9-letter words containing m, a, g, y
- gyromancy — a method of prediction or prophecy in which a person moves round and round in a circle and the place at which they fall to the ground is said to be highly significant
- haymaking — The cutting of grass and subsequently curing it to make hay as fodder for animals.
- hemingway — Ernest (Miller) 1899–1961, U.S. novelist, short-story writer, and journalist: Nobel Prize 1954.
- hercogamy — (of flowers) the prevention of self-fertilization
- hygrogram — the record made by a hygrograph.
- hypergamy — the practice among Hindu women of marrying into a caste at least as high as their own.
- imaginary — existing only in the imagination or fancy; not real; fancied: an imaginary illness; the imaginary animals in the stories of Dr. Seuss.
- imre nagy — Imre [im-re] /ˈɪm rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1896–1958, Hungarian political leader: premier 1953–55, 1956.
- karyogamy — the fusion of the nuclei of cells, as in fertilization.
- karyogram — (genetics) A graphical representation of a karyotype.
- kymograph — an instrument for measuring and graphically recording variations in fluid pressure, as those of the human pulse.
- logomachy — a dispute about or concerning words.
- macrology — Long and tedious talk without much substance; superfluity of words.
- magic eye — a miniature cathode-ray tube in some radio receivers, on the screen of which a pattern is displayed in order to assist tuning
- magically — produced by or as if by magic: The change in the appearance of the room was magical.
- magistery — an agency or substance, as in alchemy, to which faculties of healing, transformation, etc., are ascribed.
- magsaysay — Ramón [rah-mohn;; Spanish rah-mawn] /rɑˈmoʊn;; Spanish rɑˈmɔn/ (Show IPA), 1907–57, Philippine statesman: president 1953–57.
- maha yoga — a form of yoga incorporating elements of the other major forms
- maha yuga — a period of 12,000 years, comprising four Yugas.
- malignity — the state or character of being malign; malevolence; intense ill will; spite.
- malingery — The spirit or practices of a malingerer; malingering.
- mammalogy — the science dealing with mammals.
- mammology — Alternative form of mammalogy.
- mangabeys — Plural form of mangabey.
- manyogana — An ancient/early Japanese syllabary in which Chinese characters represented sounds instead of their regular meaning as they again do today in the form of kanji; it was the predecessor of hiragana and katakana, present Japanese phonetic alphabets; used in the Manyosh\u016b, a poetic anthology.
- mariology — the body of belief, doctrine, and opinion concerning the Virgin Mary.
- martyring — a person who willingly suffers death rather than renounce his or her religion.
- maryology — Mariology.
- mastology — Mammalogy.
- mealy bug — any of several scalelike, homopterous insects of the families Pseudococcidae and Eriococcidae that are covered with a powdery wax secretion and feed on plants.
- meaningly — what is intended to be, or actually is, expressed or indicated; signification; import: the three meanings of a word.
- megabytes — Plural form of megabyte.
- megacycle — Electricity. a unit of frequency, equal to one million cycles per second; megahertz. The term megahertz is now preferred in technical use. Abbreviation: Mc, mc.
- megapenny — /meg'*-pen"ee/ $10,000 (1 cent * 10^6). Used semi-humorously as a unit in comparing computer cost and performance figures.
- 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.
- metagnomy — (rare) divination.
- migratory — migrating.
- mislaying — Present participle of mislay.
- missaying — Present participle of missay.
- moaningly — With a moaning sound.
- money-bag — a bag for money.
- moneybags — a bag for money.
- monophagy — The feeding on a single type of food (e.g., a single plant species).
- montmagny — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, on the St. Lawrence.
- moyen age — Middle Ages.
- moygashel — an Irish linen
- mummy bag — a snug-fitting sleeping bag tapered from the shoulders to the feet, enclosing both the body and head except for a small opening for the face.
- mycophagy — the eating of mushrooms
- myelogram — an x-ray photograph of the spinal cord, following administration of a radiopaque substance into the spinal subarachnoid space.