11-letter words containing s, a, m, o, y
- misanthropy — hatred, dislike, or distrust of humankind.
- money talks — If you say that money talks, you mean that if someone has a lot of money, they also have a lot of power.
- money wages — wages evaluated with reference to the money paid rather than the equivalent purchasing power
- moneymakers — Plural form of moneymaker.
- monkey bars — children's climbing frame
- monocrystal — A single crystal.
- moshe dayan — Moshe [maw-she;; English moh-shuh] /mɔˈʃɛ;; English ˈmoʊ ʃə/ (Show IPA), 1915–81, Israeli politician and military leader: defense minister 1967–74, foreign minister 1977–79.
- museography — The systematic description of objects in museums.
- mycophagist — a fungus-eating organism.
- mycophagous — feeding on fungi.
- mycoplasmal — Of or pertaining to mycoplasma.
- mycoplasmas — Plural form of mycoplasma.
- mycorrhizas — Plural form of mycorrhiza.
- myeloblasts — Plural form of myeloblast.
- myelomatous — Relating to a myeloma.
- myocarditis — inflammation of the myocardium.
- myographist — a person who has expert knowledge of muscles
- myosarcomas — Plural form of myosarcoma.
- mystagogues — Plural form of mystagogue.
- myxomatosis — Pathology. a condition characterized by the presence of many myxomas. myxomatous degeneration.
- nematocysts — A specialized cell in the tentacles of a jellyfish or other coelenterate, containing a barbed or venomous coiled thread that can be projected in self-defense or to capture prey.
- nishinomiya — a city on S Honshu, in S Japan.
- nonmystical — not mystical
- osmotically — Physical Chemistry, Cell Biology. the tendency of a fluid, usually water, to pass through a semipermeable membrane into a solution where the solvent concentration is higher, thus equalizing the concentrations of materials on either side of the membrane. the diffusion of fluids through membranes or porous partitions. Compare endosmosis, exosmosis.
- oxygen mask — a masklike device placed or worn over the nose and mouth when inhaling supplementary oxygen from an attached tank.
- oyster farm — a place where oyster beds are kept.
- oysterwoman — a woman who gathers, cultivates, or sells oysters.
- plasmolysis — contraction of the protoplasm in a living cell when water is removed by exosmosis.
- play possum — opossum.
- poetry slam — a violent and noisy closing, dashing, or impact.
- polyamorous — noting or relating to polyamory, the practice or condition of participating simultaneously in more than one serious romantic or sexual relationship with the knowledge and consent of all partners.
- polychasium — a form of cymose inflorescence in which each axis produces more than two lateral axes.
- polyspermia — the secretion of an excessive amount of semen.
- postprimary — of or relating to education after primary school
- 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.
- rose family — the plant family Rosaceae, characterized by trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants having compound or simple leaves with stipules, flowers typically with five sepals and five petals, and fruit in a variety of forms, many of which are fleshy and edible, and including the almond, apple, apricot, blackberry, cherry, cinquefoil, hawthorn, peach, pear, plum, raspberry, rose, spirea, and strawberry.
- salmonberry — the salmon-colored, edible fruit of a raspberry, Rubus spectabilis, of the Pacific coast of North America.
- say amen to — to express strong approval of or support for (an assertion, hope, etc)
- 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.
- seismonasty — a nastic movement in response to shock, esp the rapid folding of the leaflets of the sensitive plant due to changes in turgor pressure caused by vibration
- semasiology — semantics, especially the study of semantic change.
- shameworthy — deserving shame; denoting something a person ought to be ashamed of
- sigmoidally — in the form of a sigmoid
- siphonogamy — a mode of pollination in which pollen tubes develop to facilitate the passage of male cells to eggs
- sky compass — a device for taking a bearing by means of polarized sunlight when the sun is invisible.
- smart money — money invested or wagered by experienced investors or bettors.
- smokey bear — an officer or officers of a state highway patrol.