15-letter words containing y, a, m
- asymmetric bars — a pair of wooden or fibreglass bars placed parallel to each other but set at different heights, for various exercises
- asymmetric time — musical time consisting of an odd number of beats in each bar divided into uneven combinations, such as 3 + 2, 4 + 3, 2 + 3 + 2, etc
- as…as they come — the most characteristic example of a class or type
- at the mercy of — in the power of
- atmospherically — pertaining to, existing in, or consisting of the atmosphere: atmospheric vapors.
- automata theory — the formal study of the power of computation of abstract machines
- automorphically — in an automorphic manner
- autorhythmicity — The quality of being autorhythmic, or generating its own rhythm, as for example the cells of the cardiac muscle do.
- azuchi-momoyama — a period of Japanese art, 1568–1600, characterized by construction of imposing, elegant castles and small, unadorned teahouses, lavish decorative arts, and bright-colored painting.
- bahasa malaysia — the dialect of Malay used as the official language of Malaysia.
- balloon payment — a large payment that concludes a series of smaller payments, for example in order to repay a loan
- barberry family — the plant family Berberidaceae, characterized by shrubs and herbaceous plants having very varied leaves and flowers and fruit in the form of a berry or capsule, and including the barberry, May apple, and Oregon grape.
- barry mountains — a mountain range in SE Australia, in E Victoria: part of the Australian Alps
- basidiomycetous — belonging or pertaining to the basidiomycetes.
- bathymetrically — In a bathymetric way.
- bathythermogram — a record made by a bathythermograph.
- battery farming — the activity of using batteries for raising poultry
- bay of campeche — the SW part of the Gulf of Mexico
- benefit payment — a payment of money by the government to people who are ill, unemployed, poor or who have children
- biomechanically — from a biomechanical point of view
- body mass index — A person's body mass index is a measurement that represents the relationship between their weight and their height.
- brachystomatous — having a short proboscis, as certain insects.
- cadmean victory — a victory won with great losses to the victors
- calcium cyanide — a white or grayish-black compound, Ca(CN) 2, used as an insecticide and rodent poison.
- camelot library — (library)
- canterbury lamb — New Zealand lamb exported chilled or frozen to the United Kingdom
- cardinal system — a system of coding navigational aids by shape, color, and number, according to their positions relative to navigational hazards.
- cardiopulmonary — of, relating to, or affecting the heart and lungs
- cassette memory — a removable magnetic tape cartridge that stores data and programs.
- cataclysmically — of, relating to, or resulting from a cataclysm.
- ceylon cinnamon — the aromatic inner bark of any of several East Indian trees belonging to the genus Cinnamonum, of the laurel family, especially the bark of C. zeylanicum (Ceylon cinnamon) used as a spice, or that of C. loureirii (Saigon cinnamon) used in medicine as a cordial and carminative.
- charismatically — In a charismatic way.
- charles simonyi — (person) Microsoft programmer, most famously responsible for Hungarian Notation. Simonyi was born in Budapest in 1948, and for more than a decade was senior programmer at Microsoft in Redmond.
- chartophylacium — (in a medieval church) a place for the keeping of records and documents.
- chemoautotrophy — the process of deriving energy through oxidizing inorganic chemical compounds, as opposed to photosynthesis
- chemopsychiatry — the study and application of chemical substances in psychiatry
- chimney swallow — another name for common swallow
- chimney-pot hat — a high silk hat; top hat.
- christmas party — a party organized before Christmas, usually by a firm or organization
- chromoxylograph — a coloured print created from printing with wooden blocks
- cinemicrography — the making of a film through the lens of a microscope
- circumambiently — in a circumambient manner
- city councilman — a member of a city council
- cleistogamously — in a cleistogamous manner
- coenzymatically — from a coenzymatic point of view
- collenchymatous — Relating to collenchyma.
- combinatorially — in a combinatorial manner
- comfortably off — If someone is comfortably off, they have enough money to be able to live without financial problems.
- comma butterfly — an orange-brown European vanessid butterfly, Polygonia c-album, with a white comma-shaped mark on the underside of each hind wing
- command economy — In a command economy, business activities and the use of resources are decided by the government, and not by market forces.