10-letter words containing a, c, t, o, m, y
- melanocyte — a cell producing and containing melanin.
- mycetozoan — myxomycete
- myoblastic — of or relating to a myoblast or myoblasts
- myrtaceous — belonging to the Myrtaceae, the myrtle family of plants. Compare myrtle family.
- mystagogic — someone who instructs others before initiation into religious mysteries or before participation in the sacraments.
- mythoclast — a destroyer or debunker of myths.
- nematocyst — an organ in coelenterates consisting of a minute capsule containing an ejectable thread that causes a sting.
- osteomancy — A kind of divination by means of bones.
- patronymic — (of family names) derived from the name of a father or ancestor, especially by the addition of a suffix or prefix indicating descent.
- polyatomic — pertaining to a molecule containing more than two atoms.
- polymastic — a person with a polymastic condition
- polymathic — a person of great learning in several fields of study; polyhistor.
- pyromantic — divination by fire, or by forms appearing in fire.
- rachiotomy — (surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting, or making an incision in a vertebra.
- sanctimony — pretended, affected, or hypocritical religious devotion, righteousness, etc.
- tachometry — any of various instruments for measuring or indicating velocity or speed, as of a machine, a river, or the blood.
- tauromachy — the art or technique of bullfighting.
- tobramycin — a highly toxic aminoglycoside antibiotic, C 18 H 37 N 5 O 9 , derived from Streptomyces tenebarius, used in the treatment of serious infections due to susceptible Gram-positive and Gram-negative organisms.
- varicotomy — surgical removal of a varicose vein.
- yucca moth — any of several white moths of the genus Tegeticula that pollinate the yucca plant, the larvae of which develop in the ovary of the plant, consuming some of the seeds.
- zygomycota — the zygomycetes considered as belonging to the phylum Zygomycota of the kingdom Fungi.