9-letter words containing m, y, o
- myrmidons — Plural form of myrmidon.
- myrobalan — the dried plumlike fruit of certain tropical trees of the genus Phyllanthus, used in dyeing, tanning, and making ink.
- myrobolan — Alternative form of myrobalan.
- mysophobe — A person with an abnormal fear of filth or dirt.
- mystagogy — someone who instructs others before initiation into religious mysteries or before participation in the sacraments.
- mythology — a body of myths, as that of a particular people or that relating to a particular person: Greek mythology.
- mythomane — a person with a strong or irresistible propensity for fantasizing, lying, or exaggerating.
- mythopoet — a writer of mythic verse
- myxamoeba — an amoeba-like cell produced by a spore
- myxoedema — a condition characterized by thickening of the skin, blunting of the senses and intellect, and labored speech, associated with hypothyroidism.
- myxospore — a spore produced within any of various fruiting bodies of myxomycetes.
- myxoviral — Relating to myxoviruses.
- myxovirus — any of a group of medium-sized, RNA-containing viruses having a helical envelope, infectious to humans and other animals and a cause of influenza.
- necrotomy — Surgery. the excision of necrosed bone.
- neodymium — a rare-earth, metallic, trivalent element occurring with cerium and other rare-earth metals, and having rose-colored to violet-colored salts. Symbol: Nd; atomic weight: 144.24; atomic number: 60; specific gravity: 6.9 at 20°C.
- neurotomy — the cutting of a nerve, as to relieve neuralgia.
- new money — money and wealth that has not been inherited
- nominally — by or as regards name; in name; ostensibly: He was nominally the leader, but others actually ran the organization.
- nomocracy — (politics) A political system under the sovereignty of rational laws and civic rights.
- non-money — any circulating medium of exchange, including coins, paper money, and demand deposits.
- non-rhyme — identity in sound of some part, especially the end, of words or lines of verse.
- nonfamily — Not a member of the family.
- nonmyopic — Not myopic.
- nonsystem — a system that does not function properly
- normality — conforming to the standard or the common type; usual; not abnormal; regular; natural.
- normocyte — an erythrocyte of normal size.
- oenomancy — a type of prophecy or foretelling that involves analysing wine and its qualities and characteristics
- off-rhyme — rhyme in which either the vowels or the consonants of stressed syllables are identical, as in eyes, light; years, yours.
- ohmically — By means of ohmic heating, the process by which the passage of an electric current through a conductor releases heat.
- old money — inherited wealth, especially wealth that confers status and social acceptance.
- old-timey — belonging to or characteristic of former times, usually eliciting a sentimental yearning for the past; old-time: an inn with charming, old-timey details.
- olympiads — Plural form of olympiad.
- ominosity — The state or quality of being ominous.
- ominously — portending evil or harm; foreboding; threatening; inauspicious: an ominous bank of dark clouds.
- oomycetes — Plural form of oomycete.
- optimally — optimum (def 3).
- optometry — the practice or profession of examining the eyes, by means of suitable instruments or appliances, for defects in vision and eye disorders in order to prescribe corrective lenses or other appropriate treatment.
- orchotomy — orchidotomy.
- orkneyman — a native or inhabitant of Orkney
- orthogamy — (botany) fertilization of the ovules of a plant by pollen from the same plant.
- osmically — with regard to smell
- osmometry — measurement of osmotic pressure.
- ostectomy — excision of part or all of a bone.
- osteotomy — the dividing of a bone, or the excision of part of it.
- overmerry — very merry
- oysterman — a person who gathers, cultivates, or sells oysters.
- parsimony — extreme or excessive economy or frugality; stinginess; niggardliness.
- patrimony — an estate inherited from one's father or ancestors.
- permalloy — any of various alloys containing iron and nickel (45–80 per cent) and sometimes smaller amounts of chromium and molybdenum
- phytotomy — the study of the internal structure or anatomy of plants