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11-letter words containing m, i, r, y, a

  • cosmic rays — Cosmic rays are rays that reach Earth from outer space and consist of atomic nuclei.
  • craniectomy — the surgical removal of a part of the skull to facilitate brain surgery, the bone then being discarded rather than replaced
  • craniognomy — the scientific study of the shape and characteristics of the skull
  • craniometry — the study and measurement of skulls
  • criminality — the state or quality of being criminal
  • criminatory — Relating to, or involving, crimination; accusing.
  • crithomancy — a form of divination in which grain or meal used in a sacrifice is analysed
  • cryptarithm — a type of mathematical puzzle in which the digits of an equation have been substituted by letters
  • cryptogamic — Of, relating to, or denoting cryptogams.
  • cryptomeria — a coniferous tree, Cryptomeria japonica, of China and Japan, with curved needle-like leaves and small round cones: family Taxodiaceae
  • customarily — according to custom; usually
  • daydreaming — indulgence in daydreams
  • deliveryman — a man whose job is to deliver a product
  • determinacy — the quality of being defined or fixed
  • disarmingly — removing or capable of removing hostility, suspicion, etc., as by being charming: a disarming smile.
  • dithyrambic — of, relating to, or of the nature of a dithyramb, or an impassioned oration.
  • domiciliary — of or relating to a domicile, or place of residence.
  • dry farming — a system of growing crops in arid or semiarid regions without artificial irrigation, by reducing evaporation and by special methods of tillage
  • dry martini — cocktail
  • dynamic ram — dynamic random-access memory
  • dysharmonic — relating to abnormal bone development
  • dysrhythmia — a disturbance of rhythm, as of speech or of brain waves recorded by an electroencephalograph.
  • early music — music of the medieval, Renaissance, and early Baroque periods, especially revived and played on period instruments; European music after ancient music and before the classical music era, from the beginning of the Middle Ages to about 1750.
  • eliminatory — Tending to eliminate.
  • embracingly — In an embracing manner.
  • empirically — Based on experience as opposed to theoretical knowledge.
  • erythraemia — polycythaemia vera
  • exemplarily — In an exemplary manner; ideally, admirably.
  • exemplarity — The quality of being exemplary.
  • familiarity — thorough knowledge or mastery of a thing, subject, etc.
  • family hour — any broadcast period from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. when programs of general interest to the family are broadcast.
  • family room — a room in a house used as a center for family activities.
  • family tree — a genealogical chart showing the ancestry, descent, and relationship of all members of a family or other genealogical group.
  • filamentary — pertaining to or of the nature of a filament.
  • filmography — a collection of writings about motion pictures, especially detailed essays dealing with specific films.
  • flying mare — Wrestling. a method of attack in which a wrestler grasps the wrist of the opponent, turns in the opposite direction, and throws the opponent over the shoulder and down.
  • formability — the capacity of a material, as sheet steel, to be readily bent, stamped, shaped, etc.
  • fulminatory — Thundering; striking terror.
  • gallimaufry — a hodgepodge; jumble; confused medley.
  • gimcrackery — cheap, showy, useless trifles, ornaments, trinkets, etc.
  • graminology — the branch of botany concerned with the study of grasses
  • gravity dam — a dam resisting the pressure of impounded water through its own weight.
  • grimacingly — With a grimace.
  • gymnasiarch — (in ancient Greece) a magistrate who superintended the gymnasia and public games in certain cities.
  • gymnorhinal — (of a bird) having the nostrils exposed, not covered by feathers.
  • hemihydrate — a hydrate in which there are two molecules of the compound for each molecule of water.
  • hilary term — the spring term at Oxford University, the Inns of Court, and some other educational establishments
  • hypermnesia — the condition of having an unusually vivid or precise memory.
  • hyperoxemia — abnormal acidity of the blood.
  • hypersomnia — a tendency to sleep excessively.
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