8-letter words containing a, n, y, m
- dynamist — A subscriber to the philosophy of dynamism.
- dynamite — A high explosive consisting of nitroglycerine mixed with an absorbent material and typically molded into sticks.
- dynamize — Give power or energy to; make dynamic.
- el minya — a city in central Egypt, on the Nile. Pop: 225 000 (2005 est)
- empyrean — Belonging to or deriving from heaven.
- endogamy — The custom of marrying only within the limits of a local community, clan, or tribe.
- ependyma — (anatomy) A thin epithelial membrane lining the ventricular system of the brain and the spinal cord.
- everyman — In fiction, drama, or allegory, the archetypical ordinary individual, frequently the protagonist in a parable of some sort.
- feminacy — feminine nature.
- ferryman — a person who owns or operates a ferry.
- funnyman — a comedian or humorist.
- gamyness — the quality of being gamy
- ganymeda — Hebe.
- ganymede — Also, Ganymedes [gan-uh-mee-deez] /ˌgæn əˈmi diz/ (Show IPA). Classical Mythology. a Trojan youth who was abducted by Zeus and taken to Olympus, where he was made the cupbearer of the gods and became immortal.
- geomancy — divination by geographic features or by figures or lines.
- girlyman — (slang, derogatory) An effeminate man, a pussy.
- gymkhana — a field day held for equestrians, consisting of exhibitions of horsemanship and much pageantry.
- gymnasia — a plural of gymnasium2 .
- gymnasts — Plural form of gymnast.
- gymnical — Alternative form of gymnic.
- handyman — a person hired to do various small jobs, especially in the maintenance of an apartment building, office building, or the like.
- handymen — Plural form of handyman.
- hogmanay — the eve of New Year's Day.
- holy man — priest, spiritual leader
- humanely — characterized by tenderness, compassion, and sympathy for people and animals, especially for the suffering or distressed: humane treatment of prisoners.
- humanity — all human beings collectively; the human race; humankind.
- huysmans — Joris Karl [zhoh-rees kahrl] /ʒoʊˈris kɑrl/ (Show IPA), (Charles Marie Georges Huysmans) 1848–1907, French novelist.
- hymeneal — of or relating to marriage.
- hymenean — A hymn, song or poem in honour of a wedding; a hymeneal.
- hymenial — relating to the layer of certain fungi which bears spores, composed of asci or basidia
- hymnally — In a hymnal way.
- imitancy — a tendency to imitate
- intimacy — the state of being intimate.
- jessamyn — a female given name, form of Jasmine.
- jimdandy — (dated, slang) A fine or excellent person; a crackerjack.
- kamyshin — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Volgograd, on the Volga River.
- lambency — the quality of being lambent.
- laywoman — a woman who is not a member of the clergy.
- laywomen — a woman who is not a member of the clergy.
- liminary — (obsolete) introductory or preparatory.
- luminary — a celestial body, as the sun or moon.
- macintoy — /mak'in-toy/ The Apple Macintosh, considered as a toy. Less pejorative than Macintrash.
- maconchy — Dame Elizabeth, married name Elizabeth LeFanu. 1907–94, British composer of Irish parentage; noted esp for her chamber music, which includes 13 string quartets and Romanza (1980) for viola and ensemble
- mahayana — the later of the two great schools of Buddhism, chiefly in China, Tibet, and Japan, characterized by eclecticism and a general belief in a common search for salvation, sometimes thought to be attainable through faith alone.
- mahogany — any of several tropical American trees of the genus Swietenia, especially S. mahagoni and S. macrophylla, yielding hard, reddish-brown wood used for making furniture.
- maidenly — pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a maiden: a maidenly blush.
- mainstay — Nautical. the stay that secures the mainmast forward.
- mainyard — (sailing) The yard of the mainmast, from which the mainsail is hung.
- malignly — In a malign manner.
- man-year — a unit of measurement, especially in accountancy, based on a standard number of man-days in a year of work.