12-letter words containing a, r, e, l, y
- memorability — worth remembering; notable: a memorable speech.
- memorial day — Also called Decoration Day. a day, May 30, set aside in most states of the U.S. for observances in memory of dead members of the armed forces of all wars: now officially observed on the last Monday in May.
- mercuriality — Mercurial behaviour.
- meridianally — Along lines of meridian, longitudinally.
- meridionally — In a meridional manner.
- meristically — in a meristic manner
- mesmerically — In a mesmeric manner; by, or as if by, hypnotism.
- meta-crystal — (language) A language for transformations of Crystal programs. Implemented in T.
- meteorically — of, relating to, or consisting of meteors.
- methacrylate — an ester or salt derived from methacrylic acid.
- microcephaly — having a head with a small braincase.
- milk parsley — a wetland plant belonging to the family Apiaceae
- miracle play — a medieval dramatic form dealing with religious subjects such as Biblical stories or saints' lives, usually presented in a series or cycle by the craft guilds.
- molecularity — the number of molecules or atoms that participate in an elementary process.
- money player — a person who performs best under pressure, especially in a competitive situation.
- 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.
- multilayered — having two or more layers.
- myoneuralgia — myalgia.
- myrtle beach — a town in E South Carolina.
- mystery play — a medieval dramatic form based on a Biblical story, usually dealing with the life, death, and resurrection of Christ.
- 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.
- 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.
- nonrepayable — that does not need to be or cannot be repaid
- norway maple — a European maple, Acer platanoides, having bright-green leaves, grown as a shade tree in the U.S.
- numerability — the fact of having the ability to be counted
- nychthemeral — relating to a nychthemeron or to the changes or differences, specifically those relating to day and night, that occur within this span
- octahedrally — in an octahedral manner
- olallieberry — a blackberry that is a cross between the loganberry and the youngberry, cultivated in California and Oregon.
- olfactometry — The study and measurement of smells.
- operatically — of or relating to opera: operatic music.
- oral society — a society that has not developed literacy
- oral surgery — the branch of dentistry or of surgery dealing with the surgical treatment or repair of various conditions of the mouth or jaws.
- orchestrally — In an orchestral manner.
- ornamentally — In an ornamental way.
- outrageously — In an outrageous manner; to an outrageous degree.
- 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.
- over-qualify — to provide with proper or necessary skills, knowledge, credentials, etc.; make competent: to qualify oneself for a job.
- overanalysis — the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements (opposed to synthesis).
- overanalyzed — Simple past tense and past participle of overanalyze.
- overclassify — to classify to excess
- overliterary — excessively literary
- oyster plant — salsify.
- palaeography — the study of the handwritings of the past, and often the manuscripts as well, so that they may be dated, read, etc, and may serve as historical and literary sources
- pantaloonery — foolery; humorous entertainment
- panty girdle — women's control pants
- parietal eye — Zoology. a median outgrowth of the diencephalon anterior to the pineal apparatus, having visual adaptations in many anamniotes and lizards.