14-letter words containing y, a, r, m, o
- community care — help available to persons living in their own homes, rather than services provided in residential institutions
- company doctor — a businessperson or accountant who specializes in turning ailing companies into profitable enterprises
- compound ovary — an ovary composed of more than one carpel.
- confirmability — the quality of being confirmable
- conformability — Conformableness.
- contemporarily — existing, occurring, or living at the same time; belonging to the same time: Newton's discovery of the calculus was contemporary with that of Leibniz.
- cross my heart — You can say 'cross my heart' when you want someone to believe that you are telling the truth. You can also ask 'cross your heart?', when you are asking someone if they are really telling the truth.
- cross-modality — the ability to integrate information acquired through separate senses.
- crystallomancy — a form of divination using crystals or a crystal ball
- cyanobacterium — (biology) Any of very many photosynthetic prokaryotic microorganisms, of phylum Cyanobacteria, once known as blue-green algae.
- cyberdemocracy — Democracy as facilitated by the Internet or cyberspace.
- democratically — pertaining to or of the nature of democracy or a democracy.
- demoralizingly — in a demoralizing manner
- dermatoglyphic — relating to skin markings (such as fingerprints) or the study thereof
- dermatomycoses — a superficial fungal infection of the skin.
- dermatomycosis — a superficial fungal infection of the skin.
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- diffractometry — The elucidation of the structures of crystalline materials by the use of X-ray diffraction.
- discriminatory — characterized by or showing prejudicial treatment, especially as an indication of bias related to age, color, national origin, religion, sex, etc.: discriminatory practices in housing; a discriminatory tax.
- dna polymerase — any of a class of enzymes involved in the synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid from its deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate precursors.
- dramatic irony — irony that is inherent in speeches or a situation of a drama and is understood by the audience but not grasped by the characters in the play.
- dynamoelectric — of or concerned with the interconversion of mechanical and electrical energy
- ectrodactylism — the congenital absence of part or all of one or more fingers or toes.
- electrodynamic — (physics) that involves the movement of electric charges.
- electromyogram — A record or display produced by electromyography.
- empty calories — calories that are present in foods that have very little nutritive value: e.g. in alcohol or refined sugar
- endarterectomy — Surgical removal of part of the inner lining of an artery, together with any obstructive deposits, most often carried out on the carotid artery or on vessels supplying the legs.
- endomycorrhiza — (ecology) A form of mycorrhiza in which the hyphae of the fungus penetrate the root cells.
- energy company — a company that produces energy, such as electricity
- enharmonically — (music) Adjectival form of enharmonic.
- enigmatography — the composing or collection of enigmas
- exothermically — In an exothermic manner.
- extemporaneity — the quality of being extemporaneous
- extraembryonic — (medicine) Inside the womb, but outside the embryo.
- fairy primrose — a tender primrose, Primula malacoides, of China, having hairy leaves and small, pink or lilac-colored flowers.
- fall army worm — the caterpillar of a widely distributed noctuid moth, Spodoptera frugiperda, which travels in vast hordes and is a serious pest of cereal crops in tropical regions of the western hemisphere
- family romance — a type of fantasy in which a person maintains that he or she is not the child of his or her real parents but of parents of a higher social class
- family support — a means-tested allowance for families in need
- femoral artery — the main artery of the thigh, supplying blood to the leg.
- fifth monarchy — the fifth and final monarchy following the Assyrian, Persian, Greek (under Alexander the Great), and Roman monarchies, supposed to have been prophesied in Dan. 2.
- figwort family — the plant family Scrophulariaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants and shrubs having alternate or opposite leaves, often showy two-lipped or irregular flowers, fruit in the form of a capsule or berry, and including the figwort, foxglove, Indian paintbrush, mullein, speedwell, and snapdragon.
- formally valid — (of an inference or argument) when the inference is justified by the form of the premises and conclusion alone. Thus Tom is a bachelor; therefore Tom is unmarried is valid but not formally so, while today is hot and dry; therefore today is hot is formally valid
- governmentally — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
- great yarmouth — a city in SE Massachusetts.
- group dynamics — (used with a plural verb) the interactions that influence the attitudes and behavior of people when they are grouped with others through either choice or accidental circumstances.
- grow away from — lose attachment
- gynandromorphs — Plural form of gynandromorph.
- haemocytometer — an apparatus for counting the number of cells in a quantity of blood, typically consisting of a graduated pipette for drawing and diluting the blood and a ruled glass slide on which the cells are counted under a microscope
- holy matrimony — marriage
- holy sacrament — sacrament (def 2).