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9-letter words containing m, o, n, e, y

  • oysterman — a person who gathers, cultivates, or sells oysters.
  • pin money — any small sum set aside for nonessential minor expenditures.
  • polyamine — a compound containing more than one amino group.
  • 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.
  • pseudonym — a fictitious name used by an author to conceal his or her identity; pen name. Compare allonym (def 1).
  • pycnosome — a body type characterized by stockiness
  • querimony — a complaint
  • sokemanry — tenure of land subject to the soke of someone else.
  • solemnify — to make solemn: to solemnify an occasion with hymns and prayers.
  • solemnity — the state or character of being solemn; earnestness; gravity; impressiveness: the solemnity of a state funeral.
  • synoecism — (in ancient Greece) the union of towns under one capital city
  • tea money — (especially in parts of China) a bribe used to facilitate any business dealing.
  • teknonymy — the practice among certain peoples of renaming a parent after a child.
  • teleonomy — Biology. the principle that the body's structures and functions serve an overall purpose, as in assuring the survival of the organism.
  • testimony — Law. the statement or declaration of a witness under oath or affirmation, usually in court.
  • theomancy — divination or prophecy by an oracle or by people directly inspired by a god
  • timenoguy — a taut rope on a ship used to prevent the tangling of lines and riggings
  • tynemouth — a seaport in Tyne and Wear, in NE England, at the mouth of the Tyne River.
  • unmoneyed — not having a great deal of money; poor
  • unmovedly — in an unaffected or unmoved manner
  • winsomely — sweetly or innocently charming; winning; engaging: a winsome smile.
  • yankeedom — the region inhabited by Yankees.
  • yohimbine — an alkaloid, C 21 H 26 N 2 O 3 , extracted from the bark of Corynanthe johimbe or Rauwolfia serpentina, used as a selective alpha-adrenergic receptor antagonist: purported to have aphrodisiac properties.
  • zymogenic — of or relating to a zymogen
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