8-letter words containing m, i, r, y
- mainyard — (sailing) The yard of the mainmast, from which the mainsail is hung.
- maitreya — the future Buddha
- majority — the greater part or number; the number larger than half the total (opposed to minority): the majority of the population.
- marrying — to take in marriage: After dating for five years, I finally asked her to marry me.
- martyria — a place where the relics of a martyr are kept.
- maturity — the state of being mature; ripeness: The fruit will reach maturity in a few days.
- mcintyre — James Francis Aloysius, 1886–1979, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman: cardinal from 1953; archbishop of Los Angeles 1948–70.
- merrilyn — a female given name.
- merycism — a condition in which undigested food is regurgitated
- micrurgy — the manipulation and examination of single cells under a microscope
- mid-year — the middle of the year.
- midstory — the layer of vegetation in a forest that consists of those trees whose height is in between the heights of the smallest and tallest trees
- midyears — Plural form of midyear.
- military — of, for, or pertaining to the army or armed forces, often as distinguished from the navy: from civilian to military life.
- millbury — a city in central Massachusetts.
- milliary — of, relating to, or designating the ancient Roman mile of a thousand paces.
- millrynd — Alternative form of millrind.
- mimickry — Obsolete spelling of mimicry.
- minarchy — (countable) Government with the least necessary power over its citizens.
- minatory — menacing; threatening.
- ministry — the service, functions, or profession of a minister of religion.
- minority — the smaller part or number; a number, part, or amount forming less than half of the whole.
- misandry — hatred of males.
- misarray — disarray
- miscarry — to have a miscarriage of a fetus.
- misentry — an incorrect or mistaken entry
- mismarry — (ambitransitive) To get married to an unsuitable person.
- mistryst — to fail to meet or to keep an appointment with (someone).
- molarity — the number of moles of solute per liter of solution.
- monitory — serving to admonish or warn; admonitory.
- morality — conformity to the rules of right conduct; moral or virtuous conduct.
- morbidly — suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude; unwholesomely gloomy, sensitive, extreme, etc.: a morbid interest in death.
- mormyrid — any of numerous African freshwater fishes of the family Mormyridae, many species of which have an elongated snout and are capable of producing an electric discharge.
- moronity — Informal. a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment: I wonder why they elected that narrow-minded moron to Congress.
- morosity — gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.
- mulierty — the state of being of legitimate birth.
- myriadth — constituting a very small part of a thing
- myriapod — any arthropod of the group Myriapoda, having an elongated segmented body with numerous paired, jointed legs, formerly classified as a class comprising the centipedes and millipedes.
- myristic — (rare) Pertaining to nutmeg.
- myrmidon — Classical Mythology. one of the warlike people of ancient Thessaly who accompanied Achilles to the Trojan War.
- niemeyer — Oscar, 1907–2012, Brazilian architect.
- omnivory — the state of being omnivorous
- oximetry — the measuring of oxygen saturation of the blood by means of an oximeter.
- partyism — adherence to a political party or organization.
- paynimry — paganism
- primally — in a primal manner
- primrosy — characteristic of, or resembling, a primrose (esp in colour)
- pyramids — Architecture. (in ancient Egypt) a quadrilateral masonry mass having smooth, steeply sloping sides meeting at an apex, used as a tomb. (in ancient Egypt and pre-Columbian Central America) a quadrilateral masonry mass, stepped and sharply sloping, used as a tomb or a platform for a temple.
- pyriform — pear-shaped.
- quagmiry — relating to a quagmire