12-letter words containing l, y, a, m
- municipality — a city, town, or other district possessing corporate existence and usually its own local government.
- murphy's law — the facetious proposition that if something can go wrong, it will.
- mutationally — In a mutational manner.
- myclobutanil — A triazole fungicide that works by inhibiting ergosterol biosynthesis.
- myofibrillar — Of or pertaining to myofibrils.
- myofilaments — Plural form of myofilament.
- myoneuralgia — myalgia.
- myrtle beach — a town in E South Carolina.
- mystagogical — someone who instructs others before initiation into religious mysteries or before participation in the sacraments.
- mystery play — a medieval dramatic form based on a Biblical story, usually dealing with the life, death, and resurrection of Christ.
- mythological — of or relating to mythology.
- nasolacrymal — relating to the tear duct
- noematically — in an intellectual manner
- non-military — of, for, or pertaining to the army or armed forces, often as distinguished from the navy: from civilian to military life.
- nonformulary — Not formulary.
- nonmedically — In a nonmedical manner.
- 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
- oleandomycin — a macrolide antibiotic used to treat skin infections
- olfactometry — The study and measurement of smells.
- olive family — the plant family Oleaceae, characterized by trees and shrubs having opposite, simple or pinnately compound leaves, usually small and sometimes showy flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry, capsule, or winged seed, and including the ash, forsythia, lilac, olive, and privet.
- omphalomancy — Divination by means of a child's navel, to learn how many children the mother may have.
- omphaloscopy — Introversion.
- onomasiology — the study of the means of expressing a given concept.
- ophthamology — Misspelling of ophthalmology.
- opthalmology — Misspelling of ophthalmology.
- ornamentally — In an ornamental way.
- paramilitary — noting or pertaining to an organization operating as, in place of, or as a supplement to a regular military force: a paramilitary police unit.
- paranormally — in a paranormal manner; by paranormal means
- paroemiology — the study of proverbs
- party animal — person who frequents drinking parties
- patellectomy — the surgical removal of the patella
- 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)
- permeability — the property or state of being permeable.
- pharmacology — the science dealing with the preparation, uses, and especially the effects of drugs.
- phenomenally — highly extraordinary or prodigious; exceptional: phenomenal speed.
- phlox family — the plant family Polemoniaceae, characterized by herbaceous or sometimes shrubby plants having simple or compound leaves, flowers with a five-lobed corolla, and capsular fruit, and including gilia, Jacob's-ladder, moss pink, and phlox.
- phonemically — of or relating to phonemes: a phonemic system.
- phytoclimate — the climate of a small area, as of confined spaces such as caves or houses (cryptoclimate) of plant communities, wooded areas, etc. (phytoclimate) or of urban communities, which may be different from that in the general region.
- pinealectomy — a surgical operation to remove the pineal gland
- plymouth bay — a small, well-protected bay on the coast of Massachusetts; the first permanent European settlement in New England; founded by the Pilgrim Fathers.
- pneumatology — Theology. doctrine concerning the Holy Spirit. the belief in intermediary spirits between humans and God.
- policymakers — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
- policymaking — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
- pollyannaism — an excessively or blindly optimistic person.
- polycythemia — an abnormal increase in the number and concentration of circulating red blood corpuscles
- polygamistic — a person who practices or favors polygamy.
- polyomavirus — any of a genus (Polyomavirus) of papovaviruses that naturally infect wild and laboratory mice, and that cause tumors when injected into newborn mice
- polypharmacy — the use of two or more drugs together, usually to treat a single condition or disease.