12-letter words containing d, r, y, m, e
- hemihydrates — Plural form of hemihydrate.
- hemodialyzer — artificial kidney.
- holidaymaker — vacationer.
- home and dry — If you say that someone is, in British English home and dry, or in American English home free, you mean that they have been successful or that they are certain to be successful.
- hydrobromate — (chemistry) hydrobromide.
- hydrobromide — a salt formed by the direct union of hydrobromic acid and an organic base, especially an alkaloid, usually more soluble than the base.
- hydromedusae — Irregular plural form of hydromedusa.
- hydrometeors — Plural form of hydrometeor.
- hydrothermal — noting or pertaining to the action of hot, aqueous solutions or gases within or on the surface of the earth.
- hyperdynamic — (physiology) Describing an increase in both blood pressure and pulse pressure.
- hyperendemic — manifesting a high and persistent occurrence
- hypermediacy — Hypermedia literacy; the state of being conversant with hypermedia technologies.
- immoderately — In an immoderate manner.
- intermediacy — the state of being intermediate or of acting intermediately.
- intermediary — an intermediate agent or agency; a go-between or mediator.
- irredeemably — not redeemable; incapable of being bought back or paid off.
- irremediably — not admitting of remedy, cure, or repair: irremediable conduct.
- lampadedromy — (in ancient Greece) a relay race in which the runners or riders carried a lighted torch
- laundrywomen — Plural form of laundrywoman.
- linked rhyme — a rhyme in which the end of one line together with the first sound of the next line forms a rhyme with the end of another line.
- may-december — of or designating a marriage or romantic relationship between a young person and a person who is considerably older
- meanderingly — In a meandering or winding manner.
- media player — Digital Technology. a portable electronic device or a software program that plays and stores digital audio or video files in various formats.
- medley relay — Track. a relay race in which individual members of a team usually run an unequal portion of the total distance. Compare distance medley, sprint medley.
- 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.
- meridianally — Along lines of meridian, longitudinally.
- meridionally — In a meridional manner.
- merry-andrew — a clown; buffoon.
- methysergide — an ergot alkaloid derivative, C 2 1 H 2 7 N 3 O 2 , used in the prophylaxis and treatment of migraine and cluster headaches.
- mis-delivery — the carrying and turning over of letters, goods, etc., to a designated recipient or recipients.
- misery index — an unofficial indication of a nation's economic health, derived by adding the percentage rate of inflation to the percentage of unemployed workers: With inflation running at 15 percent and unemployment at 8 percent, the misery index is 23 percent.
- model theory — the branch of logic that deals with the properties of models; the semantic study of formal systems
- mollycoddler — One who mollycoddles.
- money spider — any of certain small shiny brownish spiders of the family Linyphiidae
- moneylenders — Plural form of moneylender.
- monkey bread — the gourdlike fruit of the baobab, eaten by monkeys.
- monohydrates — Plural form of monohydrate.
- monohydrogen — relating to a molecule in which there is a single hydrogen ion for each combining ion
- mother's day — a day, usually the second Sunday in May, set aside in honor of mothers.
- multilayered — having two or more layers.
- nurserymaids — Plural form of nurserymaid.
- orchidectomy — orchiectomy.
- orderly room — the administrative office of a small military unit.
- overmodestly — in an extremely modest manner
- pachydermous — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- payment card — A payment card is a plastic card which you use like a credit card, but which takes the money directly from your bank account.
- praseodymium — a rare-earth, metallic, trivalent element, named from its green salts. Symbol: Pr; atomic weight: 140.91; atomic number: 59; specific gravity: 6.77 at 20°C.
- pseudomartyr — someone falsely or inaccurately called a martyr
- pygmy glider — a gliding marsupial, Acrobates pygmaeus, of Australia, growing to about the size of a mouse and having a featherlike tail.
- pyramid peak — a mountain in W central Colorado, in the Elk Range, in the S Rocky Mountains. 14,018 feet (4276 meters).