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11-letter words containing o, m, h, y

  • podophyllum — the dried rhizome of the May apple, Podophyllum peltatum, from which podophyllin is derived.
  • polychasium — a form of cymose inflorescence in which each axis produces more than two lateral axes.
  • polychotomy — the division of something into multiple parts
  • polychroism — the ability of a crystal to absorb different wavelengths of light and thus to display multiple colours
  • polychromic — having or exhibiting a variety of colors.
  • polylithism — (programming)   A property of a data-object that can exist in many shapes and sizes, but not simultaneously; which distinguishes it from a union. It is often implemented as a set of classes (or structs) derived from a common base class (or with a common header, as in the case of structs), typically without any methods. It has been loosely described as polymorphic data.
  • polymorphic — polymorphism
  • prosenchyma — the tissue characteristic of the woody and bast portions of plants, consisting typically of long, narrow cells with pointed ends.
  • psammophyte — a plant that grows in sand or sandy soil.
  • psychodrama — a method of group psychotherapy in which participants take roles in improvisational dramatizations of emotionally charged situations.
  • psychomancy — occult communication between souls or with spirits.
  • 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.
  • psychonomic — of or relating to psychonomics
  • radiothermy — therapy that utilizes the heat from a shortwave radio apparatus or diathermy machine.
  • rhabdomancy — divination by means of a rod or wand, especially in discovering ores, springs of water, etc.
  • rhabdomyoma — a benign tumor made up of striated muscular tissue.
  • rhyme royal — a form of verse introduced into English by Chaucer, consisting of seven-line stanzas of iambic pentameter in which there are three rhymes, the first line rhyming with the third, the second with the fourth and fifth, and the sixth with the seventh.
  • right money — any circulating medium of exchange, including coins, paper money, and demand deposits.
  • scyphistoma — a stage in the life cycle of a jellyfish or other scyphozoan when it is fixed in place and reproduces asexually to produce free-swimming medusas.
  • semimonthly — made, occurring, done, or published twice a month.
  • 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
  • siphonogamy — a mode of pollination in which pollen tubes develop to facilitate the passage of male cells to eggs
  • smooth away — to remove (difficulties, obstacles, etc.)
  • south yemen — Yemen (def 3).
  • spermophyte — spermatophyte.
  • sphygmogram — a tracing or diagram produced by a sphygmograph.
  • sphygmology — the study and examination of the pulse
  • stasimorphy — structural modification by arrested development
  • stenochromy — the art of printing designs made of more than one colour using a single impression
  • 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.
  • symphonette — a small symphony orchestra that usually specializes in playing short, familiar classical works or salon music.
  • symphonious — harmonious; in harmonious agreement or accord.
  • symposiarch — the president, director, or master of a symposium.
  • synchromesh — noting or pertaining to a synchronized shifting mechanism.
  • synchromism — a movement of the early 20th century led by American artists and manifested in their experimentation with nonfigurative or entirely abstract paintings containing shapes and volumes of pure color. Compare Orphism (def 2).
  • synchronism — coincidence in time; contemporaneousness; simultaneousness.
  • szombathely — a city in W Hungary: founded a.d. 48.
  • tacheometry — the measurement of distance, etc, using a tacheometer
  • tephromancy — the seeking of the future using ashes
  • thermolysis — Physiology. the dispersion of heat from the body.
  • thermometry — the branch of physics dealing with the measurement of temperature.
  • thermonasty — a nastic movement in response to a temperature change, as occurs in the opening of certain flowers
  • thermopylae — a pass in E Greece, between the cliffs of Mt. Oeta and the Gulf of Lamia: Persian defeat of the Spartans 480 b.c.
  • thoracotomy — incision into the chest cavity.
  • thrombocyte — platelet.
  • timbrophily — the love of stamps; stamp collecting
  • titanomachy — the unsuccessful revolt of the family of the Titan Iapetus against Zeus
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