9-letter words containing m, y, i
- indemnify — to compensate for damage or loss sustained, expense incurred, etc.
- indemnity — protection or security against damage or loss.
- infirmary — a place for the care of the infirm, sick, or injured; hospital or facility serving as a hospital: a school infirmary.
- infirmity — a physical weakness or ailment: the infirmities of age.
- inharmony — Lack of harmony.
- inhumanly — lacking qualities of sympathy, pity, warmth, compassion, or the like; cruel; brutal: an inhuman master.
- inpayment — a sum of money paid into a bank account
- iodimetry — iodometry.
- iodometry — a volumetric analytical procedure for determining iodine or materials that will liberate iodine or react with iodine.
- iridotomy — incision of the iris, especially for the formation of an artificial pupil by transverse division of fibers of the iris.
- irksomely — In an irksome manner; tediously.
- ismailiya — a branch of Shiʿism, including in its number the Assassins and the Druses, having an esoteric philosophy and asserting Ismaʿil to be the seventh divinely inspired imam in the succession from Ali.
- isoenzyme — isozyme.
- isorhythm — a structural feature characteristic of the Ars Nova motet, consisting of a single rhythmic phrase pattern repeated, usually in the tenor, throughout the composition.
- jim-dandy — of superior quality; excellent: a jim-dandy sports car.
- jockeyism — the skills and practices of jockeys
- kanamycin — An aminoglycoside antibiotic marketed under the trade name Kantrex.
- kimberley — a city in E Cape of Good Hope province, in the central Republic of South Africa: diamond mines.
- lacrimary — of or relating to tears or the lacrimal glands
- ladysmith — a city in W Natal, in the E Republic of South Africa: besieged by Boers 1889–1900.
- lathyrism — a disorder of humans and domestic animals caused by ingestion of the seeds of some legumes of the genus Lathyrus and marked by spastic paralysis and pain.
- laymanize — to simplify (technical information) into a form that can be understood by ordinary people
- leiomyoma — a benign tumor composed of nonstriated muscular tissue.
- limitedly — confined within limits; restricted or circumscribed: a limited space; limited resources.
- limnology — the scientific study of bodies of fresh water, as lakes and ponds, with reference to their physical, geographical, biological, and other features.
- limpidity — clear, transparent, or pellucid, as water, crystal, or air: We could see to the very bottom of the limpid pond.
- lipectomy — the surgical removal of fatty tissue.
- lissomely — In a lissome manner; with supple grace.
- lithotomy — surgery to remove one or more stones from an organ or duct.
- liveryman — an owner of or an employee in a livery stable.
- liverymen — Plural form of liveryman.
- loomingly — So as to loom.
- lumpingly — clumsily and heavily
- lumpishly — In a lumpish manner.
- lymington — a market town in S England, in SW Hampshire, on the Solent: yachting centre and holiday resort. Pop: 14 227 (2001)
- lymphatic — pertaining to, containing, or conveying lymph.
- lymphitis — (archaic) lymphadenopathy.
- lysimeter — an instrument for determining the amount of water-soluble matter in soil.
- macbinary — (file format) An eight-bit wide representation of the data and resource forks of an Macintosh file and of relevant Finder information. MacBinary files are recognised as "special" by several MacIntosh terminal emulators. These emulators, using Kermit or XMODEM or any other file transfer protocol, can separate the incoming file into forks and appropriately modify the Desktop to display icons, types, creation dates, and the like.
- machinery — an assemblage of machines or mechanical apparatuses: the machinery of a factory.
- magic eye — a miniature cathode-ray tube in some radio receivers, on the screen of which a pattern is displayed in order to assist tuning
- magically — produced by or as if by magic: The change in the appearance of the room was magical.
- magistery — an agency or substance, as in alchemy, to which faculties of healing, transformation, etc., are ascribed.
- main body — the hull, as distinguished from the rest of a ship.
- main yard — a yard for a square mainsail.
- mainstays — Plural form of mainstay.
- malaysian — a native or inhabitant of Malaysia.
- malignity — the state or character of being malign; malevolence; intense ill will; spite.
- malingery — The spirit or practices of a malingerer; malingering.
- mamillary — Of, relating to, or on the mamilla.