9-letter words containing m, e, r, y
- moray eel — long fish
- mullarkey — Alternative form of malarkey.
- multiyear — Having a duration of multiple years.
- muybridge — Eadweard [ed-werd] /ˈɛd wərd/ (Show IPA), (Edward James Muggeridge) 1830–1904, U.S. photographer, born in England: pioneered in photographic studies of animals and humans in motion.
- mycerinus — king of ancient Egypt c2600–2570 b.c.: builder of the third great pyramid at ·El· Giza.
- myelogram — an x-ray photograph of the spinal cord, following administration of a radiopaque substance into the spinal subarachnoid space.
- myenteric — Relating to or denoting a plexus of nerves of the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems situated between and supplying the two layers of muscle in the small intestine.
- mykerinos — Mycerinus.
- myoneural — of or relating to both muscle and nerve.
- myricetin — (organic compound) A particular flavonol, found in many vegetables etc., that has antioxidant and other therapeutic properties.
- myristate — (chemistry) any salt or ester of myristic acid.
- myrmecoid — ant-like
- mysterial — (obsolete) mysterious.
- mysteries — Plural form of mystery.
- mysterium — (chemistry, alchemy, now historical) Any of various unknown elements thought to make up existing forms of matter, or a substance seen as an elemental or pure form of something else.
- mystifier — to perplex (a person) by playing upon the person's credulity; bewilder purposely.
- mythmaker — a creator of myths.
- myxospore — a spore produced within any of various fruiting bodies of myxomycetes.
- necrotomy — Surgery. the excision of necrosed bone.
- neurotomy — the cutting of a nerve, as to relieve neuralgia.
- non-rhyme — identity in sound of some part, especially the end, of words or lines of verse.
- normocyte — an erythrocyte of normal size.
- numerally — According to number; in number; numerically.
- off-rhyme — rhyme in which either the vowels or the consonants of stressed syllables are identical, as in eyes, light; years, yours.
- optometry — the practice or profession of examining the eyes, by means of suitable instruments or appliances, for defects in vision and eye disorders in order to prescribe corrective lenses or other appropriate treatment.
- orkneyman — a native or inhabitant of Orkney
- osmometry — measurement of osmotic pressure.
- overmerry — very merry
- oysterman — a person who gathers, cultivates, or sells oysters.
- pachyderm — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- pararhyme — a part-rhyme in which the consonants are the same but the vowels are different
- paymaster — a person authorized by a company, government, etc., to pay out wages or salaries, especially in the military.
- perfumery — perfumes collectively.
- perilymph — the fluid between the bony and membranous labyrinths of the ear.
- perimetry — the border or outer boundary of a two-dimensional figure.
- permalloy — any of various alloys containing iron and nickel (45–80 per cent) and sometimes smaller amounts of chromium and molybdenum
- playmaker — an offensive player, as in basketball or ice hockey, who executes plays designed to put one or more teammates in a position to score.
- pleiomery — the state of a flower having more than the normal number of parts
- polymeric — of or relating to a polymer.
- premodify — to change somewhat the form or qualities of; alter partially; amend: to modify a contract.
- prettyism — an affectedly pretty style
- proembryo — any of the stages prior to embryo formation in plants
- proenzyme — any of a group of proteins that are converted to active enzymes by partial breakdown, as by the action of an acid or other enzyme.
- prozymite — a person using leavened bread for the Eucharist
- prytaneum — a public building in ancient Greece, containing the symbolic hearth of the community and commonly resembling a private dwelling in plan, used as a community meeting place and as a lodging for guests of the community.
- pterygium — an abnormal triangular mass of thickened conjunctiva extending over the cornea and interfering with vision.
- pyelogram — an x-ray produced by pyelography.
- pyodermic — relating to a skin disease characterized by the production of pus
- pyrethrum — any of several chrysanthemums, as Chrysanthemum coccineum, having finely divided leaves and showy red, pink, lilac, or white flowers, cultivated as an ornamental.
- pyroceram — a strong heat-resistant glass which has been heat-treated so that it is made up of microscopic crystalline domains