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11-letter words containing m, y, s, t, o, r

  • polycrotism — a polycrotic condition
  • postprimary — of or relating to education after primary school
  • 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.
  • promiscuity — the state of being promiscuous.
  • proselytism — the act or fact of becoming a proselyte; conversion.
  • psychometer — a device for measuring mental or psychological activity
  • psychometry — Psychology. psychometrics.
  • psychomotor — of or relating to a response involving both motor and psychological components.
  • sclerectomy — excision of part of the sclera.
  • seismometry — the study of the measurement of earthquakes using a seismometer
  • shameworthy — deserving shame; denoting something a person ought to be ashamed of
  • short money — (in Britain) the annual payment made to Opposition parties in the House of Commons to help them pay for certain services necessary to the carrying out of their parliamentary duties; established in 1975
  • smart money — money invested or wagered by experienced investors or bettors.
  • spermophyte — spermatophyte.
  • stasimorphy — structural modification by arrested development
  • stenochromy — the art of printing designs made of more than one colour using a single impression
  • stereometry — the measurement of volumes.
  • stichometry — the practice of writing a prose text in lines, often of slightly differing lengths, that correspond to units of sense and indicate phrasal rhythms.
  • stormstayed — isolated or unable to travel because of adverse weather conditions, esp a snowstorm
  • strumectomy — excision of part or all of a goiter.
  • syringotomy — surgical removal of a fistula
  • tensiometry — the study of the measurement of tension
  • thermolysis — Physiology. the dispersion of heat from the body.
  • thermonasty — a nastic movement in response to a temperature change, as occurs in the opening of certain flowers
  • tremulously — (of persons, the body, etc.) characterized by trembling, as from fear, nervousness, or weakness.
  • tropomyosin — a protein in muscle tissue that works with troponin to control the process by which actin and myosin interact to produce muscle contraction
  • trypanosoma — trypanosome.
  • trypanosome — any minute, flagellate protozoan of the genus Trypanosoma, parasitic in the blood or tissues of humans and other vertebrates, usually transmitted by insects, often causing serious diseases, as African sleeping sickness in humans, and many diseases in domestic animals.
  • tyrosinemia — an inherited disorder of tyrosine metabolism that can lead to liver and kidney disease and mental retardation unless controlled by a special diet.
  • uncustomary — according to or depending on custom; usual; habitual.
  • xerophytism — (botany) The adaptation of plants to habitats where water is scarce.
  • zymosimeter — a device for measuring the rate or degree of fermentation
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