12-letter words containing m, a, t, e, y
- pseudomartyr — someone falsely or inaccurately called a martyr
- pyrithiamine — an antivitamin that causes thiamine deficiency
- pyromagnetic — (formerly) thermomagnetic (def 1).
- quality time — time devoted exclusively to nurturing a cherished person or activity.
- quarrymaster — a person in charge of a quarry
- quota system — a system, originally determined by legislation in 1921, of limiting by nationality the number of immigrants who may enter the U.S. each year.
- remuneratory — affording remuneration; profitable: remunerative work.
- rheumatology — the study and treatment of rheumatic diseases.
- rhythmopoeia — the art or process of composing, for example, music or poetry rhythmically
- rockumentary — a documentary about rock music.
- sacramentary — a sacramentarian
- safety match — a match designed to ignite only when rubbed on a specially prepared surface.
- self-mastery — self-control.
- semantically — of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols: semantic change; semantic confusion.
- semiautonomy — the quality or state of being semiautonomous.
- semimystical — somewhat mystical; having a mystical quality to a partial degree
- serotaxonomy — the study of the taxonomy of proteins using serological methods
- simultaneity — existing, occurring, or operating at the same time; concurrent: simultaneous movements; simultaneous translation.
- solar system — the sun together with all the planets and other bodies that revolve around it.
- spermaphytic — able to produce seeds
- spermatocyte — a male germ cell (primary spermatocyte) that gives rise by meiosis to a pair of haploid cells (secondary spermatocytes) that give rise in turn to spermatids.
- spray millet — the seeds of millet left on the spike and sold in pet shops for cage birds.
- stapedectomy — a microsurgical procedure to relieve deafness by replacing the stapes of the ear with a prosthetic device.
- stately home — a country mansion, usually of architectural interest and often open to the public.
- stay-at-home — not inclined to travel or seek diversions or pastimes outside one's residence, area, or country.
- stop payment — an order by the drawer of a check to his or her bank not to pay a specified check.
- streamer fly — an artificial fly having a wing or wings extending beyond the crook of the fishhook.
- symmetallism — the use of an alloy of two or more metals in fixed relative value as the standard of value and currency
- symptomatize — symptomize.
- syntagmatite — a dark crystalline form of hornblende
- systematical — having, showing, or involving a system, method, or plan: a systematic course of reading; systematic efforts.
- systematized — to arrange in or according to a system; reduce to a system; make systematic.
- systemically — of or relating to a system.
- temptability — the state of being liable to temptation
- ternary form — a musical form in three sections, with the third usually an exact repetition of the first.
- testamentary — of, relating to, or of the nature of a testament or will.
- tetrachotomy — the segmentation of something into four parts
- thaumatogeny — the belief that the origin of life was the result of a miracle
- the almighty — God
- the military — the armed services (esp the army)
- the red army — the Soviet army
- thematically — of or relating to a theme.
- 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.
- theta rhythm — a pattern of brain waves having a regular frequency of 4 to 7 cycles per second as recorded by an electroencephalograph, observed during various states of light sleep or arousal.
- thoracectomy — excision of part or all of a rib.
- tracheostomy — the construction of an artificial opening through the neck into the trachea, usually for the relief of difficulty in breathing.
- track system — a system whereby students are separated into different groups or classes according to test scores or relative scholastic ability, as to assure that gifted students are not inhibited by slower learners.
- tragi-comedy — A tragi-comedy is a play or other written work that is both sad and amusing.
- true anomaly — the anomaly of a planet; its angular distance from perihelion or aphelion.
- tryparsamide — a white, crystalline powder, C 8 H 10 O 4 N 2 AsNa·½H 2 , used chiefly in treating African sleeping sickness.