12-letter words containing s, y, m
- etymologizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of etymologize.
- fairy shrimp — any member of the crustacean order Anostraca, characterized by an elongate trunk with more than 20 segments and the absence of a carapace, typically found swimming ventral side up in fresh water.
- family style — a way of serving food, as in boardinghouses and some restaurants, in which the people at the table help themselves from large dishes passed around from hand to hand
- fathomlessly — In a fathomless manner.
- first family — a family having the highest or one of the highest social ranks in a given place.
- fixed system — a system of solmization which assigns the names ut (or do), re, mi, fa, sol, la, si (or ti) to the degrees of the major scale of C
- flash memory — Computers. a type of reprogrammable memory that retains information even with the power turned off.
- flyfisherman — Flyfisher.
- flyfishermen — Plural form of flyfisherman.
- flying mouse — pygmy glider.
- frolicsomely — In a frolicsome manner.
- fundusectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of the fundus of an organ, such as the uterus or the stomach.
- gametophytes — Plural form of gametophyte.
- gamophyllous — having leaves united by their edges.
- gas dynamics — the study of the dynamic properties of gases and their thermal effects.
- geochemistry — the science dealing with the chemical changes in and the composition of the earth's crust.
- gerrymanders — Plural form of gerrymander.
- goldsmithery — the occupation of a goldsmith
- granny smith — a variety of crisp, green-skinned apple, for eating raw or for cooking.
- grass family — the large plant family Gramineae (or Poaceae), characterized by mostly herbaceous but sometimes woody plants with hollow and jointed stems, narrow sheathing leaves, petalless flowers borne in spikelets, and fruit in the form of seedlike grain, and including bamboo, sugar cane, numerous grasses, and cereal grains such as barley, corn, oats, rice, rye, and wheat.
- gymnocarpous — (of a fungus or lichen) having the apothecium open and attached to the surface of the thallus.
- 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.
- gynodioecism — the condition of having flowers that are only female in one example of a plant and flowers that have stamens and pistils in another example of a plant of the same species
- gypsum board — wallboard composed primarily of gypsum and often used as sheathing.
- haematolyses — Plural form of haematolysis.
- haematolysis — Haemolysis.
- harmoniously — marked by agreement in feeling, attitude, or action: a harmonious group.
- headmasterly — In a manner befitting a headmaster.
- helichrysums — Plural form of helichrysum.
- hemihydrates — Plural form of hemihydrate.
- hemodialyses — Plural form of hemodialysis.
- hemodialysis — dialysis of the blood, especially with an artificial kidney, for the removal of waste products.
- hemodynamics — the branch of physiology dealing with the forces involved in the circulation of the blood.
- heteronymous — of, relating to, or characteristic of a heteronym.
- hi-fi system — a complete system of high-quality sound-reproducing equipment
- 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.
- homodynamous — (biology) Pertaining to, or involving, homodynamy.
- homonymously — in a homonymous manner
- homosexually — In a homosexual way.
- homozygosity — having identical pairs of genes for any given pair of hereditary characteristics.
- honeymooners — Plural form of honeymooner.
- 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.
- humourlessly — Alternative spelling of humorlessly.
- hydrargyrism — mercurialism.
- hydromedusae — Irregular plural form of hydromedusa.
- hydrometeors — Plural form of hydrometeor.