12-letter words containing y, o, u, l
- meticulously — taking or showing extreme care about minute details; precise; thorough: a meticulous craftsman; meticulous personal appearance.
- middle youth — the period of life between about 30 and 50
- middy blouse — any of various loose blouses with a sailor collar, often extending below the waistline to terminate in a broad band or fold, as worn by sailors, women, or children.
- milquetoasty — Meek, timid.
- miraculously — In a miraculous manner.
- molecularity — the number of molecules or atoms that participate in an elementary process.
- money supply — the sum of demand or checking-account deposits and currency in circulation.
- monkey flush — three cards of the same suit, usually not in sequence.
- monogamously — In a monogamous manner.
- monophyllous — consisting of one leaf, as a calyx.
- monotonously — lacking in variety; tediously unvarying: the monotonous flat scenery.
- monumentally — resembling a monument; massive or imposing.
- mosquito fly — dragonfly (def 1).
- mouldability — a hollow form or matrix for giving a particular shape to something in a molten or plastic state.
- multi-storey — A multi-storey building has several floors at different levels above the ground.
- multiformity — having many different shapes, forms, or kinds.
- multipotency — (cytology, developmental biology) The ability of a progenitor cell to develop into a limited number of cell types.
- multisensory — of or relating to the senses or sensation.
- mutationally — In a mutational manner.
- myclobutanil — A triazole fungicide that works by inhibiting ergosterol biosynthesis.
- myoneuralgia — myalgia.
- mysteriously — full of, characterized by, or involving mystery: a mysterious occurrence.
- neurobiology — the branch of biology that is concerned with the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system.
- neurotically — of, relating to, or characteristic of neurosis.
- neurotypical — relating to or showing typical neurological behavior and development: She has one dyslexic and one neurotypical child.
- new plymouth — a seaport on W North Island, in New Zealand.
- nocturnality — of or relating to the night (opposed to diurnal).
- nonformulary — Not formulary.
- nontextually — In a nontextual manner.
- nonvoluntary — done, made, brought about, undertaken, etc., of one's own accord or by free choice: a voluntary contribution.
- nutritiously — In a way that provides nutrition; nourishment; food.
- obsequiously — characterized by or showing servile complaisance or deference; fawning: an obsequious bow.
- offputtingly — In an offputting manner.
- oil industry — petroleum-processing business
- oleaginously — In an oleaginous manner.
- olympus mons — the highest of the giant shield volcanoes on Mars, lying 18°N of the equator. Height: 26 km; base diameter: over 600 km
- omnivorously — eating both animal and plant foods.
- oral surgery — the branch of dentistry or of surgery dealing with the surgical treatment or repair of various conditions of the mouth or jaws.
- orbicularity — The quality of being orbicular.
- out of style — no longer fashionable
- outlandishly — In an outlandish manner.
- outrageously — In an outrageous manner; to an outrageous degree.
- over-qualify — to provide with proper or necessary skills, knowledge, credentials, etc.; make competent: to qualify oneself for a job.
- overmultiply — to increase too much or too often
- oversubtlety — the quality of being too subtle
- oxycellulose — any substance formed naturally or synthetically by the oxidation of cellulose.
- pectoriloquy — vocalization through the chest wall, indicating a cavity or consolidation of the lung
- pentyl group — any of the univalent, isomeric groups having the formula C 5 H 1 1 –.
- perfidiously — deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful: a perfidious lover.
- perniciously — causing insidious harm or ruin; ruinous; injurious; hurtful: pernicious teachings; a pernicious lie.