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