9-letter words containing a, m, p, y
- hypostoma — Hypostome.
- hypoxemia — inadequate oxygenation of the blood.
- imputably — In an imputable manner; by imputation.
- inpayment — a sum of money paid into a bank account
- kymograph — an instrument for measuring and graphically recording variations in fluid pressure, as those of the human pulse.
- lady palm — any of several palms of the genus Rhapis, native to southeastern Asia and cultivated as houseplants.
- lampadary — a person who lights the lamps in an Orthodox Greek Church
- lumpy jaw — actinomycosis.
- lymphatic — pertaining to, containing, or conveying lymph.
- lymphomas — Plural form of lymphoma.
- m-payment — a point-of-sale payment made through a wireless device such as a mobile phone or PDA
- macrocopy — an enlargement of printed material for easier reading
- manoscopy — the measurement of the densities of gases
- manyplies — Omasum.
- mastopexy — fixation of a pendulous breast.
- matchplay — Alternative form of match play.
- may apple — an American plant, Podophyllum peltatum, of the barberry family, bearing an edible, yellowish, egg-shaped fruit.
- mayhappen — perhaps; mayhap.
- mayorship — the chief executive official, usually elected, of a city, village, or town.
- mazopathy — mazopathia.
- md-player — a machine on which you can play minidiscs
- medalplay — (in golf) scoring system in which the score is based on the total number of strokes taken
- megapenny — /meg'*-pen"ee/ $10,000 (1 cent * 10^6). Used semi-humorously as a unit in comparing computer cost and performance figures.
- megaphyll — the relatively large type of leaf produced by ferns and seed plants
- melaphyre — a type of dark igneous rock embedded with feldspar crystals, related to basalt.
- merit pay — an additional sum paid to an employee, as a schoolteacher, whose work is superior and whose services are valued.
- metaphyte — a multicellular plant.
- misplayed — Simple past tense and past participle of misplay.
- monophagy — The feeding on a single type of food (e.g., a single plant species).
- multiplay — Denoting a compact disc player that can be stacked with a number of discs before needing to be reloaded.
- myatrophy — myoatrophy.
- mycophagy — the eating of mushrooms
- myographs — Plural form of myograph.
- myomorpha — A major division of the rodents that includes the rats, mice, voles, hamsters, and their relatives.
- myopathic — Pertaining to myopathy.
- myriapods — Plural form of myriapod.
- nymphaeum — a room or area having a fountain, statues, flowers, etc.
- nymphalid — a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae, comprising the brush-footed butterflies.
- olympiads — Plural form of olympiad.
- optimally — optimum (def 3).
- pa system — a combination of electronic devices that makes sound audible via loudspeakers to many people, as in an auditorium or out of doors.
- pachyderm — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- pachynema — the third stage of prophase in meiosis, during which each chromosome pair separates into sister chromatids with some breakage and crossing over of genes.
- palmately — radiating from a central point
- palmistry — the art or practice of telling fortunes and interpreting character from the lines and configurations of the palm of a person's hand.
- pamphylia — an ancient country in S Asia Minor: later a Roman province.
- pantagamy — a communal marriage system amongst members of a community or household
- pantryman — a person who works in or has charge of a pantry, as aboard ship or in a hospital.
- paramylum — a polysaccharide occurring as a reserve carbohydrate in the cytoplasm of Euglena
- paranymph — a groomsman or a bridesmaid.