8-letter words containing m, y, o
- monosemy — The property of having only one meaning.
- monosomy — The condition of having a diploid chromosome complement in which one (usually the X) chromosome lacks its homologous partner.
- monotony — wearisome uniformity or lack of variety, as in occupation or scenery.
- monotype — the only print made from a metal or glass plate on which a picture is painted in oil color, printing ink, or the like.
- monstery — Resembling a monster.
- monterey — a city in W California, on Monterey Bay: the capital of California until 1847.
- mooneyes — Plural form of mooneye.
- mopingly — in a moping or dejected manner
- morality — conformity to the rules of right conduct; moral or virtuous conduct.
- moratory — authorizing delay of payment: a moratory law.
- morbidly — suggesting an unhealthy mental state or attitude; unwholesomely gloomy, sensitive, extreme, etc.: a morbid interest in death.
- mordancy — the quality of being mordant; sharpness.
- mormyrid — any of numerous African freshwater fishes of the family Mormyridae, many species of which have an elongated snout and are capable of producing an electric discharge.
- mornynge — Obsolete spelling of morning.
- morology — Foolish talk; nonsense.
- moronity — Informal. a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment: I wonder why they elected that narrow-minded moron to Congress.
- morosely — gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.
- morosity — gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.
- morrocoy — A red-footed tortoise, of the species Chelonoidis carbonaria, from the West Indies.
- mortally — subject to death; having a transitory life: all mortal creatures.
- mortuary — funeral home.
- moseying — Present participle of mosey.
- motherly — pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a mother; maternal: motherly solicitude.
- motility — Biology. moving or capable of moving spontaneously: motile cells; motile spores.
- motivity — the power of initiating or producing motion.
- motorway — an expressway.
- mouthily — in a mouthy or bombastic manner
- moveably — in a movable manner
- movingly — capable of or having movement: a moving object.
- moyamoya — (medicine) A disease in which certain arteries in the brain are constricted.
- mucosity — The state of being mucous.
- mulloway — a large Australian saltwater fish, Sciaena antarctica. regarded as a culinary delicacy.
- mulroney — (Martin) Brian, born 1939, Canadian political leader: prime minister 1984–93.
- mutatory — subject to change; variable
- my foot! — an expression of disbelief, often of the speaker's own preceding statement
- my word! — an exclamation of surprise, annoyance, etc
- myatonia — deficient muscle tone.
- 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.
- myelomas — Plural form of myeloma.
- mylonite — Geology. a rock that has been crushed and sheared to such an extent that its original texture has been destroyed.
- myoblast — any of the cells derived from the mesoderm in the vertebrate embryo that develop into muscle tissue.
- myocytes — Plural form of myocyte.
- myogenic — originating in muscle, as an impulse or sensation.
- myograph — an instrument for recording the contractions and relaxations of muscles.
- myokymia — twitching of individual segments of a muscle.
- myologic — (medicine) Of or pertaining to the study of muscles or muscle tissue.
- myomancy — a form of divination by observing mice
- myonemes — Plural form of myoneme.