10-letter words containing a, m, o, y
- hypodermal — Zoology. an underlayer of epithelial cells in arthropods and certain other invertebrates that secretes substances for the overlying cuticle or exoskeleton.
- hypolimnia — Plural form of hypolimnion.
- hypometria — Dysmetria in which the patient tends to undershoot the intended target.
- hypomnesia — Deficiency of the memory.
- hyporchema — a lively choral ode sung in ancient Greece in honor of Apollo or Dionysus.
- hypothymia — a state of depression
- hypoxaemia — Alternative spelling of hypoxemia.
- hypoxaemic — Alternative form of hypoxemic.
- hypozeugma — the use of a succession of subjects with a single predicate.
- ichinomiya — a city on central Honshu, in central Japan.
- iconomachy — opposition to the worship of images or icons
- immoderacy — immoderation.
- immorality — immoral quality, character, or conduct; wickedness; evilness.
- immortally — not mortal; not liable or subject to death; undying: our immortal souls.
- importancy — (obsolete) importance; significance.
- improbably — not probable; unlikely to be true or to happen: Rain is improbable tonight.
- in company — When you are in company, you are with a person or group of people.
- infamously — having an extremely bad reputation: an infamous city.
- informally — without formality or ceremony; casual: an informal visit.
- isodynamic — pertaining to or characterized by equality of force, intensity, or the like.
- ivory palm — the palm bearing the common ivory nut.
- journeyman — a person who has served an apprenticeship at a trade or handicraft and is certified to work at it assisting or under another person.
- karyograms — Plural form of karyogram.
- karyolymph — The liquid part of the nucleus of a cell.
- karyoplasm — nucleoplasm.
- karyosomes — Plural form of karyosome.
- keratotomy — incision of the cornea.
- kymatology — The study of wave motion.
- kymographs — Plural form of kymograph.
- kymography — The use of a kymograph.
- lachrymose — suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
- laminotomy — (surgery) The neurosurgical procedure that removes part of a lamina of the vertebral arch in order to decompress the spinal cord.
- lampoonery — a sharp, often virulent satire directed against an individual or institution; a work of literature, art, or the like, ridiculing severely the character or behavior of a person, society, etc.
- laparotomy — incision through the abdominal wall.
- leiomyomas — Plural form of leiomyoma.
- limacology — the study of slugs
- lithomancy — Divination with the use of precious or semi-precious stones, gemstones, or normal stones by either interpreting the light they reflect (crystallomancy), or how they fall (sortilege).
- lord mayor — (chiefly in Britain and the Commonwealth) the mayor of certain cities or the chief municipal officer of certain boroughs.
- lyam-hound — a bloodhound.
- lymphodema — (pathology) A condition of fluid retention caused by a compromised lymphatic system.
- lymphogram — A diagnostic image produced by lymphography.
- macrocycle — (chemistry) a cyclic macromolecule, or a macrocyclic portion of a molecule.
- macrocytes — Plural form of macrocyte.
- macrocytic — an abnormally large red blood cell.
- macrophyte — a plant, especially a marine plant, large enough to be visible to the naked eye.
- make money — make a profit
- malacology — the science dealing with the study of mollusks.
- malinovsky — Rodion Yakovlevich [ruh-dyi-awn yah-kuh-vlyi-vyich] /rə dyɪˈɔn ˈyɑ kə vlyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1967, Russian army officer: minister of defense of the U.S.S.R. 1957–67.
- mama's boy — a boy or man showing excessive attachment to or dependence on his mother.
- mammectomy — mastectomy.