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12-letter words containing m, y, r, i, s

  • oversimplify — make too simple
  • parapsychism — the experience of mental phenomena that are beyond the scope of normal physical explanation
  • permissively — habitually or characteristically accepting or tolerant of something, as social behavior or linguistic usage, that others might disapprove or forbid.
  • pityrosporum — a genus of fungi that live on the skin, esp that of the scalp and face, present in conditions such as dandruff and dermatitis
  • 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.
  • polymorphism — the state or condition of being polymorphous.
  • polyomavirus — any of a genus (Polyomavirus) of papovaviruses that naturally infect wild and laboratory mice, and that cause tumors when injected into newborn mice
  • polyribosome — polysome.
  • post-primary — first or highest in rank or importance; chief; principal: his primary goals in life.
  • postliminary — of or relating to postliminy
  • 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.
  • progymnasium — (in Europe) a school that prepares pupils for secondary education (the gymnasium)
  • promissorily — (in law) in a promissory way
  • prosyllogism — a syllogism the conclusion of which is used as a premise of another syllogism; any of the syllogisms included in a polysyllogism except the last.
  • 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.
  • rhythm stick — a small wooden stick used, especially by a child, as a simple percussive instrument in learning the rudiments of musical rhythm.
  • saprophytism — living and feeding on dead organic matter
  • satyromaniac — a lascivious man; lecher.
  • scramblingly — in a scrambling manner
  • scribbly gum — any species of the genus Eucalyptus with smooth white bark marked with random patterns made by wood-boring insects
  • seismography — the scientific measuring and recording of the shock and vibrations of earthquakes.
  • semicylinder — half of a cylinder divided lengthwise.
  • sensitometry — the science of determining the sensitivity of photographic materials.
  • sigma baryon — an unstable hyperon having positive, negative, or zero electric charge and strangeness −1. Symbol: Σ.
  • simple syrup — a thick, sweet liquid, usually prepared from sugar and water and used chiefly as a base for soda fountain flavors.
  • single rhyme — a rhyme of monosyllables, as in heart, part.
  • sixty-fourmo — a book size (about 2 × 3 inches; 5 × 7 cm) determined by printing on sheets folded to form 64 leaves or 128 pages.
  • slippery elm — an elm, Ulmus rubra, of eastern North America, having a mucilaginous inner bark.
  • slumberingly — in a slumbering manner
  • smotheringly — in a smothering manner
  • spermaphytic — able to produce seeds
  • spermophytic — able to produce seed
  • spray millet — the seeds of millet left on the spike and sold in pet shops for cage birds.
  • streptomycin — an antibiotic, C 2 1 H 3 9 N 7 O 1 2 , produced by a soil actinomycete, Streptomyces griseus, and used in medicine in the form of its white, water-soluble sulfate salt, chiefly in the treatment of tuberculosis.
  • strychninism — a condition induced by an overdose or by excessive use of strychnine.
  • submaxillary — of or relating to the lower jaw or lower jawbone.
  • synclinorium — a regional structure of general synclinal form that includes a series of smaller folds.
  • syrtis major — an area in the northern hemisphere and near the equator of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed telescopically from the earth.
  • thrombolysis — the dissolving or breaking up of a thrombus.
  • transmogrify — to change in appearance or form, especially strangely or grotesquely; transform.
  • troglodytism — the condition of being a troglodyte
  • tryparsamide — a white, crystalline powder, C 8 H 10 O 4 N 2 AsNa·½H 2 , used chiefly in treating African sleeping sickness.
  • trysail mast — a small auxiliary mast fastened just abaft the mainmast or foremast of a sailing vessel.
  • vestimentary — of or relating to clothes or dress
  • voluntaryism — voluntarism (def 2).
  • wordsmithery — the craft or skill of a wordsmith
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