8-letter words containing g, a, m, y
- megadyne — a unit of force equal to one million dynes
- metayage — the system of agriculture based on the use of métayers.
- misogamy — hatred of marriage.
- moneybag — a bag for money.
- monogamy — marriage with only one person at a time. Compare bigamy, polygamy.
- myalgias — pain in the muscles; muscular rheumatism.
- myingyan — a city in central Burma.
- myograph — an instrument for recording the contractions and relaxations of muscles.
- omophagy — The eating of raw food, especially raw meat.
- polygamy — the practice or condition of having more than one spouse, especially wife, at one time. Compare bigamy (def 1), monogamy (def 1).
- porogamy — the fertilization of a seed plant involving passage of the pollen tube into the ovule by the micropyle
- pygmaean — pygmy (defs 6, 7).
- quagmiry — relating to a quagmire
- syntagma — an element that enters into a syntagmatic relationship.
- vagotomy — the surgical severance of vagus nerve fibers, performed to reduce acid secretion by the stomach.
- xenogamy — pollination of the stigma of a flower by pollen from a flower on another plant.
- yamagata — Prince Aritomo [ah-ree-taw-maw] /ˈɑ riˈtɔ mɔ/ (Show IPA), 1838–1922, Japanese field marshal and statesman.
- yoga mat — padded floor covering used for yoga
- zymogram — a band of electrophoretic medium showing a pattern of enzymes following electrophoresis