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14-letter words containing t, o, y, a, m

  • family compact — any influential clique
  • family support — a means-tested allowance for families in need
  • femoral artery — the main artery of the thigh, supplying blood to the leg.
  • fifth monarchy — the fifth and final monarchy following the Assyrian, Persian, Greek (under Alexander the Great), and Roman monarchies, supposed to have been prophesied in Dan. 2.
  • figwort family — the plant family Scrophulariaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants and shrubs having alternate or opposite leaves, often showy two-lipped or irregular flowers, fruit in the form of a capsule or berry, and including the figwort, foxglove, Indian paintbrush, mullein, speedwell, and snapdragon.
  • ganglionectomy — the excision of a ganglion.
  • governmentally — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
  • great yarmouth — a city in SE Massachusetts.
  • guantanamo bay — a bay on the SE coast of Cuba.
  • haemocytometer — an apparatus for counting the number of cells in a quantity of blood, typically consisting of a graduated pipette for drawing and diluting the blood and a ruled glass slide on which the cells are counted under a microscope
  • halley's comet — a comet with a period averaging 76 years. In this century it was visible to terrestrial observers just before and after reaching perihelion in 1910 and again in 1986.
  • holy matrimony — marriage
  • holy sacrament — sacrament (def 2).
  • home secretary — the secretary of state for the Home Office.
  • humane society — (often initial capital letter) an organization devoted to promoting humane ideals, especially with reference to the treatment of animals.
  • humoristically — In a humoristic way.
  • hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
  • hydropneumatic — relating to both liquid and gas substances
  • hydrothermally — By hydrothermal means.
  • hyperchromatic — Hyperchromic.
  • hyperemotional — pertaining to or involving emotion or the emotions.
  • hypermetabolic — of, relating to, or affected by metabolism.
  • hypometabolism — The physiological state of having an decreased rate of metabolic activity.
  • hypopotassemia — hypokalemia.
  • hypothalamus's — 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.
  • hypotrachelium — (on a classical column) any member, as a necking, between the capital and the shaft.
  • iatrochemistry — (in the 16th and 17th centuries) the study of chemistry in relation to the physiology, pathology, and treatment of disease.
  • immethodically — Unmethodically.
  • impassionately — filled with passion; impassioned.
  • indemonstrably — In a way that cannot be demonstrated.
  • indomitability — that cannot be subdued or overcome, as persons, will, or courage; unconquerable: an indomitable warrior.
  • insurmountably — incapable of being surmounted, passed over, or overcome; insuperable: an insurmountable obstacle.
  • intermediatory — to act as an intermediary; intervene; mediate.
  • intrapulmonary — (anatomy) Within the material of the lungs.
  • irremovability — The quality or state of being irremovable.
  • lachrymatories — Plural form of lachrymatory.
  • laryngectomies — Plural form of laryngectomy.
  • leucocythaemia — leukaemia
  • listed company — A listed company is a company whose shares are quoted on a stock exchange.
  • loan repayment — a repayment of part of a loan, usually monthly
  • lymphedematous — Relating to lymphedema.
  • macartney rose — a trailing or climbing evergreen rose, Rosa bracteata, of China, having shiny leaves and large, solitary white flowers.
  • macrodactylous — related to or having macrodactyly
  • magniloquently — In a magniloquent manner.
  • malcontentedly — in a discontented manner
  • man of destiny — epithet of Napoleon I.
  • mandibulectomy — (surgery) excision of the mandible.
  • manometrically — Using a manometer.
  • market economy — a capitalistic economic system in which there is free competition and prices are determined by the interaction of supply and demand.
  • masonry cement — a mix typically of Portland cement, hydrated lime, and other materials, used to improve the water retention and workability of the cement in masonry work.
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