12-letter words containing m, y, o
- nurserywomen — Plural form of nurserywoman.
- nychthemeron — a twenty-four hour span that includes a night and a day
- nyctitropism — tending to assume at or just before nightfall positions unlike those maintained during the day, as the leaves or flowers of certain plants.
- nympholeptic — an ecstasy supposed by the ancients to be inspired by nymphs.
- nymphomaniac — a woman who has abnormally excessive and uncontrollable sexual desire.
- oleandomycin — a macrolide antibiotic used to treat skin infections
- olfactometry — The study and measurement of smells.
- olive family — the plant family Oleaceae, characterized by trees and shrubs having opposite, simple or pinnately compound leaves, usually small and sometimes showy flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry, capsule, or winged seed, and including the ash, forsythia, lilac, olive, and privet.
- olympic-size — of the dimensions or length prescribed for the Olympic Games and other major athletic competitions: an Olympic-size speed-skating oval.
- olympus mons — the highest of the giant shield volcanoes on Mars, lying 18°N of the equator. Height: 26 km; base diameter: over 600 km
- omar khayyám — Omar, Omar Khayyám.
- omega baryon — a negative baryon having a mass 3272 times that of the electron and a mean lifetime of 8 X 10 -11 seconds.
- omnipotently — almighty or infinite in power, as God.
- omnisciently — having complete or unlimited knowledge, awareness, or understanding; perceiving all things.
- omnivorously — eating both animal and plant foods.
- omphalomancy — Divination by means of a child's navel, to learn how many children the mother may have.
- omphaloscopy — Introversion.
- on the money — any circulating medium of exchange, including coins, paper money, and demand deposits.
- on your mark — a command given to runners in a race to prepare themselves at the starting line
- on your mind — If something is on your mind, you are worried or concerned about it and think about it a lot.
- one too many — a slight excess of sth
- onomasiology — the study of the means of expressing a given concept.
- oophorectomy — the operation of removing one or both ovaries; ovariectomy.
- open primary — a direct primary election in which voters need not meet a test of party membership.
- ophthamology — Misspelling of ophthalmology.
- opthalmology — Misspelling of ophthalmology.
- option money — the price paid for buying an option
- orchidectomy — orchiectomy.
- orderly room — the administrative office of a small military unit.
- ornamentally — In an ornamental way.
- ornithomancy — Divination by means of birds, their flight, etc.
- oscillometry — an instrument for measuring oscillations, especially those of the arterial pulse.
- overmaturity — (of a tree or forest) the state of having ceased to grow or have commercial value
- overmodestly — in an extremely modest manner
- overmultiply — to increase too much or too often
- oversimplify — make too simple
- overtime pay — a higher than normal rate of pay, for work done as overtime
- pachydermous — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- paranormally — in a paranormal manner; by paranormal means
- paroemiology — the study of proverbs
- part company — a portion or division of a whole that is separate or distinct; piece, fragment, fraction, or section; constituent: the rear part of the house; to glue the two parts together.
- patellectomy — the surgical removal of the patella
- payment bond — See under contract bond.
- pearl hominy — whole or ground hulled corn from which the bran and germ have been removed by bleaching the whole kernels in a lye bath (lye hominy) or by crushing and sifting (pearl hominy)
- peremptorily — leaving no opportunity for denial or refusal; imperative: a peremptory command.
- perionychium — the epidermis surrounding the base and sides of a fingernail or toenail.
- pharmacology — the science dealing with the preparation, uses, and especially the effects of drugs.
- pharyngotomy — surgical incision into the pharynx
- phenomenally — highly extraordinary or prodigious; exceptional: phenomenal speed.
- phlox family — the plant family Polemoniaceae, characterized by herbaceous or sometimes shrubby plants having simple or compound leaves, flowers with a five-lobed corolla, and capsular fruit, and including gilia, Jacob's-ladder, moss pink, and phlox.