12-letter words containing y, a, g, i, n
- merry-making — Merry-making is the activities of people who are enjoying themselves together in a lively way, for example by eating, drinking, or dancing.
- ming dynasty — the imperial dynasty of China from 1368 to 1644
- misanalyzing — Present participle of misanalyze.
- misleadingly — In a misleading manner.
- moralizingly — In a moralizing fashion.
- mulligatawny — a curry-flavored soup of East Indian origin, made with chicken or meat stock.
- mutagenicity — capable of inducing mutation or increasing its rate.
- myoneuralgia — myalgia.
- naughty bits — genitals
- nauseatingly — causing sickness of the stomach; nauseous.
- navigability — deep and wide enough to provide passage to ships: a navigable channel.
- new egyptian — the Egyptian language, c. 1600-700 b.c.
- night prayer — the last of the seven canonical hours; compline
- non-decaying — to become decomposed; rot: vegetation that was decaying.
- nonmigratory — Not migratory; that does not migrate.
- oleaginously — In an oleaginous manner.
- onomasiology — the study of the means of expressing a given concept.
- onychophagia — the practice of biting one's nails, especially when done habitually and as a symptom of emotional disturbance.
- palynologist — the study of live and fossil spores, pollen grains, and similar plant structures.
- panic buying — shopping to stockpile for emergency
- panty girdle — women's control pants
- paralysingly — in a manner that paralyses
- paying guest — lodger
- perinatology — a field of medicine focusing on problems emerging during the perinatal period.
- phrygian cap — a soft, conical cap represented in ancient Greek art as part of Phrygian dress and associated, since the late 18th and early 19th centuries, with the liberty cap.
- piggybacking — on the back or shoulders: The little girl rode piggyback on her father.
- play reading — the activity when a group of people read the parts of a play
- playing card — one of the conventional set of 52 cards in four suits, as diamonds, hearts, spades, and clubs, used in playing various games of chance and skill.
- policymaking — a person responsible for making policy, especially in government.
- prelingually — in a prelingual manner
- primary gain — the removal of emotional conflict or relief of anxiety that is the immediate benefit of a defense mechanism or neurotic symptom.
- progymnasium — (in Europe) a school that prepares pupils for secondary education (the gymnasium)
- pugnaciously — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
- pyromagnetic — (formerly) thermomagnetic (def 1).
- racing yacht — a yacht used in sailing races
- rallying cry — A rallying cry or rallying call is something such as a word or phrase, an event, or a belief which encourages people to unite and to act in support of a particular group or idea.
- reassuringly — to restore to assurance or confidence: His praise reassured me.
- rhyming game — a game played using rhyme
- role playing — role-play used as a method of training or education
- role-playing — a method of instruction or psychotherapy aimed at changing attitudes and behavior, in which participants act out designated roles relevant to real-life situations.
- ruminatingly — in a ruminating manner
- salpingotomy — incision of a Fallopian tube.
- sandy blight — trachoma.
- saunteringly — in a sauntering manner
- scatteringly — in a scattering manner
- scintigraphy — the process of producing a scintigram.
- scramblingly — in a scrambling manner
- scratchingly — in a scratching manner, with a scratching action
- self-playing — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- sigma baryon — an unstable hyperon having positive, negative, or zero electric charge and strangeness −1. Symbol: Σ.