11-letter words containing y, e, s, m
- discomycete — any of a group of fungi considered as belonging to the class Ascomycetes of the kingdom Plantae, including cup fungi, morels, and truffles, characterized by a cup-shaped or disk-shaped fruiting body.
- disemployed — Simple past tense and past participle of disemploy.
- dissymmetry — absence or lack of symmetry.
- domesticity — the state of being domestic; domestic or home life.
- dreamlessly — In a dreamless way; without dreams.
- dry measure — the system of units of capacity ordinarily used in measuring dry commodities, as grain or fruit. In the U.S. 2 pints = 1 quart (1.101 liters); 8 quarts = 1 peck (8.810 liters); 4 pecks = 1 bushel (35.24 liters). In Great Britain 2 pints = 1 quart (1.136 liters); 4 quarts = 1 gallon (4.546 liters); 8 quarts = 1 peck (9.092 liters); 4 pecks = 1 bushel (36.37 liters); 8 bushels = 1 quarter (291.0 liters).
- dyer's moss — a lichen, Roccella tinctoria, from which the purple dye orchil can be prepared.
- dysphemisms — Plural form of dysphemism.
- early music — music of the medieval, Renaissance, and early Baroque periods, especially revived and played on period instruments; European music after ancient music and before the classical music era, from the beginning of the Middle Ages to about 1750.
- embryoblast — A mass of cells at the embryonic pole of the blastocyst, that develops to form the embryo.
- emphyteusis — a continual right in a property that belongs to another
- employments — Plural form of employment.
- emulsifying — Present participle of emulsify.
- endoenzymes — Plural form of endoenzyme.
- enterostomy — An ileostomy or similar surgical operation in which the small intestine is diverted to an artificial opening in the abdominal wall or in another part of the intestine.
- enzymolysis — a biochemical decomposition, such as a fermentation, that is catalysed by an enzyme
- eponymously — In an eponymous manner; as in the named character of a book etc.
- escharotomy — A surgical procedure in which an incision is made through eschar to expose the fatty tissue below.
- etymologies — Plural form of etymology.
- etymologise — (British spelling) alternative spelling of etymologize.
- etymologist — A lexicographer or linguist who specializes in etymology (the origins of words).
- eurhythmics — Alternative spelling of eurythmics.
- eurhythmist — a person who teaches or practises eurhythmics
- farm system — any small-scale or localized network or industry that provides experience and exposure for beginners, similar to that of a baseball farm.
- file system — (operating system) (FS, or "filesystem") 1. A system for organizing directories and files, generally in terms of how it is implemented in the disk operating system. E.g., "The Macintosh file system is just dandy as long as you don't have to interface it with any other file systems". 2. The collection of files and directories stored on a given drive (floppy drive, hard drive, disk partition, logical drive, RAM drive, etc.). E.g., "mount attaches a named file system to the file system hierarchy at the pathname location directory [...]" -- Unix manual page for "mount(8)". As an extension of this sense, "file system" is sometimes used to refer to the representatation of the file system's organisation (e.g. its file allocation table) as opposed the actual content of the files in the file system.
- frame story — a secondary story or stories embedded in the main story.
- freemasonry — secret or tacit brotherhood; fellowship; fundamental bond or rapport: the freemasonry of those who hunger for knowledge.
- fuel system — The fuel system in a vehicle is the combination of parts needed to carry fuel into and out of the engine.
- gametocytes — Plural form of gametocyte.
- gastrectomy — partial or total excision of the stomach.
- geodynamics — (used with a singular verb) the science dealing with dynamic processes or forces within the earth.
- glossectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of all or part of the tongue.
- glyoxysomes — Plural form of glyoxysome.
- gomme syrup — simple syrup.
- gymnosperms — Plural form of gymnosperm.
- gymnospermy — The property of being gymnospermous.
- gynaecomast — a man who suffers from gynaecomastia
- gynostegium — a specialized caplike mass of tissue covering a gynoecium.
- gynostemium — the united stamens and pistil of an orchid.
- haemoptysis — (British spelling) alternative spelling of hemoptysis.
- hamfistedly — Alternative spelling of ham-fistedly.
- helichrysum — any of the numerous composite plants of the genus Helichrysum, having alternate leaves and solitary or clustered flower heads, including the strawflower.
- hemanalysis — an analysis, especially of the chemical constituents, of the blood.
- hematolysis — hemolysis.
- holoenzymes — an enzyme complete in both its apoenzyme and coenzyme components.
- homophylies — Plural form of homophyly.
- homozygotes — Plural form of homozygote.
- honey mouse — a small agile Australian marsupial, Tarsipes spenserae, having dark-striped pale brown fur, a long prehensile tail, and a very long snout and tongue with which it feeds on honey, pollen, and insects: family Phalangeridae
- humorlessly — a comic, absurd, or incongruous quality causing amusement: the humor of a situation.
- hydromedusa — the medusa form of a hydrozoan.