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11-letter words containing m, o, y, e

  • nematocysts — A specialized cell in the tentacles of a jellyfish or other coelenterate, containing a barbed or venomous coiled thread that can be projected in self-defense or to capture prey.
  • nephrectomy — excision of a kidney.
  • neurocytoma — A nervous system tumor primarily derived from nervous tissue, in contrast to the gliomas.
  • new economy — the postindustrial world economy based on internet trading and advanced technology
  • new harmony — a town in SW Indiana: socialistic community established by Robert Owen 1825.
  • noisy miner — a honey-eater, Manorina melanocephala, of eastern Australia, having a grey-white plumage and brown wings and noted for its raucous cries
  • non-payment — Non-payment is a failure to pay a sum of money that you owe.
  • nonemployee — a person who is not an employee of a particular organization
  • nonmonetary — of or relating to the coinage or currency of a country.
  • nonsystemic — not systemic
  • normatively — of or relating to a norm, especially an assumed norm regarded as the standard of correctness in behavior, speech, writing, etc.
  • north yemenRepublic of, a country in S Arabia, formed in 1990 by the merger of the Yemen Arab Republic and the People's Democratic Republic of Yemen. 207,000 sq. mi. (536,130 sq. km). Capital: Aden.
  • nympholepsy — an ecstasy supposed by the ancients to be inspired by nymphs.
  • nympholepts — Plural form of nympholept.
  • omnipotency — Omnipotence. (from 15th c.).
  • oneiromancy — divination through dreams.
  • onychectomy — The surgical removal of claws.
  • onyx marble — Mexican onyx.
  • open system — a region separated from its surroundings by a boundary that admits a transfer of matter or energy across it.
  • orchiectomy — excision of one or both testes; castration.
  • ovariectomy — the operation of removing one or both ovaries; oophorectomy.
  • overpayment — to pay more than (an amount due): I received a credit after overpaying the bill.
  • oxygen mask — a masklike device placed or worn over the nose and mouth when inhaling supplementary oxygen from an attached tank.
  • oxymorphone — a potent semisynthetic morphine-derived narcotic analgesic, C 1 7 H 1 9 NO 4 , used as a substitute for morphine.
  • oyster farm — a place where oyster beds are kept.
  • oysterwoman — a woman who gathers, cultivates, or sells oysters.
  • paper money — currency in paper form, such as government and bank notes, as distinguished from metal currency.
  • perth amboy — a seaport in E New Jersey.
  • phlebectomy — the surgical excision of a vein or part of a vein
  • photosystem — either of two pigment-containing systems, photosystem I or II, in which the light-dependent chemical reactions of photosynthesis occur in the chloroplasts of plants
  • phycomycete — any of various fungi that resemble algae, as downy mildew.
  • physiometry — measurement of the physiological functions of the body.
  • phytochrome — a plant pigment that is associated with the absorption of light in the photoperiodic response and that may regulate various types of growth and development.
  • plyometrics — a system of exercise in which the muscles are repeatedly stretched and suddenly contracted
  • pneumectomy — pneumonectomy.
  • poetry slam — a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
  • policy term — The policy term is the lifetime of an insurance policy.
  • policymaker — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
  • polymerizes — to subject to polymerization.
  • polyspermia — the secretion of an excessive amount of semen.
  • premonetary — of or relating to the coinage or currency of a country.
  • premonitory — giving premonition; serving to warn beforehand.
  • premorbidly — pertaining to diseased parts: morbid anatomy.
  • press money — prest money.
  • prest money — a sum of money advanced to men enlisting in the navy or the army, given to bind the bargain and as an inducement.
  • prize money — money offered, won, or received in prizes.
  • prominently — standing out so as to be seen easily; conspicuous; particularly noticeable: Her eyes are her most prominent feature.
  • promycelium — a short filament produced in the germination of a spore that bears small spores and then dies.
  • propylamine — an isomeric amine of propyl
  • proselytism — the act or fact of becoming a proselyte; conversion.
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