8-letter words containing m, y, o
- hyponyms — Plural form of hyponym.
- hyponymy — the state or quality of being a hyponym, a term that denotes a subcategory of a more general class: A relationship of hyponymy exists between “dog” and “animal.”.
- hyposmia — A reduced ability to smell and to detect odours.
- ignominy — disgrace; dishonor; public contempt.
- ileotomy — (surgery) cutting into the ileum; ileostomy.
- imployed — Simple past tense and past participle of imploy.
- impolicy — The state or act of being impolitic.
- isocryme — a line on a map connecting points that have the same temperature during the coldest period of a year
- isometry — equality of measure.
- isozymes — any of the genetically variant forms of certain enzymes that catalyze the same reaction but that may differ in activity, composition, or physical properties.
- isozymic — Pertaining to an isozyme.
- key move — the correct initial move in the solution of a set problem
- komensky — Jan Amos [Czech yahn ah-maws] /Czech yɑn ˈɑ mɔs/ (Show IPA), Comenius, John Amos.
- koriyama — a city on E central Honshu, in Japan.
- kromesky — a croquette consisting of a piece of bacon wrapped round minced meat or fish
- kymogram — the graphic record produced by a diagnostic kymograph.
- laywoman — a woman who is not a member of the clergy.
- laywomen — a woman who is not a member of the clergy.
- lissomly — Alt form lissomely.
- lobbyism — a person who tries to influence legislation on behalf of a special interest; a member of a lobby.
- lobotomy — the operation of cutting into a lobe, as of the brain or the lung.
- lombardy — a region and former kingdom in N Italy. 9190 sq. mi. (23,800 sq. km).
- loyalism — a person who is loyal; a supporter of the sovereign or of the existing government, especially in time of revolt.
- lygodium — (botany) Any of the genus Lygodium of climbing ferns.
- lymphoid — of, relating to, or resembling lymph.
- lymphoma — a tumor arising from any of the cellular elements of lymph nodes.
- lyriform — shaped like a lyre.
- lysosome — a cell organelle containing enzymes that digest particles and that disintegrate the cell after its death.
- lysozyme — an enzyme that is destructive of bacteria and functions as an antiseptic, found in tears, leukocytes, mucus, egg albumin, and certain plants.
- maccaboy — a kind of snuff, usually rose-scented.
- 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
- mahogany — any of several tropical American trees of the genus Swietenia, especially S. mahagoni and S. macrophylla, yielding hard, reddish-brown wood used for making furniture.
- majority — the greater part or number; the number larger than half the total (opposed to minority): the majority of the population.
- mansonry — mansions or dwelling places collectively
- many-one — (of a relation) having the property that each element is assigned to one element only but that many elements may be assigned to the same element.
- manyfold — by many times; by multiples: The state's highway expenses have increased manyfold in the past decade.
- mark you — You can say mark you to emphasize and draw attention to something you have just said.
- masonary — Misspelling of masonry.
- matronly — of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a matron; maturely dignified; stately.
- may-blob — marsh marigold.
- mayoress — a woman who is the chief executive official of a city, village, or town.
- maypoles — Plural form of maypole.
- mazology — (obsolete) mammalogy.
- meiocyte — a cell that divides by meiosis to produce four haploid spores (meiospores)
- mellowly — In a mellow manner.
- menology — a calendar of the months.
- merogony — the development of an embryo from egg fragments lacking the egg nucleus but having an introduced male nucleus.
- meronyms — Plural form of meronym.
- meronymy — (semantics) The relationship of being a constituent part or member of something; a system of meronyms.