12-letter words containing r, a, y
- miracle play — a medieval dramatic form dealing with religious subjects such as Biblical stories or saints' lives, usually presented in a series or cycle by the craft guilds.
- miraculously — In a miraculous manner.
- misportrayal — the act of portraying.
- mob hysteria — the heightened and extreme emotions that can be experienced by people in a large crowd
- mockumentary — a movie or television show depicting fictional events but presented as a documentary.
- modificatory — modifying.
- molecularity — the number of molecules or atoms that participate in an elementary process.
- money market — the short-term trade in money, as in the sale and purchase of bonds and certificates.
- money player — a person who performs best under pressure, especially in a competitive situation.
- moneychanger — a person whose business is the exchange of currency, usually of different countries, at a fixed or official rate.
- monkey bread — the gourdlike fruit of the baobab, eaten by monkeys.
- monkey trial — John Thomas, 1901–70, U.S. high-school teacher whose teaching of the Darwinian theory of evolution became a cause célèbre (Scopes Trial or Monkey Trial) in 1925.
- monochromacy — The quality of having only one independent channel for conveying color information in the eye, i.e. total color blindness.
- monohydrates — Plural form of monohydrate.
- monterey bay — an inlet of the Pacific in W California. 26 miles (42 km) long.
- moralizingly — In a moralizing fashion.
- mornay sauce — a rich white sauce to which grated cheese, usually Swiss or Parmesan, and seasonings have been added
- morphography — the scientific description of an external form
- morphosyntax — the study of the morphological and syntactic properties of linguistic or grammatical units.
- mother's day — a day, usually the second Sunday in May, set aside in honor of mothers.
- multi-parity — of or relating to a multipara.
- multilayered — having two or more layers.
- murphy's law — the facetious proposition that if something can go wrong, it will.
- mycobacteria — Plural form of mycobacterium.
- mycoparasite — a parasitic fungus whose host is another fungus.
- myofibrillar — Of or pertaining to myofibrils.
- myoneuralgia — myalgia.
- myrmecophage — (biology) Anteaters, and other animals chiefly feeding on ants.
- myrmecophagy — Ant-eating.
- myrtle beach — a town in E South Carolina.
- mystery play — a medieval dramatic form based on a Biblical story, usually dealing with the life, death, and resurrection of Christ.
- mythographer — a person who collects or records myths in writing.
- nanocrystals — Plural form of nanocrystal.
- narcotherapy — an infrequently used method of treating mental disorders by intravenous injection of barbiturates.
- narcotically — In a narcotic manner.
- nasolacrymal — relating to the tear duct
- nature study — the study of plants and animals, especially by amateurs.
- naughty word — a word that is considered to be rude
- neoliberally — In a neoliberal manner.
- nephrography — Diagnostic imaging of the kidneys.
- neuroanatomy — the branch of anatomy dealing with the nervous system.
- neuronopathy — A form of polyneuropathy caused by destruction of neurons.
- neurotically — of, relating to, or characteristic of neurosis.
- neurotypical — relating to or showing typical neurological behavior and development: She has one dyslexic and one neurotypical child.
- new york bay — a bay of the Atlantic at the mouth of the Hudson, W of Long Island and E of Staten Island and New Jersey.
- night prayer — the last of the seven canonical hours; compline
- nocturnality — of or relating to the night (opposed to diurnal).
- non-hydrated — chemically combined with water in its molecular form.
- non-literary — pertaining to or of the nature of books and writings, especially those classed as literature: literary history.
- non-military — of, for, or pertaining to the army or armed forces, often as distinguished from the navy: from civilian to military life.