10-letter words containing c, o, m, y
- myosarcoma — A malignant muscle tumor.
- myrioscope — a form of kaleidoscope
- myrtaceous — belonging to the Myrtaceae, the myrtle family of plants. Compare myrtle family.
- mysophobic — a dread of dirt or filth.
- mystagogic — someone who instructs others before initiation into religious mysteries or before participation in the sacraments.
- mythoclast — a destroyer or debunker of myths.
- mythogenic — producing or capable of producing myths.
- mythologic — (mythology) Of or pertaining to mythology.
- mythopoeic — of or relating to the making of myths; causing, producing, or giving rise to myths.
- myxomycete — an organism of the phylum Myxomycota (or, in some classifications, the class Myxomycetes), comprising the slime molds.
- necromancy — a method of divination through alleged communication with the dead; black art.
- nematocyst — an organ in coelenterates consisting of a minute capsule containing an ejectable thread that causes a sting.
- neurectomy — the removal of part or all of a nerve.
- new comedy — Greek comedy arising toward the end of the 4th century b.c. that employed stock characters and plots drawn from contemporary bourgeois life, the formulas of which were adopted by later Roman writers for the comic stage.
- nigromancy — black magic; demonic magic
- nondynamic — pertaining to or characterized by energy or effective action; vigorously active or forceful; energetic: the dynamic president of the firm.
- old comedy — Greek comedy of the 5th century b.c., which derived from fertility rites in honor of Dionysus and combined robust humor with biting personal and political satire.
- orchectomy — orchiectomy.
- osteectomy — excision of part or all of a bone.
- osteomancy — A kind of divination by means of bones.
- otomycosis — (pathology) a fungal ear infection.
- oxycalcium — pertaining to or produced by oxygen and calcium.
- oxymoronic — a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect, as in “cruel kindness” or “to make haste slowly.”.
- paroxysmic — any sudden, violent outburst; a fit of violent action or emotion: paroxysms of rage.
- 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.
- polychrome — being of many or various colors.
- polychromy — the art of employing many colors in decoration, as in painting or architecture.
- polymastic — a person with a polymastic condition
- polymathic — a person of great learning in several fields of study; polyhistor.
- polyonymic — relating to a polyonym
- pomace fly — vinegar fly.
- premycotic — relating to the early phase of mycosis fungoides
- prominency — Also, prominency. the state of being prominent; conspicuousness.
- psychogram — a message believed to be written by a spirit or authored by psychical means
- psychopomp — a person who conducts spirits or souls to the other world, as Hermes or Charon.
- pulpectomy — the removal of all the pulp tissue in a tooth in the course of endodontic therapy.
- pycnometer — a container used for determining the density of a liquid or powder, having a specific volume and often provided with a thermometer to indicate the temperature of the contained substance.
- pyromaniac — a compulsion to set things on fire.
- pyromantic — divination by fire, or by forms appearing in fire.
- rabdomancy — Alt form rhabdomancy.
- rachiotomy — (surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting, or making an incision in a vertebra.
- sanctimony — pretended, affected, or hypocritical religious devotion, righteousness, etc.
- schizogamy — reproduction characterized by division of the organism into sexual and asexual parts, as in certain polychaetes.
- sclerotomy — incision into the sclera, as to extract foreign bodies.
- scyphiform — shaped like a cup or goblet.
- semicolony — a country which is partly colonial or which is officially independent but which in fact depends on or is dominated by another country
- septectomy — excision of part or all of a septum, especially the nasal septum.
- sociometry — the measurement of attitudes of social acceptance or rejection through expressed preferences among members of a social grouping.
- spodomancy — divination by studying ashes