12-letter words containing a, n, h, y
- lymphangioma — a benign tumor composed of dilated and newly formed lymph vessels.
- lymphangitis — inflammation of the lymphatic vessels.
- magnotherapy — Any of several alternative medicine therapies using magnetism.
- manuka honey — honey from the nectar of the manuka tree, often used for medicinal purposes; known as active manuka honey if it has a UMF rating of over 10.
- mechanically — having to do with machinery: a mechanical failure.
- moneychanger — a person whose business is the exchange of currency, usually of different countries, at a fixed or official rate.
- monochromacy — The quality of having only one independent channel for conveying color information in the eye, i.e. total color blindness.
- monohydrates — Plural form of monohydrate.
- morphosyntax — the study of the morphological and syntactic properties of linguistic or grammatical units.
- name the day — to choose the day for one's wedding
- narcotherapy — an infrequently used method of treating mental disorders by intravenous injection of barbiturates.
- naughty bits — genitals
- naughty step — a place where a child is made to stand as a punishment for bad behaviour
- naughty word — a word that is considered to be rude
- nephanalysis — a map or chart showing the distribution of types and amounts of clouds and precipitation at a given time.
- nephrography — Diagnostic imaging of the kidneys.
- neuronopathy — A form of polyneuropathy caused by destruction of neurons.
- night prayer — the last of the seven canonical hours; compline
- noam chomsky — (Avram) Noam [nohm,, noh-uh m] /noʊm,, ˈnoʊ əm/ (Show IPA), born 1928, U.S. linguist, educator, and political activist.
- non-hydrated — chemically combined with water in its molecular form.
- nonchalantly — coolly unconcerned, indifferent, or unexcited; casual: His nonchalant manner infuriated me.
- nonphysician — a person who is not a physician
- nontyphoidal — of, relating to, or resembling typhoid.
- north kvaløy — an island in the Arctic Ocean, off the N coast of Norway. Area: 329 sq km (127 sq miles)
- nychthemeral — relating to a nychthemeron or to the changes or differences, specifically those relating to day and night, that occur within this span
- nymphomaniac — a woman who has abnormally excessive and uncontrollable sexual desire.
- oceanography — the branch of physical geography dealing with the ocean.
- odontography — a treatise regarding the teeth
- omphalomancy — Divination by means of a child's navel, to learn how many children the mother may have.
- 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.
- onychophagia — the practice of biting one's nails, especially when done habitually and as a symptom of emotional disturbance.
- onychophoran — any small, predatory, caterpillarlike animal of the phylum Onychophora, common in tropical forests, having stubby legs ending in pincers.
- organography — the description or visual depiction of organs.
- ornithomancy — Divination by means of birds, their flight, etc.
- oropharynxes — Plural form of oropharynx.
- orthogonally — Mathematics. Also, orthographic. pertaining to or involving right angles or perpendiculars: an orthogonal projection. (of a system of real functions) defined so that the integral of the product of any two different functions is zero. (of a system of complex functions) defined so that the integral of the product of a function times the complex conjugate of any other function equals zero. (of two vectors) having an inner product equal to zero. (of a linear transformation) defined so that the length of a vector under the transformation equals the length of the original vector. (of a square matrix) defined so that its product with its transpose results in the identity matrix.
- outlandishly — In an outlandish manner.
- para rhatany — See under rhatany (def 1).
- parahydrogen — the form of molecular hydrogen in which the nuclei of the two hydrogen atoms contained in the molecule have spins in opposite directions.
- peach brandy — brandy distilled from the fermented juice of peaches.
- pearl hominy — whole or ground hulled corn from which the bran and germ have been removed by bleaching the whole kernels in a lye bath (lye hominy) or by crushing and sifting (pearl hominy)
- penalty shot — a free shot at the goal defended only by the goalkeeper, awarded to an offensive player for certain defensive violations.
- penny shares — Penny shares are shares that are offered for sale at a low price.
- pentahydrate — a hydrate that contains five molecules of water, as potassium molybdate, KMoO 4 ⋅5H 2 O.
- pentahydroxy — (of a molecule) containing five hydroxyl groups.
- phanerophyte — a tree or shrub that bears its perennating buds more than 25 cm above the level of the soil
- pharyngology — the science of the pharynx and its diseases.
- pharyngotomy — surgical incision into the pharynx
- phenomenally — highly extraordinary or prodigious; exceptional: phenomenal speed.
- phenotypical — the observable constitution of an organism.