12-letter words containing h, y, m, n
- morphosyntax — the study of the morphological and syntactic properties of linguistic or grammatical units.
- mythogenesis — the creation and development of myths
- name the day — to choose the day for one's wedding
- nephelometry — Bacteriology. an apparatus containing a series of barium chloride standards used to determine the number of bacteria in a suspension.
- new plymouth — a seaport on W North Island, in New Zealand.
- night monkey — douroucouli.
- noam chomsky — (Avram) Noam [nohm,, noh-uh m] /noʊm,, ˈnoʊ əm/ (Show IPA), born 1928, U.S. linguist, educator, and political activist.
- nychthemeral — relating to a nychthemeron or to the changes or differences, specifically those relating to day and night, that occur within this span
- nychthemeron — a twenty-four hour span that includes a night and a day
- nympholeptic — an ecstasy supposed by the ancients to be inspired by nymphs.
- nymphomaniac — a woman who has abnormally excessive and uncontrollable sexual desire.
- omphalomancy — Divination by means of a child's navel, to learn how many children the mother may have.
- on the money — any circulating medium of exchange, including coins, paper money, and demand deposits.
- ornithomancy — Divination by means of birds, their flight, etc.
- 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)
- perionychium — the epidermis surrounding the base and sides of a fingernail or toenail.
- 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.
- physiognomic — the face or countenance, especially when considered as an index to the character: a fierce physiognomy.
- phytohormone — hormone (def 3).
- pneumography — the process of recording the movements of the thorax in respiration.
- pro-monarchy — a state or nation in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch. Compare absolute monarchy, limited monarchy.
- psychonomics — the study of the individual mind in relation to its environment
- pyrithiamine — an antivitamin that causes thiamine deficiency
- pythonomorph — any of various large extinct marine reptiles of the former order Pythonomorpha
- rammohun roy — Rammohun [rah-moh-hon] /rɑˈmoʊ hɒn/ (Show IPA), 1774–1833, Indian religious leader: founder of Brahmo Samaj.
- rhadamanthys — Classical Mythology. a son of Zeus and Europa, rewarded for the justice he exemplified on earth by being made, after his death, a judge in the Underworld, where he served with his brothers Minos and Aeacus.
- rhyming game — a game played using rhyme
- romney marsh — one of an English breed of hardy sheep, having coarse, long wool.
- sclerenchyma — supporting or protective tissue composed of thickened, dry, and hardened cells.
- semi-monthly — made, occurring, done, or published twice a month.
- shame on you — expressing disapproval
- single rhyme — a rhyme of monosyllables, as in heart, part.
- smotheringly — in a smothering manner
- smyth sewing — a method of sewing together folded, gathered, and collated signatures with a single thread sewn through the folds of individual signatures.
- sphygmophone — a device by which a pulse may be heard
- strychninism — a condition induced by an overdose or by excessive use of strychnine.
- sycophantism — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- sympathizing — to be in sympathy or agreement of feeling; share in a feeling (often followed by with).
- synecdochism — the use of synecdoche
- syngman rhee — Syngman [sing-muh n] /ˈsɪŋ mən/ (Show IPA), 1875–1965, president of South Korea 1948–60.
- syntheticism — a synthetic nature or approach
- tammany hall — a Democratic political organization in New York City, founded in 1789 as a fraternal benevolent society (Tammany Society) and associated especially in the late 1800s and early 1900s with corruption and abuse of power.
- thaumatogeny — the belief that the origin of life was the result of a miracle
- theoclymenus — (in the Odyssey) a seer who foretold the return of Odysseus and the death of Penelope's suitors.
- 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.
- trimethylene — cyclopropane.
- triumphantly — having achieved victory or success; victorious; successful.