12-letter words containing m, e, r, y, n
- energy-smart — using electrical power in an efficient or economical way
- entry permit — customs
- erythromycin — An antibiotic used in the treatment of infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria. It is similar in its effects to penicillin.
- fermi energy — the level in the distribution of electron energies in a solid at which a quantum state is equally likely to be occupied or empty
- fire company — a company of firefighters.
- fly in amber — a strange relic or reminder of the past
- flyfisherman — Flyfisher.
- flyfishermen — Plural form of flyfisherman.
- flying lemur — either of two lemurlike mammals, Cynocephalus variegatus, of southeastern Asia and the East Indies, or C. volans, of the Philippines, having broad folds of skin on both sides of the body to aid in gliding from tree to tree: now rare.
- fort mchenry — a town in NE Illinois.
- fragmentally — fragmentary.
- free company — a band of free companions.
- from day one — from the very beginning
- galvanometry — the method or process of determining the strength of electric currents.
- gaya maretan — Gayomart.
- george meany — George, 1894–1980, U.S. labor leader: 3rd president of the AFL 1952–55; 1st president of the AFL-CIO 1955–79.
- gerrymanders — Plural form of gerrymander.
- glimmeringly — a faint or unsteady light; glimmer.
- green monkey — a W African variety of a common guenon monkey, Cercopithecus aethiops, having greenish-brown fur and a dark face
- gyromagnetic — of or relating to the magnetic properties of a rotating charged particle.
- heteronymous — of, relating to, or characteristic of a heteronym.
- hire company — a company that hires things out to people
- 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.
- home country — the country a person comes from
- honeymooners — Plural form of honeymooner.
- honor system — a system whereby the students at a school, the inmates in a prison, etc., are put on their honor to observe certain rules in order to minimize administrative supervision or to promote honesty.
- hymenopteran — hymenopterous.
- hymenopteron — hymenopteran.
- hyperdynamic — (physiology) Describing an increase in both blood pressure and pulse pressure.
- hyperendemic — manifesting a high and persistent occurrence
- hypersomniac — a tendency to sleep excessively.
- hyponatremia — (medicine) An abnormally low concentration of sodium (or salt) in blood plasma.
- hysteromania — unusually increased sexual desire in a woman
- impenetrably — not penetrable; that cannot be penetrated, pierced, entered, etc.
- impermanency — Alternative form of impermanence.
- impersonally — In an impersonal manner.
- impertinency — impertinence.
- in memory of — to commemorate
- intercompany — a number of individuals assembled or associated together; group of people.
- intermammary — (anatomy) Between the mammae.
- intermediacy — the state of being intermediate or of acting intermediately.
- intermediary — an intermediate agent or agency; a go-between or mediator.
- interminably — incapable of being terminated; unending: an interminable job.
- ivy geranium — a trailing geranium, Pelargonium peltatum, of southern Africa, having a fleshy stem that becomes woody with age, glossy, ivy-shaped leaves, and clusters of flowers ranging from white to deep rose in color.
- journey time — the time taken to make a journey
- journeywoman — The female equivalent of a journeyman.
- jury foreman — a member of a jury in a court of law who is chosen by the other members to act as spokesperson for the jury
- kolyma range — a mountain range in NE Russia, in NE Siberia, extending about 1100 km (700 miles) between the Kolyma River and the Sea of Okhotsk. Highest peak: 1862 m (6109 ft)
- kremlinology — the study of the government of the former Soviet Union, especially the study of those factors governing its foreign affairs.
- laryngectomy — excision of part or all of the larynx.