12-letter words that end in ies
- melancholies — a gloomy state of mind, especially when habitual or prolonged; depression.
- microscopies — Plural form of microscopy.
- millihenries — Plural form of millihenry.
- mineralogies — Plural form of mineralogy.
- minstrelsies — Plural form of minstrelsy.
- miscellanies — a miscellaneous collection or group of various or somewhat unrelated items.
- missiologies — Plural form of missiology.
- missionaries — Plural form of missionary.
- morphologies — Plural form of morphology.
- multispecies — of, relating to or affecting several species
- nebulosities — Plural form of nebulosity.
- negativities — expressing or containing negation or denial: a negative response to the question.
- nephrotomies — Plural form of nephrotomy.
- neurectomies — Plural form of neurectomy.
- neuropathies — Plural form of neuropathy.
- newsweeklies — Plural form of newsweekly.
- no vacancies — No vacancies is used on a notice at a hotel or guest house when there are no rooms available to rent.
- nonfluencies — spoken or written with ease: fluent French.
- notabilities — Plural form of notability.
- ochlocracies — Plural form of ochlocracy.
- oligopsonies — Plural form of oligopsony.
- ovariotomies — Plural form of ovariotomy.
- pack of lies — false account
- perplexities — the state of being perplexed; confusion; uncertainty.
- pfund series — a series of lines in the infrared spectrum of hydrogen.
- philosophies — the rational investigation of the truths and principles of being, knowledge, or conduct.
- phylacteries — Judaism. either of two small, black, leather cubes containing a piece of parchment inscribed with verses 4–9 of Deut. 6, 13–21 of Deut. 11, and 1–16 of Ex. 13: one is attached with straps to the left arm and the other to the forehead during weekday morning prayers by Orthodox and Conservative Jewish men.
- physiologies — the branch of biology dealing with the functions and activities of living organisms and their parts, including all physical and chemical processes.
- positivities — the state or character of being positive: a positivity that accepts the world as it is.
- power series — an infinite series in which the terms are coefficients times successive powers of a given variable, or times products of powers of two or more variables.
- proclivities — natural or habitual inclination or tendency; propensity; predisposition: a proclivity to meticulousness.
- prosperities — a successful, flourishing, or thriving condition, especially in financial respects; good fortune.
- pseudorabies — a highly contagious, usually fatal disease of cattle, sheep, and other animals, caused by the herpesvirus Herpes suis, and characterized by severe pruritus and progressive central nervous system involvement sometimes including an aggressive excitement phase.
- quaternities — Plural form of quaternity.
- rachiotomies — Plural form of rachiotomy.
- reactivities — the quality or condition of being reactive.
- real nappies — resuable cloth nappies
- self-studies — the study of something by oneself, as through books, records, etc., without direct supervision or attendance in a class: She learned to read German by self-study.
- sensualities — sensual nature: the sensuality of Keats's poetry.
- similarities — the state of being similar; likeness; resemblance.
- six counties — the historic counties of Northern Ireland, which no longer have a local government function
- specialities — specialty.
- stationeries — writing paper.
- stringencies — stringent character or condition: the stringency of poverty.
- subjectifies — to make subjective.
- superspecies — a class of individuals having some common characteristics or qualities; distinct sort or kind.
- technologies — the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life, society, and the environment, drawing upon such subjects as industrial arts, engineering, applied science, and pure science.
- the brownies — (in the US) the junior division of the Girl Scouts, usually for girls six to eight years old
- the eighties — the numbers 80–89 in a particular century, esp the 20th century
- the frizzies — the condition of having frizzy hair