9-letter words containing m, y, o
- modularly — In a modular manner.
- moilingly — in a moiling, struggling or slogging manner
- moldy fig — a musician or fan who likes traditional jazz or Dixieland rather than modern jazz.
- mollyhawk — the juvenile of the southern black-backed gull, Larus dominicanus
- mollymawk — any of various oceanic birds, as the fulmar or albatross.
- molybdate — a salt of any molybdic acid.
- molybdous — of or containing molybdenum, especially in its lower valences.
- momentary — lasting but a moment; very brief; fleeting: a momentary glimpse.
- monastery — a house or place of residence occupied by a community of persons, especially monks, living in seclusion under religious vows.
- mondayize — to move (a statutory holiday, such as the Queen's birthday) to the nearest Monday in order to secure a long weekend
- money box — a cashbox.
- money pit — sth continually costing money
- money-bag — a bag for money.
- moneybags — a bag for money.
- moneyless — any circulating medium of exchange, including coins, paper money, and demand deposits.
- moneywise — In terms of money; financially speaking.
- moneywort — a creeping plant, Lysimachia nummularia, of the primrose family, having roundish leaves and solitary yellow flowers.
- monkey up — To hack together hardware for a particular task, especially a one-shot job. Connotes an extremely crufty and consciously temporary solution. Compare hack up, kluge up.
- monkeying — Present participle of monkey.
- monkeyish — Like a monkey.
- monkeyism — the practice of copying or behaving like a monkey
- monkeypod — a tropical American tree, Samanea saman, of the legume family, having spreading branches and dense heads of small, pink flowers.
- monkeypot — the woody, operculate seed vessel of any of certain large South American trees of the genus Lecythis.
- monkeypox — A viral disease of African origin, related to smallpox and transmitted to humans through fluid exchange by rodents and primates.
- monoandry — The practice of having one husband at the same time.
- monocracy — government by only one person; autocracy.
- monocycle — a one-wheeled vehicle.
- monocytes — (immunology) Plural form of monocyte.
- monocytic — Of or pertaining to monocytes.
- monoethyl — (organic chemistry, especially in combination) A single ethyl group in a molecule.
- monolatry — the worship of only one god although other gods are recognized as existing.
- monolayer — molecular film.
- monomachy — (now rare) A fight or other contest between two people or forces; a duel; single combat. (from 16th c.).
- monophagy — The feeding on a single type of food (e.g., a single plant species).
- monophony — a musical style employing a single melodic line without accompaniment.
- monophyly — (systematics) In cladistics, the condition of being monophyletic, of including all descendants from a given ancestral species.
- monopsony — the market condition that exists when there is one buyer.
- monorhyme — a poem or stanza in which all the lines rhyme with each other.
- monostely — the state of being monostelic
- monotropy — polymorphism that is irreversible.
- monotypes — Plural form of monotype.
- monotypic — having only one type.
- monoxylon — a sailing vessel constructed from one whole piece of wood
- monterrey — a state in NE Mexico. 25,136 sq. mi. (65,102 sq. km). Capital: Monterrey.
- montmagny — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, on the St. Lawrence.
- moon-eyed — having the eyes open wide, as in fear or wonder; wide-eyed.
- moonishly — in a moonish manner
- moonshiny — (obsolete) moonlit; lit by moonlight.
- mooseyard — an area of trodden snow where moose spend the winter
- moray eel — long fish