8-letter words containing m, y, c
- mcguffey — William Holmes, 1800–73, U.S. educator: editor of the Eclectic Readers, a series of school readers.
- mcintyre — James Francis Aloysius, 1886–1979, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman: cardinal from 1953; archbishop of Los Angeles 1948–70.
- mckinley — William, 1843–1901, 25th president of the U.S. 1897–1901.
- mckinney — a city in NE Texas.
- megacity — a city having a population of one million or more.
- meiocyte — a cell that divides by meiosis to produce four haploid spores (meiospores)
- merycism — a condition in which undigested food is regurgitated
- methylic — of, relating to, or characteristic of the methyl group.
- micrurgy — the manipulation and examination of single cells under a microscope
- mimickry — Obsolete spelling of mimicry.
- minacity — menacing; threatening.
- minarchy — (countable) Government with the least necessary power over its citizens.
- miscarry — to have a miscarriage of a fetus.
- molybdic — of or containing molybdenum, especially in the trivalent or hexavalent states, as molybdic acid, H 2 MoO 4 .
- monarchy — a state or nation in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch. Compare absolute monarchy, limited monarchy.
- monocopy — (genetics) Describing any gene that has a copy number of one.
- monocyte — a large, circulating white blood cell, formed in bone marrow and in the spleen, that ingests large foreign particles and cell debris.
- mordancy — the quality of being mordant; sharpness.
- morrocoy — A red-footed tortoise, of the species Chelonoidis carbonaria, from the West Indies.
- mucosity — The state of being mucous.
- munkacsy — Mihály von [mi-hahy fuh n] /ˈmɪ haɪ fən/ (Show IPA), (Michael Lieb) 1844–1900, Hungarian painter.
- mycelial — Of or pertaining to the mycelium.
- mycelium — the mass of hyphae that form the vegetative part of a fungus.
- mycetism — poisoning due to mushrooms.
- mycetoma — a chronic tumorous infection caused by any of various soil-dwelling fungi, usually affecting the foot.
- mycology — the branch of biology dealing with fungi.
- 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.
- myristic — (rare) Pertaining to nutmeg.
- myrmeco- — ant
- mystical — mystic; of or relating to supernatural agencies, affairs, occurrences, etc.: a strange, mystical experience.
- mysticly — in a mystical manner
- mytacism — Excessive or incorrect use of the letter M.
- mythical — pertaining to, of the nature of, or involving a myth.
- myxocyte — one of the stellate or polyhedral cells in mucous tissue
- naumachy — naumachia.
- 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.
- numeracy — to represent numbers by symbols.
- 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.
- pharmacy — Also called pharmaceutics. the art and science of preparing and dispensing drugs and medicines.