12-letter words containing m, i, s, e, y
- milk parsley — a wetland plant belonging to the family Apiaceae
- millesimally — in a millesimal manner
- milquetoasty — Meek, timid.
- mis-delivery — the carrying and turning over of letters, goods, etc., to a designated recipient or recipients.
- misadvisedly — ill-advisedly
- misery index — an unofficial indication of a nation's economic health, derived by adding the percentage rate of inflation to the percentage of unemployed workers: With inflation running at 15 percent and unemployment at 8 percent, the misery index is 23 percent.
- misleadingly — In a misleading manner.
- mob hysteria — the heightened and extreme emotions that can be experienced by people in a large crowd
- molybdenosis — a disease of ruminants, especially cattle, caused by dietary intake of excessive molybdenum with resultant copper deficiency, characterized by persistent diarrhea and, especially around the eyes, a fading of coat pigment.
- money spider — any of certain small shiny brownish spiders of the family Linyphiidae
- monkeyshines — Usually, monkeyshines. a frivolous or mischievous prank; monkey business.
- monophysites — Plural form of monophysite.
- motionlessly — In a motionless manner; without moving.
- motivelessly — Without a motive.
- multi-storey — A multi-storey building has several floors at different levels above the ground.
- multisensory — of or relating to the senses or sensation.
- multiversity — a university with several campuses, each of which has many schools, divisions, etc.
- mycoparasite — a parasitic fungus whose host is another fungus.
- mycoproteins — Plural form of mycoprotein.
- myelopoiesis — (biology) The regulated formation of myeloid cells.
- myofilaments — Plural form of myofilament.
- myringoscope — an instrument for examining the eardrum
- mysteriously — full of, characterized by, or involving mystery: a mysterious occurrence.
- mythogenesis — the creation and development of myths
- mythologizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mythologize.
- mythopoiesis — (mythology) the creation of myth.
- nevinnomyssk — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, S of Stavropol.
- non-systemic — of or relating to a system.
- nonsymmetric — Not symmetric; asymmetrical.
- nurserymaids — Plural form of nurserymaid.
- olympic-size — of the dimensions or length prescribed for the Olympic Games and other major athletic competitions: an Olympic-size speed-skating oval.
- omnisciently — having complete or unlimited knowledge, awareness, or understanding; perceiving all things.
- oscillometry — an instrument for measuring oscillations, especially those of the arterial pulse.
- oversimplify — make too simple
- permissively — habitually or characteristically accepting or tolerant of something, as social behavior or linguistic usage, that others might disapprove or forbid.
- pneumocystis — any protozoan of the genus Pneumocystis, esp P. carinii, which is a cause of pneumonia in people whose immune defences have been lowered by drugs or a disease
- point system — Printing. a system for grading the sizes of type bodies, leads, etc., that employs the point as a unit of measurement. Compare point (def 48a).
- policymakers — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
- polycentrism — the doctrine that a plurality of independent centers of leadership, power, or ideology may exist within a single political system, especially Communism.
- polyribosome — polysome.
- praseodymium — a rare-earth, metallic, trivalent element, named from its green salts. Symbol: Pr; atomic weight: 140.91; atomic number: 59; specific gravity: 6.77 at 20°C.
- pseudonymity — pseudonymous character.
- psychometric — Psychology. psychometrics.
- reg-symbolic — An early system on the IBM 704.
- remedilessly — in a remediless manner, beyond remedy
- respirometry — the branch of medical science dealing with the measurement and analysis of respiration.
- salicylamide — a compound of ammonia and gualtheria oil
- schizomycete — any of numerous microorganisms of the subkingdom (or phylum) Schizophyta, kingdom Monera, comprising the bacteria.
- sedge family — the plant family Cyperaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, often found in wet areas, having solid stems, narrow, grasslike leaves with closed sheaths, spikes of very small flowers set in a scalelike bract, and a dry, flattened, convex fruit, and including the bulrush, chufa, cotton grass, papyrus, and umbrella plant.
- seismography — the scientific measuring and recording of the shock and vibrations of earthquakes.