13-letter words containing m, y
- tonsillectomy — the operation of excising or removing one or both tonsils.
- topochemistry — the study of reactions that only occur at specific regions in a system
- transmisogyny — discrimination or prejudice against transgender women.
- transmittancy — a measure of the extent to which a solution transmits radiation. It is equal to the ratio of the transmittance of the solution to the transmittance of a pure solvent of the same dimensions
- traumatically — of, relating to, or produced by a trauma or wound.
- traumatonasty — a nastic movement in response to an injury
- triethylamine — a colorless, flammable liquid, C 6 H 15 N, used chiefly as a solvent in chemical synthesis.
- triple rhythm — a rhythmic pattern created by a succession of trisyllabic feet.
- trust company — a company or corporation organized to exercise the functions of a trustee, but usually engaging also in other banking and financial activities.
- tummy muscles — the muscles of the stomach
- tumorgenicity — the state of being tumorgenic, giving rise to tumours
- twenty-fourmo — a book size of about 3 5/8 × 5 1/8 inches (9 × 13 cm), determined by printing on sheets folded to form 24 leaves or 48 pages.
- tympanic bone — (in mammals) a bone of the skull, supporting the tympanic membrane and enclosing part of the tympanum or middle ear.
- tympanoplasty — reconstruction of the eardrum and the bones of the middle ear.
- tyndallimetry — the determination of the concentration of suspended material in a liquid by measuring the amount of light scattered
- type specimen — an individual organism from which the description of a species has been prepared.
- ugly american — An Ugly American is an American who travels to a foreign country and gives the United States a bad reputation by acting in an offensive way.
- ugly customer — a hostile or dangerous person.
- unambiguously — plainly, clearly
- unambitiously — in an unambitious manner
- unbeseemingly — in an unbeseeming or unbefitting manner
- uncomfortably — causing discomfort or distress; painful; irritating.
- uncommendably — in an uncommendable manner
- unconformably — not conformable; not conforming.
- uncustomarily — according to or depending on custom; usual; habitual.
- underemployed — employed at a job that does not fully use one's skills or abilities.
- unemotionally — without the expression of strong feeling
- unfamiliarity — not familiar; not acquainted with or conversant about: to be unfamiliar with a subject.
- ungentlemanly — not courteous or chivalrous
- unimpeachably — above suspicion; impossible to discredit; impeccable: unimpeachable motives.
- unix system v — System V
- unmaliciously — not in a malicious manner
- unmurmuringly — without a murmur or complaint
- unpromisingly — in a manner that is not showing any promise of favourable development or future success
- unreclaimably — in an unreclaimable manner
- unremittently — in an unremittent or persistent manner
- unremittingly — not slackening or abating; incessant: unremitting noise; unremitting attention.
- unsymmetrical — characterized by or exhibiting symmetry; well-proportioned, as a body or whole; regular in form or arrangement of corresponding parts.
- unsymmetrized — not made symmetrical; not symmetrized
- unsympathetic — characterized by, proceeding from, exhibiting, or feeling sympathy; sympathizing; compassionate: a sympathetic listener.
- untremblingly — not tremblingly; in an untrembling manner; without trembling
- upon my soul! — an exclamation of surprise
- upon my word! — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
- vacuum drying — the removal of liquid from a solution or mixture at reduced air pressure so that it dries at a lower temperature than would be required at full pressure.
- vaginomycosis — a fungous infection of the vagina.
- valley stream — a village on W Long Island, in SE New York.
- vanity mirror — a small mirror contained in the sun visor of a car
- variety meats — processed meat, such as sausage, or offal
- vasovasostomy — the reversal of a vasectomy, performed by surgical reconnection of the severed ends of the vas deferens.
- venturesomely — in a venturesome manner