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9-letter words containing e, y, a, m

  • spymaster — an espionage agent who directs a network of subordinate agents.
  • staymaker — a corset maker, a maker of stays
  • streamway — the bed of a stream.
  • supremacy — the state of being supreme.
  • symmetral — relating to symmetry
  • sympetaly — the condition of fused petals
  • synnemata — a spore-bearing structure having very compact conidiophores.
  • taxidermy — the art of preparing and preserving the skins of animals and of stuffing and mounting them in lifelike form.
  • tea money — (especially in parts of China) a bribe used to facilitate any business dealing.
  • temporary — an office worker hired, usually through an agency on a per diem basis, for a short period of time.
  • termitary — termitarium.
  • theomachy — a battle with or among the gods.
  • theomancy — divination or prophecy by an oracle or by people directly inspired by a god
  • toy maker — a person who makes objects that children play with, for example dolls or a model cars
  • troy game — a solemn ritual performed at irregular intervals by the ancient Romans to signalize their alleged descent from the Trojans: notable for the interweaving labyrinthine maneuvers executed by youths on horseback.
  • tyremaker — a person or company that makes tyres
  • vasectomy — excision of the vas deferens, or of a portion of it: performed to effect sterility in men.
  • vaxectomy — (jargon)   /vak-sek't*-mee/ (By analogy with "vasectomy") Removal of a VAX. DEC's Microvaxen, especially, are much slower than newer RISC-based workstations such as the SPARC. Thus, if one knows one has a replacement coming, VAX removal can be cause for celebration.
  • vestryman — a member of a church vestry.
  • waymarked — Marked with a waymark.
  • xylem ray — a transverse sheet of soft, living cells wholly within the wood or xylem and extending from the pith of a stem to the phloem
  • yachtsmen — Irregular plural form of yachtsman.
  • yammering — Present participle of yammer.
  • yankeedom — the region inhabited by Yankees.
  • yankeeism — Yankee character or characteristics.
  • yarmulkes — Plural form of yarmulke.
  • zemindary — zamindari.
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