9-letter words containing m, i, r, y
- malingery — The spirit or practices of a malingerer; malingering.
- mamillary — Of, relating to, or on the mamilla.
- mansionry — (obsolete) The state of dwelling or residing; occupancy.
- mariology — the body of belief, doctrine, and opinion concerning the Virgin Mary.
- maritally — In a marital manner.
- martially — inclined or disposed to war; warlike: The ancient Romans were a martial people.
- martyring — a person who willingly suffers death rather than renounce his or her religion.
- martyrise — Alt form martyrize.
- martyrish — a person who willingly suffers death rather than renounce his or her religion.
- martyrium — a place where the relics of a martyr are kept.
- martyrize — to make a martyr of: The ancient Romans martyrized many Christians.
- maryville — a city in E Tennessee.
- maternity — the state of being a mother; motherhood.
- matriliny — the tracing of descent through the mother's line of a family.
- matrimony — the state of being married; marriage: He was married in 1870 and lived in matrimony 12 years.
- maxillary — of or relating to a jaw, jawbone, or maxilla.
- mayorship — the chief executive official, usually elected, of a city, village, or town.
- mediatory — pertaining to mediation.
- meliority — superiority.
- mercurify — to mix with mercury; amalgamate.
- merit pay — an additional sum paid to an employee, as a schoolteacher, whose work is superior and whose services are valued.
- meronymic — Relating to a meronym or meronyms.
- microbody — (cytology): A cellular organelle bound by a single membrane and containing enzymes.
- microcity — An unusually small city or citylike environment.
- microcopy — a microphotographic copy of a printed page or the like, as in microfilm or microfiche.
- microcyte — Pathology. an abnormally small red blood cell.
- micrology — excessive attention to petty details or distinctions.
- micropyle — Zoology. any minute opening in an ovum through which a spermatozoon can enter, as in many insects.
- microtomy — the cutting of very thin sections with the microtome.
- microzyme — (biology, dated) A microorganism supposed to act like a ferment in causing or propagating certain infectious or contagious diseases; a pathogenic bacterial organism.
- midwifery — the technique or practice of a midwife.
- migratory — migrating.
- millenary — consisting of or pertaining to a thousand, especially a thousand years.
- millinery — women's hats and other articles made or sold by milliners.
- minelayer — a naval ship equipped for placing mines in the water.
- minirugby — a version of rugby played with nine players per team on a pitch half the usual size
- minor key — a key or mode based on a minor scale.
- mirrnyong — (Australia, archaeology) A mound of cooking debris accumulated by Aborigines; a kitchen midden.
- miryachit — A disorder found in Siberia, characterized by a jumping motion.
- miserably — wretchedly unhappy, uneasy, or uncomfortable: miserable victims of war.
- misrhymed — badly rhymed
- missilery — the science of the construction and use of guided missiles.
- modernity — the quality of being modern.
- morbidity — a morbid state or quality.
- mordacity — biting or given to biting.
- morningly — (obsolete) every morning; daily in the morning.
- mortality — the state or condition of being subject to death; mortal character, nature, or existence.
- 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.