12-letter words containing g, a, m, y
- moralizingly — In a moralizing fashion.
- morphography — the scientific description of an external form
- mulligatawny — a curry-flavored soup of East Indian origin, made with chicken or meat stock.
- mutagenicity — capable of inducing mutation or increasing its rate.
- myoneuralgia — myalgia.
- myrmecophage — (biology) Anteaters, and other animals chiefly feeding on ants.
- myrmecophagy — Ant-eating.
- mystagogical — someone who instructs others before initiation into religious mysteries or before participation in the sacraments.
- mythographer — a person who collects or records myths in writing.
- mythological — of or relating to mythology.
- nonmigratory — Not migratory; that does not migrate.
- omega baryon — a negative baryon having a mass 3272 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of 8 X 10 -11 seconds.
- onomasiology — the study of the means of expressing a given concept.
- ophthamology — Misspelling of ophthalmology.
- opthalmology — Misspelling of ophthalmology.
- pama-nyungan — a family of Australian aboriginal languages, the most widespread within the Australian group of languages.
- paroemiology — the study of proverbs
- pharmacology — the science dealing with the preparation, uses, and especially the effects of drugs.
- pharyngotomy — surgical incision into the pharynx
- 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.
- polygamistic — a person who practices or favors polygamy.
- postvagotomy — of or occurring in the period after a vagotomy
- primary gain — the removal of emotional conflict or relief of anxiety that is the immediate benefit of a defense mechanism or neurotic symptom.
- progymnasium — (in Europe) a school that prepares pupils for secondary education (the gymnasium)
- pyjama rugby — an uncomplimentary term for the Super 12 Rugby Union competition that involves teams from South Africa, Australia, and New Zealand, and which is noted for its free-flowing nature and lack of attritional play between the forwards
- pyramidology — a belief system based on the supposed occult significance of the Egyptian pyramids
- pyromagnetic — (formerly) thermomagnetic (def 1).
- regular army — the permanent army maintained in peace as well as in war; the standing army: one of the major components of the Army of the United States.
- rheumatology — the study and treatment of rheumatic diseases.
- rhyming game — a game played using rhyme
- ruminatingly — in a ruminating manner
- salpingotomy — incision of a Fallopian tube.
- scramblingly — in a scrambling manner
- sedge family — the plant family Cyperaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, often found in wet areas, having solid stems, narrow, grasslike leaves with closed sheaths, spikes of very small flowers set in a scalelike bract, and a dry, flattened, convex fruit, and including the bulrush, chufa, cotton grass, papyrus, and umbrella plant.
- seismography — the scientific measuring and recording of the shock and vibrations of earthquakes.
- sigma baryon — an unstable hyperon having positive, negative, or zero electric charge and strangeness −1. Symbol: Σ.
- sphygmograph — an instrument for recording the rapidity, strength, and uniformity of the arterial pulse.
- splenomegaly — enlargement of the spleen.
- sympathizing — to be in sympathy or agreement of feeling; share in a feeling (often followed by with).
- syngman rhee — Syngman [sing-muh n] /ˈsɪŋ mən/ (Show IPA), 1875–1965, president of South Korea 1948–60.
- syntagmatite — a dark crystalline form of hornblende
- thaumatogeny — the belief that the origin of life was the result of a miracle
- thaumatology — the study or description of miracles.
- the almighty — God
- thermography — a technique for imitating an embossed appearance, as on business cards, stationery, or the like, by dusting printed areas with a powder that adheres only to the wet ink, and fusing the ink and powder to the paper by heat.
- thymus gland — a ductless, butterfly-shaped gland lying at the base of the neck, formed mostly of lymphatic tissue and aiding in the production of T cells of the immune system: after puberty, the lymphatic tissue gradually degenerates.
- tragi-comedy — A tragi-comedy is a play or other written work that is both sad and amusing.
- transmogrify — to change in appearance or form, especially strangely or grotesquely; transform.