12-letter words containing n, o, m, y
- companionway — A companionway is a staircase or ladder that leads from one deck to another on a ship.
- company time — the regular hours during which employees are expected to work
- company town — a town built by a company for its employees
- compaternity — the relationship between the godparents of a child or between the godparents and the child's parents.
- compellingly — in a way that demands attention and interest
- compensatory — Compensatory payments involve money paid as compensation.
- complacently — pleased, especially with oneself or one's merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied: The voters are too complacent to change the government.
- compound eye — the convex eye of insects and some crustaceans, consisting of numerous separate light-sensitive units (ommatidia)
- compound key — (database) (Or "multi-part key", "concatenated key") A key which consists of more than one attribute of the body of information (e.g. database "record") it identifies.
- concomitancy — concomitance.
- condemnatory — Condemnatory means expressing strong disapproval.
- confirmatory — confirming or tending to confirm
- conformality — (mathematics) The condition (of a map) of being conformal.
- conformingly — In a way that conforms.
- consummately — to bring to a state of perfection; fulfill.
- consummatory — to bring to a state of perfection; fulfill.
- contemporary — Contemporary things are modern and relate to the present time.
- contemptibly — deserving of or held in contempt; despicable.
- copy machine — A copy machine is the same as a copier.
- coscinomancy — a form of divination involving the interpretation of the movement of a sieve suspended by shears
- country mile — a long way
- countrywoman — A countrywoman is a woman who lives in the country rather than in a city or a town.
- countrywomen — Plural form of countrywoman.
- cryptogamian — of or relating to cryptogams
- cryptomnesia — the reappearance of a suppressed or forgotten memory which is mistaken for a new experience
- cryptomnesic — of, relating to, or characterized by cryptomnesia
- cryptomonads — Plural form of cryptomonad.
- cryptonymous — having a code name or secret name
- curmudgeonly — If you describe someone as curmudgeonly, you do not like them because they are mean or bad-tempered.
- currycombing — Present participle of currycomb.
- cyber monday — the Monday after Thanksgiving, one of the busiest online shopping days.
- cylindriform — having the form or shape of a cylinder
- cytomembrane — a membrane around a cell that encloses cytoplasm and acts as a semi-permeable barrier
- cytotaxonomy — classification of organisms based on cell structure, esp the number, shape, etc, of the chromosomes
- dactinomycin — a cytotoxic polypeptide, C 62 H 86 N 12 O 16 , isolated from the bacterium Streptomyces parvullus, used in the treatment of certain cancers.
- danger money — extra money paid to compensate for the risks involved in certain dangerous jobs
- demoniacally — In a demoniacal manner.
- demonography — a treatise on demons.
- demonstrably — capable of being demonstrated or proved.
- densitometry — Photography. an instrument for measuring the density of negatives.
- deoxymannose — rhamnose.
- dinner money — money given to school children to buy dinner at school
- discommunity — a lack of community
- disembodying — Present participle of disembody.
- dominion day — Canada Day
- down payment — an initial amount paid at the time of purchase, in installment buying, time sales, etc.
- downy mildew — Also called false mildew. any fungus of the family Peronosporaceae, causing many plant diseases and producing a white, downy mass of conidiophores, usually on the under surface of the leaves of the host plant.
- dry mounting — the technique of fastening a print, photograph, or the like to a board by using a heated thermoplastic tissue as an adhesive.
- duodenectomy — a complete or incomplete removal of the duodenum
- dynamometers — Plural form of dynamometer.