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13-letter words containing m, y, o

  • automagically — automatically; in a way that is hidden from or not understood by the user, and in that sense, apparently “magical”: I downloaded an app that automagically adds a travel itinerary to my calendar whenever I buy a plane ticket.
  • automatically — without volition or from force of habit; mechanically: Whenever I hear that song, I automatically think of my dad.
  • autonomically — autonomous.
  • axiomatically — pertaining to or of the nature of an axiom; self-evident; obvious.
  • baby primrose — a tender primrose, Primula forbesii, native to China and Burma, having white, hairy leaves and rose- or lilac-colored flowers with a yellow center.
  • barium yellow — a yellow, crystalline compound, BaCrO 4 , used as a pigment (barium yellow)
  • baryon number — the number of baryons in a system minus the number of antibaryons
  • basidiomycete — any fungus of the phylum Basidiomycota (formerly class Basidiomycetes), in which the spores are produced in basidia. The group includes boletes, puffballs, smuts, and rusts
  • bedtime story — a story read or told to a child at bedtime
  • beyond number — too numerous to be counted
  • bimolecularly — in a bimolecular fashion
  • biochemically — the science dealing with the chemistry of living matter.
  • biosystematic — relating to biosystematics
  • black economy — The black economy consists of the buying, selling, and producing of goods or services that goes on without the government being informed, so that people can avoid paying tax on them.
  • blasphemously — uttering, containing, or exhibiting blasphemy; irreverent; profane.
  • blastomycosis — a fungal infection particularly affecting the lungs
  • bloody-minded — If you say that someone is being bloody-minded, you are showing that you disapprove of their behaviour because you think they are being deliberately difficult instead of being helpful.
  • boardroom pay — the salaries and bonuses given to the directors of a company
  • bombastically — (of speech, writing, etc.) high-sounding; high-flown; inflated; pretentious.
  • bombax family — the plant family Bombacaceae, typified by tropical deciduous trees having palmate leaves, large and often showy solitary or clustered flowers, and dry fruit with a woolly pulp, and including the baobab and silk-cotton tree.
  • bonnet monkey — an Indian macaque, Macaca radiata, with a bonnet-like tuft of hair
  • borage family — any member of the plant family Boraginaceae, typified by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having simple, alternate, hairy leaves and usually blue, five-lobed flowers in a cluster that uncoils as they bloom, including borage, bugloss, and forget-me-not.
  • botryomycosis — a disease, usually of horses, caused by a bacterial infection (usually, Staphylococcus aureus) producing tumorous growths esp. after castration or a wound or injury
  • bounty jumper — in the U.S. Civil War, a man who accepted the cash bounty offered for enlisting and then deserted
  • brigham young — Andrew (Jackson, Jr.) born 1932, U.S. clergyman, civil-rights leader, politician, and diplomat: mayor of Atlanta, Georgia, 1981–89.
  • brook lamprey — a jawless fish, Lampetra planeri, native to the European part of the Atlantic Ocean and the northwest Mediterranean
  • bubble memory — a method of storing high volumes of data by the use of minute pockets of magnetism (bubbles) in a semiconducting material. The bubbles may be caused to migrate past a read head or to a buffer area for storage
  • buffer memory — a temporary holding area for data
  • byte compiler — byte-code compiler
  • camp fire boy — a boy who is a member of the Campfire Boys and Girls. Compare Camp Fire Girl.
  • campylobacter — a rod-shaped bacterium that causes infections in cattle and man. Unpasteurized milk infected with campylobacter is a common cause of gastroenteritis
  • carboxymethyl — (organic chemistry) The univalent radical -CH2-COOH derived from acetic acid.
  • caution money — a sum of money deposited as security for good conduct, against possible debts, etc
  • centrosomally — In a centrosomal way.
  • ceremoniously — If someone does something ceremoniously, they do it in an extremely formal way.
  • cerumenolysis — (medicine) The process of softening cerumen (earwax) for removal.
  • cerumenolytic — (pharmacology) A chemical that softens or removes cerumen (earwax).
  • chemotaxonomy — the taxonomy of species of organisms based on biochemical characteristics
  • cherry tomato — a miniature tomato not much bigger than a cherry
  • chinese money — funny money (def 3).
  • chlamydomonas — a green, fresh water alga of the class Chlorophyceae that is flagellate and made up of a single cell
  • chlamydospore — a thick-walled asexual spore of many fungi: capable of surviving adverse conditions
  • chloromycetin — chloramphenicol
  • chromatically — In a chromatic manner.
  • chromatolysis — the dissolution of stained material, such as chromatin in injured cells
  • chromatolytic — relating to chromatolysis
  • chrome yellow — any yellow pigment consisting of lead chromate mixed with lead sulphate
  • chromosomally — With reference to chromosomes.
  • chromotherapy — the use of colour and light as a restorative therapy and to promote mental and physical well-being
  • chymification — the process of turning into chyme
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