12-letter words containing t, a, m, y
- 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.
- stop payment — an order by the drawer of a check to his or her bank not to pay a specified check.
- streamer fly — an artificial fly having a wing or wings extending beyond the crook of the fishhook.
- sycophantism — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- symbololatry — the worship of symbols
- symmetallism — the use of an alloy of two or more metals in fixed relative value as the standard of value and currency
- sympathizing — to be in sympathy or agreement of feeling; share in a feeling (often followed by with).
- symptomatize — symptomize.
- synaptosomal — pertaining to a synaptosome
- syndactylism — having certain digits joined together.
- syntagmatite — a dark crystalline form of hornblende
- syrtis major — an area in the northern hemisphere and near the equator of Mars, appearing as a dark region when viewed telescopically from the earth.
- systematical — having, showing, or involving a system, method, or plan: a systematic course of reading; systematic efforts.
- systematized — to arrange in or according to a system; reduce to a system; make systematic.
- systemically — of or relating to a system.
- tammany hall — a Democratic political organization in New York City, founded in 1789 as a fraternal benevolent society (Tammany Society) and associated especially in the late 1800s and early 1900s with corruption and abuse of power.
- tax immunity — the fact of being immune from taxation
- temptability — the state of being liable to temptation
- ternary form — a musical form in three sections, with the third usually an exact repetition of the first.
- testamentary — of, relating to, or of the nature of a testament or will.
- tetrachotomy — the segmentation of something into four parts
- thaumatogeny — the belief that the origin of life was the result of a miracle
- thaumatology — the study or description of miracles.
- the almighty — God
- the military — the armed services (esp the army)
- the red army — the Soviet army
- thematically — of or relating to a theme.
- thermography — a technique for imitating an embossed appearance, as on business cards, stationery, or the like, by dusting printed areas with a powder that adheres only to the wet ink, and fusing the ink and powder to the paper by heat.
- theta rhythm — a pattern of brain waves having a regular frequency of 4 to 7 cycles per second as recorded by an electroencephalograph, observed during various states of light sleep or arousal.
- thomas hardy — Godfrey Harold, 1877–1947, English mathematician.
- thomas talys — Thomas, Tallis, Thomas.
- thoracectomy — excision of part or all of a rib.
- 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.
- tommy atkins — any private of the British army.
- tracheostomy — the construction of an artificial opening through the neck into the trachea, usually for the relief of difficulty in breathing.
- track system — a system whereby students are separated into different groups or classes according to test scores or relative scholastic ability, as to assure that gifted students are not inhibited by slower learners.
- tragi-comedy — A tragi-comedy is a play or other written work that is both sad and amusing.
- transmogrify — to change in appearance or form, especially strangely or grotesquely; transform.
- traumatology — a branch of surgery dealing with major wounds caused by accidents or violence.
- triumphantly — having achieved victory or success; victorious; successful.
- true anomaly — the anomaly of a planet; its angular distance from perihelion or aphelion.
- tryparsamide — a white, crystalline powder, C 8 H 10 O 4 N 2 AsNa·½H 2 , used chiefly in treating African sleeping sickness.
- trysail mast — a small auxiliary mast fastened just abaft the mainmast or foremast of a sailing vessel.
- tyndall beam — the visible path of light produced by the scattering action (Tyndall effect) of the particles in a colloidal solution on a beam of light passed through it.
- typhoid mary — Mary ("Typhoid Mary") 1869?–1938, U.S. cook, born in Ireland: known immune carrier of typhoid fever who infected many with the disease, institutionalized in 1914.
- unadmittedly — to give right or means of entrance to: This ticket admits two people.
- underlayment — material laid between a subfloor and a finish floor of linoleum, asphalt tile, etc.
- unflamboyant — not flamboyant
- unmethylated — Also called methoxide. any derivative of methyl alcohol, as sodium methylate, CH 3 ONa.