12-letter words containing n, o, m, y
- phonemically — of or relating to phonemes: a phonemic system.
- photodynamic — the science dealing with light and its effects on living organisms.
- physiognomic — the face or countenance, especially when considered as an index to the character: a fierce physiognomy.
- phytohormone — hormone (def 3).
- pinealectomy — a surgical operation to remove the pineal gland
- pneumatocyst — the cavity of a pneumatophore.
- pneumatology — Theology. doctrine concerning the Holy Spirit. the belief in intermediary spirits between humans and God.
- pneumocystis — any protozoan of the genus Pneumocystis, esp P. carinii, which is a cause of pneumonia in people whose immune defences have been lowered by drugs or a disease
- pneumography — the process of recording the movements of the thorax in respiration.
- pneumonology — the study of the respiratory system
- pocket money — money for small, current expenses.
- point system — Printing. a system for grading the sizes of type bodies, leads, etc., that employs the point as a unit of measurement. Compare point (def 48a).
- policymaking — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
- pollyannaism — an excessively or blindly optimistic person.
- polycentrism — the doctrine that a plurality of independent centers of leadership, power, or ideology may exist within a single political system, especially Communism.
- polyembryony — the production of more than one embryo from one egg.
- postliminary — of or relating to postliminy
- pre-ceremony — the formal activities conducted on some solemn or important public or state occasion: the coronation ceremony.
- prenominally — before a noun
- pro-monarchy — a state or nation in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch. Compare absolute monarchy, limited monarchy.
- progymnasium — (in Europe) a school that prepares pupils for secondary education (the gymnasium)
- property man — a member of the stage crew in charge of the stage properties
- pseudonymity — pseudonymous character.
- pseudonymous — bearing a false or fictitious name.
- psychonomics — the study of the individual mind in relation to its environment
- public money — money that has been collected by the state, usually through taxation
- put money on — to place a bet on
- pyridoxamine — a metabolic form of pyridoxine
- pyromagnetic — (formerly) thermomagnetic (def 1).
- pyromaniacal — a compulsion to set things on fire.
- pythonomorph — any of various large extinct marine reptiles of the former order Pythonomorpha
- rammohun roy — Rammohun [rah-moh-hon] /rɑˈmoʊ hɒn/ (Show IPA), 1774–1833, Indian religious leader: founder of Brahmo Samaj.
- redeployment — to transfer (a unit, a person, supplies, etc.) from one theater of operations to another.
- reemployment — an act or instance of employing someone or something.
- remuneratory — affording remuneration; profitable: remunerative work.
- road company — a theatrical group that tours cities and towns, usually performing a single play that is or has been a success in New York City.
- rockumentary — a documentary about rock music.
- romantically — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
- romney marsh — one of an English breed of hardy sheep, having coarse, long wool.
- run on empty — to be at a level of energy, creativity, etc. that is inadequate to sustain worthwhile activity or achievement
- salpingotomy — incision of a Fallopian tube.
- satyromaniac — a lascivious man; lecher.
- scapulomancy — divination of the future by observation of the cracking of a mammal's scapula that has been heated by a fire or hot instrument.
- semi-monthly — made, occurring, done, or published twice a month.
- semiautonomy — the quality or state of being semiautonomous.
- sensitometry — the science of determining the sensitivity of photographic materials.
- serotaxonomy — the study of the taxonomy of proteins using serological methods
- shame on you — expressing disapproval
- sigma baryon — an unstable hyperon having positive, negative, or zero electric charge and strangeness −1. Symbol: Σ.
- smotheringly — in a smothering manner