex, occurring at a frequency of 13 to 30 hertz and detectable with an electroencephalograph
  • bikram yoga — a form of yoga in which traditional exercises are performed at high temperature and humidity
  • bimillenary — marking a two-thousandth anniversary
  • binary form — a structure consisting of two sections, each being played twice
  • bipyramidal — relating to a symmetrical structure consisting of two pyramids
  • blameworthy — deserving disapproval or censure
  • bloody mary — A Bloody Mary is a drink made from vodka and tomato juice.
  • body armour — Body armour is special protective clothing which people such as soldiers and police officers sometimes wear when they are in danger of being attacked with guns or other weapons.
  • body warmer — a sleeveless type of jerkin, usually quilted, worn as an outer garment for extra warmth
  • brachyprism — the four faces parallel to the brachyaxis in a crystal
  • brandy mint — peppermint.
  • calorimetry — measurement of the quantity of heat
  • carbylamine — any of a group of organic cyanides containing the radical NC
  • cardiectomy — excision of the heart.
  • cementatory — possessing the quality to firmly unite or cement
  • charactonym — a name given to a literary character that is descriptive of a quality or trait of the character.
  • charmlessly — in a charmless manner
  • chemigraphy — any technique for making engravings or etchings using chemicals and without the aid of photography.
  • chrismatory — a small receptacle containing the three kinds of consecrated oil used in the sacraments
  • christmassy — Something that is Christmassy is typical of or suitable for Christmas.
  • chrysomonad — any golden-yellow to brown freshwater algae of the class Chrysomonadales (phylum Chrysophyta), living singly or in colonies; blooms may color the water brown.
  • church army — a voluntary Anglican organization founded in 1882 to assist the parish clergy
  • clamorously — full of, marked by, or of the nature of clamor.
  • clergywoman — a female member of the clergy
  • columnarity — the fact or quality of being columnar
  • combed yarn — cotton or worsted yarn of fibers laid parallel, superior in smoothness to carded yarn.
  • combinatory — combinative
  • comfortably — If you do something comfortably, you do it easily.
  • comminatory — Threatening, punitive, or vengeful.
  • common year — an ordinary year of 365 days; a year having no intercalary period.
  • company car — A company car is a car which an employer gives to an employee to use as their own, usually as a benefit of having a particular job, or because their job involves a lot of travelling.
  • compilatory — of or relating to a compilation or compiler
  • compotatory — of, relating to, or fond of compotation
  • conformably — With or in conformity; suitably; agreeably.
  • conformally — In a conformal manner.
  • corybantism — a delirium characterized by vivid frightening hallucinations and causing insomnia
  • cosmic rays — Cosmic rays are rays that reach Earth from outer space and consist of atomic nuclei.
  • cosmography — a representation of the world or the universe
  • cotemporary — contemporary
  • countrymade — (in India) Describing a weapon manufactured illegally in a cottage industry.
  • county farm — a farm maintained for the poor by a county.
  • craftsmanly — Befitting a craftsman.
  • craniectomy — the surgical removal of a part of the skull to facilitate brain surgery, the bone then being discarded rather than replaced
  • craniognomy — the scientific study of the shape and characteristics of the skull
  • craniometry — the study and measurement of skulls
  • criminality — the state or quality of being criminal
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