11-letter words containing y, a, m, p
- memory span — the capacity of short-term memory, usually between 5 and 10 items
- mentoplasty — plastic surgery to correct a functional or cosmetic deformity of the chin.
- mesotherapy — a cosmetic procedure in which minute doses of medication, vitamins, etc, are injected repeatedly into the mesodermal tissue under the skin to promote fat loss
- metaphysics — metaphysics.
- metapsychic — relating to metapsychics
- micro-party — a small political party, esp one focusing on a single issue
- micrography — the description or delineation of microscopic objects.
- minor party — a political party with so little electoral strength that its chance of gaining control of the government is slight.
- misanthropy — hatred, dislike, or distrust of humankind.
- misapplying — Present participle of misapply.
- monotherapy — (medicine) A therapy which is administered by itself.
- muck-up day — the last day of school before the annual examinations, marked by practical jokes and other student pranks
- multiparity — of or relating to a multipara.
- multiplayer — of or relating to a video game, or a portion of a video game, in which more than one person plays at the same time in a shared game environment: a multiplayer game; multiplayer mode; a multiplayer experience.
- municipally — of or relating to a town or city or its local government: municipal elections.
- murphy game — a confidence game in which the victim pays the swindler (Murphy Man) for something, as the services of a prostitute, which the swindler promises but the victim never receives
- museography — The systematic description of objects in museums.
- mycophagist — a fungus-eating organism.
- mycophagous — feeding on fungi.
- mycoplasmal — Of or pertaining to mycoplasma.
- mycoplasmas — Plural form of mycoplasma.
- myelography — the production of myelograms.
- myelopathic — any disorder of the spinal cord or of bone marrow.
- myographist — a person who has expert knowledge of muscles
- mythography — a written collection of myths.
- namby-pamby — without firm methods or policy; weak or indecisive: namby-pamby handling of juvenile offenders.
- non-payment — Non-payment is a failure to pay a sum of money that you owe.
- nymphomania — abnormally excessive and uncontrollable sexual desire in women.
- opthamology — Misspelling of ophthalmology.
- overpayment — to pay more than (an amount due): I received a credit after overpaying the bill.
- pachydermal — having the characteristics of a pachyderm
- pachydermia — an abnormal thickening of the skin
- pachydermic — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- palm family — the plant family Palmae (or Arecaceae; formerly, Palmaceae), characterized by chiefly tropical evergreen trees or shrubs having large compound leaves in featherlike or fanlike fronds, large clusters of small flowers, and fleshy or dry fruit, and including the palmettos, ornamental palms, and palms that are the source of carnauba wax, coconuts, dates, raffia, rattan, sago, and various oils.
- palm sunday — the Sunday before Easter, celebrated in commemoration of Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem.
- panama city — Panama (def 2).
- panpsychism — a theory that all matter has some form of consciousness.
- paper money — currency in paper form, such as government and bank notes, as distinguished from metal currency.
- para-cymene — a colorless liquid, C 1 0 H 1 4 , derived from benzene, found in various essential oils, and obtained as a by-product of papermaking.
- paralympian — a competitor in the Paralympics
- paramountcy — chief in importance or impact; supreme; preeminent: a point of paramount significance.
- paramountly — chief in importance or impact; supreme; preeminent: a point of paramount significance.
- parenchymal — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
- party music — music for or at a party
- parvanimity — the state or characteristic of being small-minded
- pay a claim — If an insurer pays a claim, it pays money to a policyholder because a loss or risk occurs against which they were insured.
- permanently — existing perpetually; everlasting, especially without significant change.
- perth amboy — a seaport in E New Jersey.
- phenylamine — aniline.
- phyllomania — the production of leaves in abnormal numbers or places.