12-letter words containing y, a, m, o
- autoallogamy — the ability of some plants of a species to cross-pollinate and others to self-pollinate
- autoimmunity — (pathology, immunology) The condition where one's immune system attacks one's own tissues, i.e., an autoimmune disorder.
- automaticity — the condition of being automatic, or the degree of this
- automobility — the use of motor cars
- autonomously — Government. self-governing; independent; subject to its own laws only. pertaining to an autonomy, or a self-governing community.
- autorhythmic — That generates its own rhythm.
- ayuntamiento — (in Spain) a municipal council
- azithromycin — A macrolide antibiotic derived from erythromycin.
- baby boomlet — a period of increase in the birthrate, smaller than a baby boom, as in the U.S. during the 1980s and 1990s.
- baby monitor — a device that transmits sounds made by a baby to another room
- backroom boy — You can refer to a man as a backroom boy when he does important work in an organization and has good ideas but is not seen or known about by the public.
- barodynamics — the branch of mechanics concerned with heavy structures
- bioastronomy — the branch of biology which deals with the study or the discovery of life forms on other planets or in space
- black comedy — a comedy dealing with an unpleasant situation in a pessimistic or macabre manner
- blastomycete — any of a genus (Blastomyces) of yeastlike imperfect fungi that cause diseases in people and animals
- body fascism — intolerance of those whose bodies do not conform to a particular view of what is desirable
- bog rosemary — any of several species (genus Andromeda) of evergreen shrubs of the heath family, native to cold bogs of North America and Europe, with pink flowers and narrow leaves
- bomb factory — a site or building in which terrorists illicitly and secretly create bombs
- bombay hills — a row of hills marking the southern boundary of greater Auckland on the North Island, New Zealand
- bottom yeast — a yeast whose cells, in the manufacture of wine and lager beer, fall to the bottom as a sediment.
- boyoma falls — a series of seven cataracts in the NE Democratic Republic of Congo, on the upper River Congo: forms an unnavigable stretch of 90 km (56 miles), which falls 60 m (200 ft)
- cache memory — a small area of memory in a computer that can be accessed very quickly
- calamitously — In a calamitous manner.
- calumniatory — of, involving, or using calumny; slanderous; defamatory.
- calumniously — in a calumnious manner
- caméra stylo — the use of the camera as a means of personal expression, esp as practised by some directors of the New Wave
- cardiomegaly — abnormal enlargement of the heart.
- cash economy — an economic system, or part of one, in which financial transactions are carried out in cash rather than via direct debit, standing order, bank transfer, or credit card
- cephalometry — measurement of the dimensions of the human head by radiography: used mainly in orthodontics
- ceramography — the study, analysis, and preparation of ceramic microstructures, usually for industrial use
- ceremonially — of, relating to, or characterized by ceremony; formal; ritual: a ceremonial occasion.
- chemotherapy — Chemotherapy is the treatment of disease using chemicals. It is often used in treating cancer.
- chickahominy — a member of a North American Indian tribe of the Powhatan confederacy that inhabited eastern Virginia.
- chimneyboard — a partition or a cover to shut off a fireplace
- chlorenchyma — plant tissue consisting of parenchyma cells that contain chlorophyll
- chrestomathy — a collection of literary passages, used in the study of language
- chromaticity — the quality of a colour or light with reference to its purity and its dominant wavelength
- chromatology — chromatics.
- chromography — (obsolete) chromolithography.
- circumrotary — Alternative form of circumrotatory.
- city company — (in Britain) a corporation that represents one of the historic trade guilds of London
- clamourously — Archaic spelling of clamorously.
- columbus day — Oct 12, a legal holiday in most states of the US: the date of Columbus' landing in the West Indies (Caribbean) in 1492
- combat-ready — ready for combat
- come-all-you — a street ballad, especially in England.
- cometography — the scientific description and recording of comets
- commandingly — being in command: a commanding officer.
- commendatory — serving to commend; expressing praise or approval
- commensality — eating together at the same table.
- commercially — of, relating to, or characteristic of commerce.