11-letter words containing s, y, m
- myocarditis — inflammation of the myocardium.
- myographist — a person who has expert knowledge of muscles
- myoinositol — an isomer of inositol found in muscle
- myonecrosis — Necrosis of muscle tissue.
- myosarcomas — Plural form of myosarcoma.
- mystagogues — Plural form of mystagogue.
- mystery bag — a sausage
- mysticality — mystic; of or relating to supernatural agencies, affairs, occurrences, etc.: a strange, mystical experience.
- mythologies — Plural form of mythology.
- mythologise — to classify, explain, or write about myths.
- mythologist — an expert in mythology.
- mythopoesis — Creation of myth.
- myxasthenia — defective secretion of mucus.
- myxomatosis — Pathology. a condition characterized by the presence of many myxomas. myxomatous degeneration.
- myxomycetes — Plural form of myxomycete.
- myxoviruses — Plural form of myxovirus.
- 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.
- noisy miner — a honey-eater, Manorina melanocephala, of eastern Australia, having a grey-white plumage and brown wings and noted for its raucous cries
- nonmystical — not mystical
- nonsymbolic — not involving or using symbols
- nonsystemic — not systemic
- number keys — keypad
- nurserymaid — Nursemaid.
- nympholepsy — an ecstasy supposed by the ancients to be inspired by nymphs.
- nympholepts — Plural form of nympholept.
- open system — a region separated from its surroundings by a boundary that admits a transfer of matter or energy across it.
- 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.
- palm sunday — the Sunday before Easter, celebrated in commemoration of Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem.
- panpsychism — a theory that all matter has some form of consciousness.
- party music — music for or at a party
- peristylium — a peristyle.
- permissibly — that can be permitted; allowable: a permissible amount of sentimentality under the circumstances; Such behavior is not permissible!
- photosystem — either of two pigment-containing systems, photosystem I or II, in which the light-dependent chemical reactions of photosynthesis occur in the chloroplasts of plants
- physicalism — a doctrine associated with logical positivism and holding that every meaningful statement, other than the necessary statements of logic and mathematics, must refer directly or indirectly to observable properties of spatiotemporal things or events.
- physiognomy — the face or countenance, especially when considered as an index to the character: a fierce physiognomy.
- physiometry — measurement of the physiological functions of the body.
- physitheism — the attribution of physical form to gods and religious beings
- phytotomist — someone who studies or who is an expert in phytotomy
- plasmolysis — contraction of the protoplasm in a living cell when water is removed by exosmosis.
- play possum — opossum.
- plyometrics — a system of exercise in which the muscles are repeatedly stretched and suddenly contracted
- 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.
- polychroism — the ability of a crystal to absorb different wavelengths of light and thus to display multiple colours
- polycrotism — a polycrotic condition