12-letter words containing s, t, o, m, y
- densitometry — Photography. an instrument for measuring the density of negatives.
- desquamatory — an obsolete surgical instrument once used for the desquamation of bones
- discommodity — inconvenience; disadvantageousness.
- discommunity — a lack of community
- domestically — of or relating to the home, the household, household affairs, or the family: domestic pleasures.
- dynamometers — Plural form of dynamometer.
- dyotheletism — the teaching that Christ had both a divine will and a human will
- dystopianism — a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding.
- ectosymbiont — (biology) A partner in a symbiotic relationship that remains on the surface of its host or occupies a body cavity.
- embryologist — An expert or specialist in embryology.
- endosymbiont — (ecology) An organism that lives within the body or cells of another organism.
- enzymologist — A specialist in enzymology.
- epistemology — The theory of knowledge, especially with regard to its methods, validity, and scope. Epistemology is the investigation of what distinguishes justified belief from opinion.
- erythematous — Of or pertaining to erythema.
- esophagotomy — (surgery) The operation of making an incision into the esophagus for the purpose of removing an obstruction.
- etymologizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of etymologize.
- fathomlessly — In a fathomless manner.
- fundusectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of the fundus of an organ, such as the uterus or the stomach.
- gametophytes — Plural form of gametophyte.
- geochemistry — the science dealing with the chemical changes in and the composition of the earth's crust.
- goldsmithery — the occupation of a goldsmith
- gymnosophist — one of a group of Jainist philosophers, existing from ancient times to c1000, characterized by refusal to wear clothes and the abandonment of caste marks; a member of the Digambara sect.
- gynecomastia — abnormal enlargement of the breast in a male.
- haematolyses — Plural form of haematolysis.
- haematolysis — Haemolysis.
- heteronymous — of, relating to, or characteristic of a heteronym.
- hidrocystoma — An adenoma of the sweat glands.
- histiocytoma — A tumour consisting of histiocytes.
- hominy grits — grits (def 1).
- homocysteine — An amino acid that occurs in the body as an intermediate in the metabolism of methionine and cysteine.
- homozygosity — having identical pairs of genes for any given pair of hereditary characteristics.
- honor system — a system whereby the students at a school, the inmates in a prison, etc., are put on their honor to observe certain rules in order to minimize administrative supervision or to promote honesty.
- hydrometeors — Plural form of hydrometeor.
- hydrotropism — oriented growth in response to water.
- hymenoplasty — (medicine) Plastic surgery affecting a woman's hymen, usually involving reconstruction to the unbroken condition ordinarily characteristic of virginity.
- hypogastrium — the lower and median part of the abdomen.
- hypothalamus — a region of the brain, between the thalamus and the midbrain, that functions as the main control center for the autonomic nervous system by regulating sleep cycles, body temperature, appetite, etc., and that acts as an endocrine gland by producing hormones, including the releasing factors that control the hormonal secretions of the pituitary gland.
- hysterectomy — excision of the uterus.
- hysteromania — unusually increased sexual desire in a woman
- isoenzymatic — isoenzymic
- isoperimetry — the study of isoperimeters.
- isothermally — occurring at constant temperature.
- lachrymosity — suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
- lymphoblasts — Plural form of lymphoblast.
- macrocytosis — The presence of macrocytes in the blood.
- make history — do sth of great significance
- mass society — a society whose members are characterized by having segmentalized, impersonal relations, a high degree of physical and social mobility, a spectator relation to events, and a pronounced tendency to conform to external popular norms.
- massotherapy — treatment by massage.
- master alloy — an alloy rich in certain elements, used in small quantities as an additive to melts of alloyed metal.
- mastocytosis — an overproduction of mast cells in body tissues.