12-letter words containing m, o, r, a, y
- 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
- karyomapping — a technique for determining whether an embryo has inherited a genetic defect by analysing DNA taken from it and its close relatives
- 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)
- lachrymation — the secretion of tears, especially in abnormal abundance.
- lachrymatory — of, relating to, or causing the shedding of tears.
- lachrymiform — Shaped like a teardrop.
- lachrymosity — suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
- lampadedromy — (in ancient Greece) a relay race in which the runners or riders carried a lighted torch
- lamprophyres — Plural form of lamprophyre.
- lamprophyric — belonging or relating to a lamprophyre
- laryngectomy — excision of part or all of the larynx.
- laryngospasm — An uncontrolled, spasmodic closure of the larynx.
- laundry room — utility room
- laundrywoman — laundress.
- laundrywomen — Plural form of laundrywoman.
- legal memory — a period of time, now usually established by statute, during which custom, conduct, or a state of affairs must have existed or continued in order for it to have taken on the force of law or to establish a legal right or title not otherwise provable.
- lognormality — the condition of having a natural logarithm with normal distribution
- lymphography — lymphangiography.
- macrocephaly — Cephalometry. being or having a head with a large cranial capacity.
- macrocytosis — The presence of macrocytes in the blood.
- macrodactyly — a condition of abnormally large fingers or toes
- macroeconomy — A large-scale economic system.
- macrophysics — the branch of physics that deals with physical objects large enough to be observed and treated directly.
- magnetometry — (physics) The measurement of magnetic fields (strength and direction etc).
- magnotherapy — Any of several alternative medicine therapies using magnetism.
- magyarorszag — Hungarian name of Hungary.
- make history — do sth of great significance
- malnormality — (mathematics, group theory) The property of a subgroup H of a group G where, for any x in G but not in H, H and Hx intersect in the identity element.
- malodorously — With a bad smell.
- manipulatory — to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner: to manipulate people's feelings.
- marshmallowy — Similar to a marshmallow.
- marvellously — In a marvellous manner.
- mary of teck — Mary (def 4).
- massotherapy — treatment by massage.
- master alloy — an alloy rich in certain elements, used in small quantities as an additive to melts of alloyed metal.
- masturbatory — the stimulation or manipulation of one's own genitals, especially to orgasm; sexual self-gratification.
- memorability — worth remembering; notable: a memorable speech.
- memorial day — Also called Decoration Day. a day, May 30, set aside in most states of the U.S. for observances in memory of dead members of the armed forces of all wars: now officially observed on the last Monday in May.
- memory farts — (jargon, humour) The flatulent sounds that some MS-DOS box BIOSes (most notably AMI's) make when checking memory at boot time.
- memory smash — (jargon) A Xerox PARC term for writing to the location addressed by a dangling pointer.
- memory trace — engram.
- meridionally — In a meridional manner.
- meteorically — of, relating to, or consisting of meteors.
- microanalyst — One who carries out microanalysis.
- microanatomy — the branch of anatomy dealing with microscopic structures (distinguished from gross anatomy).
- microcephaly — having a head with a small braincase.
- microcrystal — a microscopic crystal.
- microgravity — a condition, especially in space orbit, where the force of gravity is so weak that weightlessness results.
- micropayment — A very small payment made each time a user accesses an Internet page or service.