12-letter words containing y, n
- misleadingly — In a misleading manner.
- misogynistic — reflecting or exhibiting hatred, dislike, mistrust, or mistreatment of women.
- mitogenicity — Quality or degree of being mitogenic.
- mnemonically — assisting or intended to assist the memory.
- mockumentary — a movie or television show depicting fictional events but presented as a documentary.
- mollifyingly — So as to mollify.
- molybdenosis — a disease of ruminants, especially cattle, caused by dietary intake of excessive molybdenum with resultant copper deficiency, characterized by persistent diarrhea and, especially around the eyes, a fading of coat pigment.
- monastically — In a monastic manner.
- money cowrie — the highly polished, usually brightly colored shell of a marine gastropod of the genus Cypraea, as that of C. moneta (money cowrie) used as money in certain parts of Asia and Africa, or that of C. tigris, used for ornament.
- money expert — someone knowledgeable about money, esp ways to save money
- money market — the short-term trade in money, as in the sale and purchase of bonds and certificates.
- money player — a person who performs best under pressure, especially in a competitive situation.
- money spider — any of certain small shiny brownish spiders of the family Linyphiidae
- money supply — the sum of demand or checking-account deposits and currency in circulation.
- moneychanger — a person whose business is the exchange of currency, usually of different countries, at a fixed or official rate.
- moneygrubber — a person who is aggressively engaged in or preoccupied with making or saving money.
- moneylenders — Plural form of moneylender.
- moneylending — The action of lending money.
- monkey block — Nautical. a single block that swivels.
- monkey bread — the gourdlike fruit of the baobab, eaten by monkeys.
- monkey climb — a wrestling throw in which a contestant seizes his or her opponent's arms or neck, places his feet on the opponent's stomach, and falls backwards, straightening the legs and throwing the opponent over his or her head
- monkey flush — three cards of the same suit, usually not in sequence.
- monkey gland — the testicle of an ape or monkey, said to have a revitalizing effect on humans when administered by grafting or adding the essence to the bloodstream
- monkey house — a cage or enclosure in a zoo where monkeys are kept
- monkey trial — John Thomas, 1901–70, U.S. high-school teacher whose teaching of the Darwinian theory of evolution became a cause célèbre (Scopes Trial or Monkey Trial) in 1925.
- monkeyshines — Usually, monkeyshines. a frivolous or mischievous prank; monkey business.
- monkeywrench — Alternative form of monkey wrench.
- monochromacy — The quality of having only one independent channel for conveying color information in the eye, i.e. total color blindness.
- monogamously — In a monogamous manner.
- monohydrates — Plural form of monohydrate.
- monohydrogen — relating to a molecule in which there is a single hydrogen ion for each combining ion
- monophyletic — Biology. consisting of organisms descended from a single taxon.
- monophyllous — consisting of one leaf, as a calyx.
- monophyodont — an animal that has only one set of teeth
- monophysites — Plural form of monophysite.
- monophysitic — Of or pertaining to monophysitism.
- monosyllabic — having only one syllable, as the word no.
- monosyllable — a word of one syllable, as yes or no.
- monosynaptic — having or relating to a sole synapse
- monotonicity — (mathematics, physics) The state of being monotonic.
- monotonously — lacking in variety; tediously unvarying: the monotonous flat scenery.
- monotriglyph — (in the Doric order) any intercolumniation having one whole triglyph.
- monterey bay — an inlet of the Pacific in W California. 26 miles (42 km) long.
- monumentally — resembling a monument; massive or imposing.
- mooring buoy — a buoy to which ships or boats can be moored.
- moralizingly — In a moralizing fashion.
- mornay sauce — a rich white sauce to which grated cheese, usually Swiss or Parmesan, and seasonings have been added
- morphonology — morphophonemics (def 1).
- morphosyntax — the study of the morphological and syntactic properties of linguistic or grammatical units.
- mortifyingly — In a mortifying manner; so as to cause great embarrassment.