8-letter words containing m, y, c
- cronyism — If you accuse someone in authority of cronyism, you mean that they use their power or authority to get jobs for their friends.
- cullyism — the state of being a cully
- cyathium — a form of inflorescence of the type found on the poinsettia
- cyclamen — A cyclamen is a plant with white, pink, or red flowers.
- cymatics — the study of wave phenomena, esp sound, and their visual representations
- cymation — cymatium.
- cymatium — the top moulding of a classical cornice or entablature
- cymbalom — cimbalom
- cymogene — a mixture of volatile flammable hydrocarbons, mainly butane, obtained in the distillation of petroleum
- cynicism — Cynicism is the belief that people always act selfishly.
- cytosome — the body of a cell excluding its nucleus
- day camp — a camp for children providing no sleeping facilities and attended only during the day on weekdays.
- docimasy — the close examination of a person or substance in order to determine nature, quality and characteristics, formerly used to describe the evaluation of aspirants for public office or citizenship in Ancient Greece, now used of assaying metallic ores
- dormancy — the state of being dormant.
- dynamics — The branch of mechanics concerned with the motion of bodies under the action of forces.
- dysmelic — having or relating to dysmelia
- emictory — relating to emiction, the passing of urine
- eminency — Prominence or relative importance.
- eponymic — Of or relating to an eponym.
- feminacy — feminine nature.
- geomancy — divination by geographic features or by figures or lines.
- gimmicky — an ingenious or novel device, scheme, or stratagem, especially one designed to attract attention or increase appeal.
- glycemia — the presence of glucose in the blood.
- glycemic — the presence of glucose in the blood.
- gramercy — Obsolete. thanks.
- gymnical — Alternative form of gymnic.
- gynecium — gynoecium.
- hemocyte — a blood cell.
- hickymal — a titmouse
- hummocky — Also, hammock. an elevated tract of land rising above the general level of a marshy region.
- hylicism — the philosophy that the only thing that can be proven to exist is matter and that everything, including consciousness, is as a result of interaction with material things. Also called materialism
- imitancy — a tendency to imitate
- impolicy — The state or act of being impolitic.
- intimacy — the state of being intimate.
- isocryme — a line on a map connecting points that have the same temperature during the coldest period of a year
- isozymic — Pertaining to an isozyme.
- l'chayim — a toast used in drinking to a person's health or well-being.
- lacrymal — Alternative spelling of lachrymal.
- lambency — the quality of being lambent.
- lechayim — a toast used in drinking to a person's health or well-being.
- lyricism — lyric character or style, as in poetry.
- macaulay — Dame Rose, c1885–1958, English poet and novelist.
- maccaboy — a kind of snuff, usually rose-scented.
- macgyver — Alternative spelling of MacGyver.
- macintoy — /mak'in-toy/ The Apple Macintosh, considered as a toy. Less pejorative than Macintrash.
- maconchy — Dame Elizabeth, married name Elizabeth LeFanu. 1907–94, British composer of Irish parentage; noted esp for her chamber music, which includes 13 string quartets and Romanza (1980) for viola and ensemble
- macready — William Charles, 1793–1873, English actor.
- mccarthy — Cormac [kawr-mak,, ‐muh k] /ˈkɔr mæk,, ‐mək/ (Show IPA), born 1933, U.S. novelist.
- mccauley — Mary Ludwig Hays, real name of Molly Pitcher.
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