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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.
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