8-letter words containing m, y, c, o
- mycostat — a substance or preparation that prevents or inhibits the growth of molds.
- myocytes — Plural form of myocyte.
- myogenic — originating in muscle, as an impulse or sensation.
- myologic — (medicine) Of or pertaining to the study of muscles or muscle tissue.
- myomancy — a form of divination by observing mice
- myoscope — an instrument for observing muscular contraction.
- myotonic — Of or pertaining to myotonia.
- myrmeco- — ant
- myxocyte — one of the stellate or polyhedral cells in mucous tissue
- neomycin — an antibiotic produced by an actinomycete, Streptomyces fradiae, administered orally or locally, used chiefly for skin, urinary tract, and eye infections and as a surgical antiseptic.
- nomarchy — one of the provinces into which modern Greece is divided.
- normalcy — the quality or condition of being normal, as the general economic, political, and social conditions of a nation; normality: After months of living in a state of tension, all yearned for a return to normalcy.
- oncotomy — the surgical removal of a tumour
- onychium — a small fern plant of Old World tropics and subtropics
- oomycete — any of various algaelike fungi constituting the phylum Oomycota of the kingdom Fungi (or the class Oomycetes of the kingdom Plantae), characterized by the formation of oospores.
- optimacy — Government by the nobility.
- scammony — a twining, Asian convolvulus, Convolvulus scammonia.
- schmoozy — of or relating to schmoozing
- stomachy — paunchy; having a prominent stomach.
- sycamore — Also called buttonwood. any of several North American plane trees, especially Platanus occidentalis, having shallowly lobed ovate leaves, globular seed heads, and wood valued as timber.
- syconium — a multiple fruit developed from a hollow fleshy receptacle containing numerous flowers, as in the fig.
- symbolic — serving as a symbol of something (often followed by of).
- symploce — the simultaneous use of anaphora and epistrophe.
- tommycod — tomcod.
- tymcom-x — (operating system) Tymshare's operating system which ran for many years on Tymshare's PDP-10s. It was a descendent of TOPS-10 but had many of the important features of TOPS-20 such as real paging and controllable/spawnable processes. TYMCOM-X, one of the best kept secrets in the PDP-10 folklore, was written by Bill Weiher, Vance Socci <[email protected]>, Allen Ginzburg, Karen Kolling, Art Atkinson, Gary Morgenthaler (founder of the company that produced IDRIS), Todd Corenson and Murray Bowles. Some copies still run today. Most TYMNET development was done under TYMCOM-X and Tymshare sold a TYMCOM-X system to TRW to use in their credit reporting network, which was based on a purchased copy of TYMNET circa 1979.
- uncomely — pleasing in appearance; attractive; fair: a comely face.
- viomycin — an antibiotic used in the treatment of tuberculosis
- zoomancy — foreseeing the future through observing the actions of animals