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11-letter words containing y, a, m, o

  • apicoectomy — a surgical procedure to remove the end of a tooth root in endodontic therapy.
  • apodyterium — the changing room in an ancient Roman bathhouse
  • apogamously — in an apogamous manner
  • arakan yoma — a mountain range in Myanmar, between the Irrawaddy River and the W coast: forms a barrier between Myanmar and India; teak forests
  • archeometry — the branch of archaeology that deals with the dating of archaeological specimens through specific techniques, as radiocarbon dating and amino-acid dating.
  • armory show — an international art show held in a New York City armory in 1913: considered a landmark in the public and critical acceptance of modern art.
  • aromaticity — the property of certain planar cyclic conjugated molecules, esp benzene, of behaving like unsaturated molecules and undergoing substitution reactions rather than addition as a result of delocalization of electrons in the ring
  • arteriotomy — the surgical cutting of an artery or a cut made in an artery
  • arthrectomy — surgical excision of a joint
  • ascomycetes — any fungus of the phylum Ascomycota (or class Ascomycetes), including the molds and truffles, characterized by bearing the sexual spores in a sac (as distinguished from basidiomycete).
  • astrocytoma — a tumour of the nervous system which originates in and consists mainly of astrocytes
  • atherectomy — the removal of plaque from an artery by means of a tiny rotating cutting blade inserted through a catheter.
  • attorneydom — the state or power of being an attorney
  • attorneyism — the slyness and cleverness associated with attorneys
  • austromancy — Soothsaying, or prediction of events, from observation of the winds or cloud formations.
  • autoantonym — (rare) A word that has two opposing meanings.
  • autodynamic — Supplying its own power.
  • autosomally — in the manner of an autosome
  • baby boomer — A baby boomer is someone who was born during a baby boom, especially during the years after the end of the Second World War.
  • baby-boomer — a person born during a baby boom, especially one born in the U.S. between 1946 and 1965.
  • baby-mother — a young mother who has been abandoned by the baby's father just before or after the birth
  • babyboomers — Plural form of babyboomer.
  • balmorality — an idealization of Scottish traditions and culture
  • base memory — (hardware, jargon)   The lowest 640 kilobytes of memory in an IBM PC-compatible computer running MS-DOS. Other PC operating systems can usually compensate and "ignore" the fact that there is a 640K limit to base memory. This was put in place because the original CPU - the Intel 8088 - could only access one megabyte of memory, and IBM wanted to reserve the upper 384KB for device drivers. The high memory area (HMA) lies above 640KB and can be accessed on MS-DOS computers that have an A20 handler.
  • bibliomancy — prediction of the future by interpreting a passage chosen at random from a book, esp the Bible
  • bikram yoga — a form of yoga in which traditional exercises are performed at high temperature and humidity
  • binary form — a structure consisting of two sections, each being played twice
  • biodynamics — the branch of biology that deals with the energy production and activities of organisms
  • black molly — a jet-black molly, a color form especially of Poecilia latipinna or P. sphenops, popular as an aquarium fish.
  • black money — that part of a nation's income that relates to its black economy
  • blameworthy — deserving disapproval or censure
  • bloody mary — A Bloody Mary is a drink made from vodka and tomato juice.
  • blue monday — a Monday regarded as a depressing workday in contrast to the pleasant relaxation of the weekend.
  • body armour — Body armour is special protective clothing which people such as soldiers and police officers sometimes wear when they are in danger of being attacked with guns or other weapons.
  • body combat — a type of fitness programme in which individuals perform non-contact martial arts moves to music
  • body warmer — a sleeveless type of jerkin, usually quilted, worn as an outer garment for extra warmth
  • bombay duck — a teleost fish, Harpodon nehereus, that resembles and is related to the lizard fishes: family Harpodontidae. It is eaten dried with curry dishes as a savoury
  • botanomancy — a form of divination in which tree branches or leaves are burnt
  • bottom lady — a pimp's most reliable prostitute.
  • by means of — If you do something by means of a particular method, instrument, or process, you do it using that method, instrument, or process.
  • by no means — on no account; in no way
  • calorimetry — measurement of the quantity of heat
  • campanology — the art or skill of ringing bells musically
  • capsulotomy — (surgery) incision into a capsule, especially into the lens of the eye when removing cataracts.
  • cardiectomy — excision of the heart.
  • cementatory — possessing the quality to firmly unite or cement
  • cephalotomy — the dissection of the head
  • chalazogamy — (of plants) the process of fertilization whereby the pollen tube penetrates the embryosac through the chalaza rather than through the micropyle
  • charactonym — a name given to a literary character that is descriptive of a quality or trait of the character.
  • cheap money — money lent at a low rate of interest
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