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12-letter words containing s, h, a, m, y

  • lachrymosity — suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
  • lady's-thumb — a smartweed, Polygonum persicaria, of the buckwheat family, having pink or purplish flowers and lance-shaped leaves with a spot resembling a thumbprint.
  • lamprophyres — Plural form of lamprophyre.
  • lymphangitis — inflammation of the lymphatic vessels.
  • lymphoblasts — Plural form of lymphoblast.
  • macrophysics — the branch of physics that deals with physical objects large enough to be observed and treated directly.
  • make history — do sth of great significance
  • malt whiskey — Malt whiskey or malt is whiskey that is made from malt.
  • marshmallowy — Similar to a marshmallow.
  • mashrebeeyah — meshrebeeyeh.
  • mashrebeeyeh — (in Islamic countries) an oriel screened by latticework.
  • massotherapy — treatment by massage.
  • memory smash — (jargon)   A Xerox PARC term for writing to the location addressed by a dangling pointer.
  • metaphysical — pertaining to or of the nature of metaphysics.
  • metapsychics — the study of psychic phenomena beyond the limits of ordinary or orthodox psychology
  • mob hysteria — the heightened and extreme emotions that can be experienced by people in a large crowd
  • monohydrates — Plural form of monohydrate.
  • 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.
  • murphy's law — the facetious proposition that if something can go wrong, it will.
  • mushy-headed — inadequately thought out: mushyheaded ideas.
  • noam chomsky — (Avram) Noam [nohm,, noh-uh m] /noʊm,, ˈnoʊ əm/ (Show IPA), born 1928, U.S. linguist, educator, and political activist.
  • omphaloscopy — Introversion.
  • pachydermous — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
  • parapsychism — the experience of mental phenomena that are beyond the scope of normal physical explanation
  • psammophytic — relating to psammophytes
  • psychomachia — conflict of the soul
  • rhadamanthys — Classical Mythology. a son of Zeus and Europa, rewarded for the justice he exemplified on earth by being made, after his death, a judge in the Underworld, where he served with his brothers Minos and Aeacus.
  • romney marsh — one of an English breed of hardy sheep, having coarse, long wool.
  • safety match — a match designed to ignite only when rubbed on a specially prepared surface.
  • saprophytism — living and feeding on dead organic matter
  • schizothymia — the condition of being schizoid or introverted. It encompasses elements of schizophrenia but does not involve the same depth of psychological disturbance
  • sclerenchyma — supporting or protective tissue composed of thickened, dry, and hardened cells.
  • seismography — the scientific measuring and recording of the shock and vibrations of earthquakes.
  • shame on you — expressing disapproval
  • shamefacedly — modest or bashful.
  • spermaphytic — able to produce seeds
  • sphygmograph — an instrument for recording the rapidity, strength, and uniformity of the arterial pulse.
  • stately home — a country mansion, usually of architectural interest and often open to the public.
  • stay-at-home — not inclined to travel or seek diversions or pastimes outside one's residence, area, or country.
  • stichomythia — dramatic dialogue, as in a Greek play, characterized by brief exchanges between two characters, each of whom usually speaks in one line of verse during a scene of intense emotion or strong argumentation.
  • sycophantism — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
  • sympathizing — to be in sympathy or agreement of feeling; share in a feeling (often followed by with).
  • syngman rhee — Syngman [sing-muh n] /ˈsɪŋ mən/ (Show IPA), 1875–1965, president of South Korea 1948–60.
  • thomas hardyGodfrey Harold, 1877–1947, English mathematician.
  • thomas talysThomas, Tallis, Thomas.
  • thoracostomy — the construction of an artificial opening through the chest wall, usually for the drainage of fluid or the release of an abnormal accumulation of air.
  • thymus gland — a ductless, butterfly-shaped gland lying at the base of the neck, formed mostly of lymphatic tissue and aiding in the production of T cells of the immune system: after puberty, the lymphatic tissue gradually degenerates.
  • tracheostomy — the construction of an artificial opening through the neck into the trachea, usually for the relief of difficulty in breathing.
  • unhandsomely — unattractively
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