9-letter words containing h, y, m, n
- lynch mob — A lynch mob is an angry crowd of people who want to kill someone without a trial, because they believe that person has committed a crime.
- machinery — an assemblage of machines or mechanical apparatuses: the machinery of a factory.
- mannishly — In a mannish manner.
- mantyhose — a one-piece clinging garment covering the body from the waist to the feet, worn by men
- mayhappen — perhaps; mayhap.
- methylene — containing the methylene group.
- mischancy — unlucky; unfortunate
- monkeyish — Like a monkey.
- monoethyl — (organic chemistry, especially in combination) A single ethyl group in a molecule.
- monomachy — (now rare) A fight or other contest between two people or forces; a duel; single combat. (from 16th c.).
- monophagy — The feeding on a single type of food (e.g., a single plant species).
- monophony — a musical style employing a single melodic line without accompaniment.
- monophyly — (systematics) In cladistics, the condition of being monophyletic, of including all descendants from a given ancestral species.
- monorhyme — a poem or stanza in which all the lines rhyme with each other.
- moonishly — in a moonish manner
- moonshiny — (obsolete) moonlit; lit by moonlight.
- mythomane — a person with a strong or irresistible propensity for fantasizing, lying, or exaggerating.
- namaycush — a lake trout.
- nightmary — (of a person) prone to having nightmares
- non-rhyme — identity in sound of some part, especially the end, of words or lines of verse.
- nymphaeum — a room or area having a fountain, statues, flowers, etc.
- nymphalid — a butterfly of the family Nymphalidae, comprising the brush-footed butterflies.
- nymphetic — relating to a nymphet
- nymphette — Alternative form of nymphet.
- nymphlike — Resembling a nymph.
- 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.
- paranymph — a groomsman or a bridesmaid.
- shantyman — a logger or lumberman
- showmanly — characteristic of a showman
- sympathin — a substance released at certain sympathetic nerve endings: thought to be identical with adrenaline
- symphonia — any of various medieval musical instruments, as the hurdy-gurdy.
- symphonic — Music. of, for, pertaining to, or having the character of a symphony or symphony orchestra.
- synechism — a doctrine of philosophical thinking stressing the importance of the idea of continuity: named and advocated by C. S. Peirce.
- taphonomy — the circumstances and processes of fossilization.
- theomancy — divination or prophecy by an oracle or by people directly inspired by a god
- thingummy — You refer to something or someone as thingummy, thingummyjig or thingummybob when you do not know or cannot be bothered to use the proper word or name for them.
- thymidine — a nucleoside, C 10 H 14 N 2 O 5 , containing thymine and deoxyribose, that is a constituent of DNA.
- tynemouth — a seaport in Tyne and Wear, in NE England, at the mouth of the Tyne River.
- unhumanly — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or having the nature of people: human frailty.
- unrhyming — identity in sound of some part, especially the end, of words or lines of verse.
- yachtsman — a person who owns or sails a yacht, or who is devoted to yachting.
- yachtsmen — Irregular plural form of yachtsman.
- yohimbine — an alkaloid, C 21 H 26 N 2 O 3 , extracted from the bark of Corynanthe johimbe or Rauwolfia serpentina, used as a selective alpha-adrenergic receptor antagonist: purported to have aphrodisiac properties.