12-letter words containing y
- anthroponomy — the science dealing with the laws regulating the development of the human organism in relation to other organisms and to environment.
- anthroponymy — the study of personal names.
- anthropotomy — the structure of the human body
- antiantibody — antibody that combines with another antibody.
- antibullying — Opposed to or acting against bullying.
- antiburglary — intended to prevent burglary
- anticatalyst — a substance that destroys or diminishes the activity of a catalyst
- anticipately — (dated) In anticipation, in advance; anticipatedly.
- anticipatory — An anticipatory feeling or action is one that you have or do because you are expecting something to happen soon.
- anticyclical — not conforming to or following a cycle: anticyclical sales that rise when the economy fades.
- anticyclones — Plural form of anticyclone.
- anticyclonic — Of, relating to, or consisting of an anticyclone.
- antiepilepsy — (of a drug or treatment) acting against epilepsy
- antigenicity — the quality or extent of being antigenic
- antihydrogen — hydrogen in which the nucleus is an antiproton with an orbiting positron
- antihysteric — acting to counter hysteria
- antilynching — opposed to lynching, acting against lynching
- antimilitary — opposed to the military
- antiminority — Opposing an ethnic minority, or ethnic minorities in general.
- antimonarchy — Opposing a monarchy.
- antimonopoly — opposed to monopoly
- antimony 124 — the radioactive isotope of antimony having a mass number of 124 and a half-life of 60 days, used chiefly as a tracer.
- antiphonally — In an antiphonal manner; in the manner of an antiphon.
- antipyretics — Plural form of antipyretic.
- antiroyalism — Opposition to royals or royalism.
- antiroyalist — opposed to the monarchy
- antisocially — In an antisocial manner.
- antisway bar — stabilizer bar.
- antisymmetry — the correspondence in size, form, and arrangement of parts on opposite sides of a plane, line, or point; regularity of form or arrangement in terms of like, reciprocal, or corresponding parts.
- anything but — You use anything but in expressions such as anything but quiet and anything but attractive to emphasize that something is not the case.
- anzus treaty — Australia, New Zealand, and the United States, especially as associated in the mutual defense treaty (ANZUS Pact or ANZUS Treaty) of 1952.
- apagogically — in an apagogical manner
- aperiodicity — not periodic; irregular.
- apocalyptist — the writer of the Apocalypse or a related work
- apocryphally — In an apocryphal manner.
- apocynaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Apocynaceae, a family of mostly tropical flowering plants with latex in their stems, including the dogbane, periwinkle, oleander, and some lianas
- apolitically — in an apolitical manner
- apostolicity — the quality of being apostolic
- appendectomy — the surgical removal of the vermiform appendix
- appetisingly — Alternative spelling of appetizingly.
- appetizingly — in an appetizing way
- applausively — in an applausive manner
- apple brandy — an alcoholic liquor made with apples
- apple valley — a town in SE Minnesota.
- appraisingly — to estimate the monetary value of; determine the worth of; assess: We had an expert appraise the house before we bought it.
- appreciatory — appreciative.
- araeosystyle — (of columned buildings) having an alternately very wide and very narrow intercolumniation
- archaeometry — the use of science and modern technology in archaeology to examine and interpret archaeological remains
- archdeaconry — the office, rank, or duties of an archdeacon
- archeopteryx — A specimen of the species Archaeopteryx lithographica, being the earliest and most primitive known bird, representing a transition in the evolution of dinosaurs to birds.