8-letter words containing m, y, o
- myopathy — any abnormality or disease of muscle tissue.
- myophily — pollination of plants by flies
- myoporum — any of several shrubs or trees of the genus Myoporum, chiefly of Australia and New Zealand, cultivated in warm regions as hedges or ornamentals.
- myoscope — an instrument for observing muscular contraction.
- myositis — Inflammation and degeneration of muscle tissue.
- myosotis — any plant belonging to the genus Myosotis, of the borage family, having basal leaves and pink or white flowers, as the forget-me-not.
- myospasm — A sudden, involuntary spasmodic contraction of a muscle.
- myotomes — Plural form of myotome.
- myotonia — tonic muscle spasm or muscular rigidity.
- myotonic — Of or pertaining to myotonia.
- myriapod — any arthropod of the group Myriapoda, having an elongated segmented body with numerous paired, jointed legs, formerly classified as a class comprising the centipedes and millipedes.
- myrmeco- — ant
- myrmidon — Classical Mythology. one of the warlike people of ancient Thessaly who accompanied Achilles to the Trojan War.
- mytiloid — of or relating to the genus Mytilus or family Mytilideae of saltwater mussels
- myxocyte — one of the stellate or polyhedral cells in mucous tissue
- myxomata — Plural form of myxoma.
- neomycin — an antibiotic produced by an actinomycete, Streptomyces fradiae, administered orally or locally, used chiefly for skin, urinary tract, and eye infections and as a surgical antiseptic.
- nomarchy — one of the provinces into which modern Greece is divided.
- nomogeny — a law or belief that life originated from a natural process instead of a miraculous process
- nomology — the science of law or laws.
- nonempty — (of a set, group, collection, etc.) containing at least one element.
- nonmoney — not involving money
- noometry — a term used by the satirical novelist Thomas Love Peacock to mean 'measurement of the mind'
- normalcy — the quality or condition of being normal, as the general economic, political, and social conditions of a nation; normality: After months of living in a state of tension, all yearned for a return to normalcy.
- normally — in a normal or regular way: The wound is healing normally.
- normandy — a region in N France along the English Channel: invaded and settled by Scandinavians in the 10th century, becoming a duchy in a.d. 911; later a province, the capital of which was Rouen; Allied invasion in World War II began here June 6, 1944.
- nymphoid — Of or pertaining to a nymph.
- odometry — an instrument for measuring distance traveled, as by an automobile.
- olympiad — a period of four years reckoned from one celebration of the Olympic Games to the next, by which the Greeks computed time from 776 b.c.
- olympian — pertaining to Mount Olympus or dwelling thereon, as the gods of classical Greece.
- omnivory — the state of being omnivorous
- omohyoid — a muscle found in the shoulder
- omophagy — The eating of raw food, especially raw meat.
- oncotomy — the surgical removal of a tumour
- one-many — (of a relation) having the property that an element may be assigned to several elements but that given an element, only one may be assigned to it.
- onychium — a small fern plant of Old World tropics and subtropics
- oomycete — any of various algaelike fungi constituting the phylum Oomycota of the kingdom Fungi (or the class Oomycetes of the kingdom Plantae), characterized by the formation of oospores.
- optimacy — Government by the nobility.
- overmany — an excess of people
- oximetry — the measuring of oxygen saturation of the blood by means of an oximeter.
- oxymoron — a figure of speech by which a locution produces an incongruous, seemingly self-contradictory effect, as in “cruel kindness” or “to make haste slowly.”.
- palimony — a form of alimony awarded to one of the partners in a romantic relationship after the breakup of that relationship following a long period of living together.
- paronymy — a play on words
- paroxysm — any sudden, violent outburst; a fit of violent action or emotion: paroxysms of rage.
- patronym — patronymic (defs 3, 4).
- peyotism — a religion of native American Indians that incorporates the ritual use of peyote
- phyllome — a leaf of a plant.
- playroom — a room set aside for children's play or adult recreation.
- plymouth — an island in the Leeward Islands, in the SE West Indies: a British crown colony. 39½ sq. mi. (102 sq. km). Capital: Plymouth.
- polyfoam — a rigid, semirigid, or rubbery foam composed of minute bubbles of air or carbon dioxide embedded in a polymer matrix, often polyurethane: used in mattresses, padding, insulation, etc.