9-letter words containing m, y, a
- backronym — an existing word turned into an acronym by creating an apt phrase whose initial letters match the word, as to help remember it or offer a theory of its origin. For example, rap has been said to be a backronym of “rhythm and poetry.”.
- baldmoney — Meum athamanticum, an ornamental plant in the Apiaceae family.
- ballymena — a district in central Northern Ireland, in Co Antrim. Pop: 59 516 (2003 est). Area: 634 sq km (247 sq miles)
- barometry — the process of measuring atmospheric pressure.
- barrymore — a US family of actors, esp Ethel (1879–1959), John (1882–1942), Lionel (1878–1954), and Drew (born 1975)
- beamingly — in a beaming manner
- beamishly — in a beamish manner; smilingly; radiantly
- belomancy — the art of divination using arrows
- bipyramid — a geometrical form consisting of two pyramids with a common polygonal base
- blasphemy — You can describe something that shows disrespect for God or a religion as blasphemy.
- bloomsday — an annual celebration in Dublin on 16 June of the life of James Joyce and, in particular, his novel Ulysses, which is entirely set in Dublin on 16 June 1904
- blue army — an organization maintaining a directory of tradesmen and checking on the quality of the service they provide.
- body mass — the ratio of a person's weight to their height
- body slam — a wrestling throw in which an opponent is lifted and hurled to the mat, landing on his or her back.
- body-slam — to lift and throw (someone) to the ground, as in wrestling
- boogeyman — a frightening imaginary being, often one used as a threat in disciplining children
- boom baby — a person born in the years of the baby boom
- byam shaw — Glen Alexander. 1904–81, British actor and theatre director; director of the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre (1953–59)
- byrewoman — a woman who works in a byre
- byzantium — an ancient Greek city on the Bosporus: founded about 660 bc; rebuilt by Constantine I in 330 ad and called Constantinople; present-day Istanbul
- calmingly — in a calming manner
- camstairy — perverse or unruly
- candygram — a message accompanied by sweets
- cataclysm — A cataclysm is an event that causes great change or harm.
- ceromancy — divination by interpreting the significance of shapes formed when melted wax is dropped into water
- chamberys — a city in and the capital of Savoie, in SE France.
- champerty — (formerly) an illegal bargain between a party to litigation and an outsider whereby the latter agrees to pay for the action and thereby share in any proceeds recovered
- cherimoya — a deciduous shrub or small tree, native to the Andean highlands, which produces an oval fruit with cream-coloured flesh
- chirimoya — cherimoya.
- chiyogami — a type of highly decorated, colourful craft paper used for origami
- chlamydes — Plural form of chlamys.
- chlamydia — Chlamydia is a sexually-transmitted disease.
- chomskyan — of or relating to Noam Chomsky or his linguistic theories, especially to transformational-generative grammar.
- chromakey — (in colour television) a special effect in which a coloured background can be eliminated and a different background substituted
- cinnamony — reminiscent of cinnamon
- clamantly — urgently
- claymores — Plural form of claymore.
- clergyman — A clergyman is a male member of the clergy.
- climatory — Having to do with climate.
- cockamamy — ridiculous, pointless, or nonsensical: full of wild schemes and cockamamie ideas.
- columbary — a dovecote
- comayagua — a city in W central Honduras.
- come away — to become detached
- comically — producing laughter; amusing; funny: a comical fellow.
- compacity — Any of several technical measures of compactness, especially, in a granular medium (e.g. sand), the volume fraction that is filled.
- compactly — joined or packed together; closely and firmly united; dense; solid: compact soil.
- company's — a number of individuals assembled or associated together; group of people.
- comradely — If you do something in a comradely way, you are being pleasant and friendly to other people.
- comradery — camaraderie or comradeship
- condyloma — a skin tumour near the anus or genital organs, esp as a result of syphilis