9-letter words containing m, y, o
- martyrdom — the condition, sufferings, or death of a martyr.
- maryology — Mariology.
- massymore — the underground dungeon of a castle
- mastocyte — Mast cell.
- mastology — Mammalogy.
- mastopexy — fixation of a pendulous breast.
- matrimony — the state of being married; marriage: He was married in 1870 and lived in matrimony 12 years.
- may blobs — marsh marigold.
- mayflower — (italics) the ship in which the Pilgrims sailed from Southampton to the New World in 1620.
- mayoralty — the office or tenure of a mayor.
- mayorship — the chief executive official, usually elected, of a city, village, or town.
- mazopathy — mazopathia.
- mccloskey — John, 1810–85, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman: first U.S. cardinal 1875.
- meatotomy — (surgery) A form of penile modification in which the underside of the glans is split, sometimes performed to alleviate meatal stenosis or urethral stricture.
- mediatory — pertaining to mediation.
- meliority — superiority.
- memorably — worth remembering; notable: a memorable speech.
- mereology — the formal study of the logical properties of the relation of part and whole
- meronymic — Relating to a meronym or meronyms.
- mesocrany — the state of having a medium breadth of skull
- mesophyll — the parenchyma, usually containing chlorophyll, that forms the interior parts of a leaf.
- mesophyte — a plant growing under conditions of well-balanced moisture supply.
- metagnomy — (rare) divination.
- metonymic — Of, or relating to, a word or phrase that names an object from a single characteristic of it or of a closely related object.
- metrology — the science of weights and measures.
- meyerhold — Vsevolod Emilievich, original name Karl Theodor Kasimir. 1874–c. 1940, Russian theatre director, noted for his experimental nonrealistic productions. He was arrested in 1939 and died in custody
- microbody — (cytology): A cellular organelle bound by a single membrane and containing enzymes.
- microcity — An unusually small city or citylike environment.
- microcopy — a microphotographic copy of a printed page or the like, as in microfilm or microfiche.
- microcyte — Pathology. an abnormally small red blood cell.
- micrology — excessive attention to petty details or distinctions.
- micropyle — Zoology. any minute opening in an ovum through which a spermatozoon can enter, as in many insects.
- microtomy — the cutting of very thin sections with the microtome.
- microzyme — (biology, dated) A microorganism supposed to act like a ferment in causing or propagating certain infectious or contagious diseases; a pathogenic bacterial organism.
- migratory — migrating.
- mind-body — taking into account the physiological, psychic, and spiritual connections between the state of the body and that of the mind: mind-body medicine.
- minor key — a key or mode based on a minor scale.
- mirrnyong — (Australia, archaeology) A mound of cooking debris accumulated by Aborigines; a kitchen midden.
- misemploy — to use for the wrong purpose; use wrongly or improperly; misuse.
- misogynic — reflecting or exhibiting hatred, dislike, mistrust, or mistreatment of women.
- mitomycin — any of the antibiotics that come from Streptomyces caespitosus
- mnemosyne — the ancient Greek goddess of memory, a daughter of Uranus and Gaea and the mother by Zeus of the Muses.
- moanfully — in a moaning and mournful manner
- moaningly — With a moaning sound.
- mobbishly — in a mobbish, chaotic or turbulent manner
- mobocracy — political control by a mob.
- moby dick — a novel (1851) by Herman Melville.
- mockingly — to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
- modernity — the quality of being modern.
- modifying — Make partial or minor changes to (something), typically so as to improve it or to make it less extreme.