12-letter words containing a, n, o, y, m
- nonmandatory — Not mandatory.
- nonmedically — In a nonmedical manner.
- nonmigratory — Not migratory; that does not migrate.
- norway maple — a European maple, Acer platanoides, having bright-green leaves, grown as a shade tree in the U.S.
- nurserywoman — a woman who owns or operates a plant nursery.
- nymphomaniac — a woman who has abnormally excessive and uncontrollable sexual desire.
- oleandomycin — a macrolide antibiotic used to treat skin infections
- omega baryon — a negative baryon having a mass 3272 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of 8 X 10 -11 seconds.
- omphalomancy — Divination by means of a child's navel, to learn how many children the mother may have.
- on your mark — a command given to runners in a race to prepare themselves at the starting line
- one too many — a slight excess of sth
- onomasiology — the study of the means of expressing a given concept.
- open primary — a direct primary election in which voters need not meet a test of party membership.
- ornamentally — In an ornamental way.
- ornithomancy — Divination by means of birds, their flight, etc.
- paranormally — in a paranormal manner; by paranormal means
- part company — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- payment bond — See under contract bond.
- 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)
- pharyngotomy — surgical incision into the pharynx
- phenomenally — highly extraordinary or prodigious; exceptional: phenomenal speed.
- phonemically — of or relating to phonemes: a phonemic system.
- photodynamic — the science dealing with light and its effects on living organisms.
- pinealectomy — a surgical operation to remove the pineal gland
- pneumatocyst — the cavity of a pneumatophore.
- pneumatology — Theology. doctrine concerning the Holy Spirit. the belief in intermediary spirits between humans and God.
- pneumography — the process of recording the movements of the thorax in respiration.
- policymaking — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
- pollyannaism — an excessively or blindly optimistic person.
- postliminary — of or relating to postliminy
- prenominally — before a noun
- pro-monarchy — a state or nation in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch. Compare absolute monarchy, limited monarchy.
- progymnasium — (in Europe) a school that prepares pupils for secondary education (the gymnasium)
- property man — a member of the stage crew in charge of the stage properties
- pyridoxamine — a metabolic form of pyridoxine
- pyromagnetic — (formerly) thermomagnetic (def 1).
- pyromaniacal — a compulsion to set things on fire.
- rammohun roy — Rammohun [rah-moh-hon] /rɑˈmoʊ hɒn/ (Show IPA), 1774–1833, Indian religious leader: founder of Brahmo Samaj.
- remuneratory — affording remuneration; profitable: remunerative work.
- road company — a theatrical group that tours cities and towns, usually performing a single play that is or has been a success in New York City.
- rockumentary — a documentary about rock music.
- romantically — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
- romney marsh — one of an English breed of hardy sheep, having coarse, long wool.
- salpingotomy — incision of a Fallopian tube.
- satyromaniac — a lascivious man; lecher.
- scapulomancy — divination of the future by observation of the cracking of a mammal's scapula that has been heated by a fire or hot instrument.
- semiautonomy — the quality or state of being semiautonomous.
- serotaxonomy — the study of the taxonomy of proteins using serological methods
- shame on you — expressing disapproval
- sigma baryon — an unstable hyperon having positive, negative, or zero electric charge and strangeness −1. Symbol: Σ.