11-letter words containing a, m, y
- grey market — Grey market goods are bought unofficially and then sold to customers at lower prices than usual.
- grey matter — You can refer to your intelligence or your brains as grey matter.
- grimacingly — With a grimace.
- gymnanthous — achlamydeous.
- gymnasiarch — (in ancient Greece) a magistrate who superintended the gymnasia and public games in certain cities.
- gymnastical — Alternative form of gymnastic.
- gymnophobia — An inordinate fear or hatred of being naked, and possibly nudity or nudists and naturists.
- gymnorhinal — (of a bird) having the nostrils exposed, not covered by feathers.
- gynaecomast — a man who suffers from gynaecomastia
- gyrocompass — a navigational compass containing a gyroscope rotor, that, when adjusted for the latitude and speed of the vessel or aircraft, indicates the direction of true north along the surface of the earth or communicates this information to one or more gyro repeaters.
- haematology — (medicine) The scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs.
- haemocyanin — a blue copper-containing respiratory pigment in crustaceans and molluscs that functions as haemoglobin
- haemoptysis — (British spelling) alternative spelling of hemoptysis.
- haltom city — a city in N Texas, near Fort Worth.
- hamfistedly — Alternative spelling of ham-fistedly.
- hammer away — If you hammer away at a task or activity, you work at it constantly and with great energy.
- heavy cream — thick cream having a high percentage of butterfat.
- heavy metal — big iron
- hebdomadary — Roman Catholic Church. a member of a church or monastery appointed for one week to sing the chapter Mass and lead in the recitation of the breviary.
- hemanalysis — an analysis, especially of the chemical constituents, of the blood.
- hematocryal — cold-blooded; poikilothermal.
- hematolysis — hemolysis.
- hematophagy — The practice, of some animals, of feeding on blood.
- hematophyte — a microorganism, as a bacterium, that lives in the blood.
- hematoxylin — a colorless or pale-yellow, crystalline compound, C 16 H 14 O 6 ·3H 2 O, the coloring material of logwood: used as a mordant dye and as an indicator.
- hemihydrate — a hydrate in which there are two molecules of the compound for each molecule of water.
- hemodynamic — the branch of physiology dealing with the forces involved in the circulation of the blood.
- hemotherapy — therapy by means of blood, serum, or plasma transfusion.
- hepatectomy — excision of part of the liver.
- higashiyama — of or relating to the period of Japanese art history, especially during the second half of the 15th century, influenced by Zen Buddhism and characterized by architectural simplicity and monochrome painting.
- hilary term — the spring term at Oxford University, the Inns of Court, and some other educational establishments
- holy family — a representation in art of Mary, Joseph, and the infant Jesus.
- homicidally — In a homicidal manner.
- homoallylic — (organic chemistry) Containing a homoallyl radical.
- homoeopathy — Alternative spelling of homeopathy.
- homotypical — (biology) homotypal.
- host family — family one lodges with
- hyalomelane — a type of basaltic glass
- hydrargyrum — mercury.
- hydromancer — One who practices hydromancy.
- hydromedusa — the medusa form of a hydrozoan.
- hylopathism — the theory that understands matter as conscious or receptive to feeling
- hymenoptera — hymenopteran.
- hymnography — the craft of hymn composition
- hyoscyamine — a poisonous alkaloid, C 17 H 23 NO 3 , obtained from henbane and other solanaceous plants, used as a sedative, analgesic, mydriatic, and antispasmodic.
- hypermarket — a combined supermarket and department store.
- hypermnesia — the condition of having an unusually vivid or precise memory.
- hypernormal — conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
- hyperoxemia — abnormal acidity of the blood.
- hypersomnia — a tendency to sleep excessively.