9-letter words containing h, y
- matchplay — Alternative form of match play.
- mawkishly — In a mawkish manner.
- mayhappen — perhaps; mayhap.
- mayorship — the chief executive official, usually elected, of a city, village, or town.
- mazopathy — mazopathia.
- media-shy — reluctant to appear in the mass media
- megaphyll — the relatively large type of leaf produced by ferns and seed plants
- meghalaya — a state in NE India. 8660 sq. mi. (22,429 sq. km). Capital: Shillong.
- melaphyre — a type of dark igneous rock embedded with feldspar crystals, related to basalt.
- mesophyll — the parenchyma, usually containing chlorophyll, that forms the interior parts of a leaf.
- mesophyte — a plant growing under conditions of well-balanced moisture supply.
- metaphyte — a multicellular plant.
- methylase — any of a class of enzymes that catalyse methylation
- methylate — Also called methoxide. any derivative of methyl alcohol, as sodium methylate, CH 3 ONa.
- methylene — containing the methylene group.
- methystic — intoxicating
- meyerhold — Vsevolod Emilievich, original name Karl Theodor Kasimir. 1874–c. 1940, Russian theatre director, noted for his experimental nonrealistic productions. He was arrested in 1939 and died in custody
- miryachit — A disorder found in Siberia, characterized by a jumping motion.
- mischancy — unlucky; unfortunate
- misrhymed — badly rhymed
- mobbishly — in a mobbish, chaotic or turbulent manner
- mollyhawk — the juvenile of the southern black-backed gull, Larus dominicanus
- 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.
- moygashel — an Irish linen
- muay thai — a martial art developed in Thailand in which blows may be struck with the fists, elbows, knees, and shins
- mummychog — Alternative form of mummichog.
- mumpishly — in a mumpish manner
- mushroomy — Redolent of mushrooms.
- myatrophy — myoatrophy.
- mycophagy — the eating of mushrooms
- mycophile — A person who likes hunting for, cooking or eating mushrooms and other edible fungi.
- mylohyoid — Also, mylohyoidean [mahy-loh-hahy-oi-dee-uh n] /ˌmaɪ loʊ haɪˈɔɪ di ən/ (Show IPA). of, relating to, or situated near the lower molar teeth and the hyoid bone.
- myographs — Plural form of myograph.
- myomorpha — A major division of the rodents that includes the rats, mice, voles, hamsters, and their relatives.
- myopathic — Pertaining to myopathy.
- mysophobe — A person with an abnormal fear of filth or dirt.
- mythicise — Alt form mythicize.
- mythicism — (theology) the scholarly opinion that the gospel is mythical.
- mythicize — to turn into, treat, or explain as a myth.
- mythmaker — a creator of myths.
- mythology — a body of myths, as that of a particular people or that relating to a particular person: Greek mythology.
- mythomane — a person with a strong or irresistible propensity for fantasizing, lying, or exaggerating.