10-letter words containing m, y
- compulsory — If something is compulsory, you must do it or accept it, because it is the law or because someone in a position of authority says you must.
- condylomas — Plural form of condyloma.
- conformity — If something happens in conformity with something such as a law or someone's wishes, it happens as the law says it should, or as the person wants it to.
- consumedly — (intensifier)
- contextomy — the practice of misquoting someone by shortening the quotation or by leaving out surrounding words or sentences that would place the quotation in context.
- copayments — Plural form of copayment.
- copolymers — Plural form of copolymer.
- cor blimey — an exclamation of surprise or annoyance
- cordectomy — the removal of a cord, esp a vocal cord
- cormophyte — any of the Cormophyta, a major division (now obsolete) of plants having a stem, root, and leaves: includes the mosses, ferns, and seed plants
- coryneform — resembling a corynebacterium
- cosmic ray — a radiation of high penetrating power that originates in outer space and consists partly of high-energy atomic nuclei.
- cosmically — of or relating to the cosmos: cosmic laws.
- cosmolatry — the worship of the cosmos
- cost money — If you say that something costs money, you mean that it has to be paid for, and perhaps cannot be afforded.
- costectomy — excision of part or all of a rib.
- cotyliform — shaped like a cup
- coulometry — a method used in quantitative analysis, whereby the amount of a substance set free or deposited during electrolysis is determined by measuring the number of coulombs that passed through the electrolyte.
- countryman — Your countrymen are people from your own country.
- countrymen — a native or inhabitant of one's own country.
- craniotomy — any surgical incision into the skull, esp to expose the brain for neurosurgery
- criminally — In a criminal manner.
- cryometers — Plural form of cryometer.
- cryometric — of or relating to cryometry
- cryptogams — Plural form of cryptogam.
- cryptogamy — the state of being a cryptogam
- cryptogram — a secret symbol
- cumbrously — In a cumbrous manner.
- curly palm — a feather palm, Howea belmoreana, of Lord Howe Island, having plumy leaves about 7 feet (2.1 meter) long.
- currycombs — Plural form of currycomb.
- cyanometer — an instrument used for measuring the blueness of the sky
- cyathiform — shaped like a drinking glass or cup, with a wider upper section
- cybercrime — the illegal use of computers and the internet
- cyclamates — Plural form of cyclamate.
- cycle pump — a hand pump for pumping air into the tyres of a bicycle
- cyclic amp — cyclic adenosine monophosphate: a constituent of biological cells, responsible for triggering processes that are dependent on hormones
- cyclic gmp — a cyclic anhydride of guanosine monophosphate formed from guanosine triphosphate by the action of guanylate cyclase: in cellular metabolism, it acts as a second messenger associated with increased cell division and growth.
- cyclomatic — (mathematics) Used to describe the number of edges that must be removed from a graph to ensure that no graph cycle remains; equal to the number of edges, minus the number of nodes plus one.
- cyclometer — a device that records the number of revolutions made by a wheel and hence the distance travelled
- cycloramas — Plural form of cyclorama.
- cycloramic — a pictorial representation, in perspective, of a landscape, battle, etc., on the inner wall of a cylindrical room or hall, viewed by spectators occupying a position in the center.
- cyclostome — any primitive aquatic jawless vertebrate of the class Cyclostomata, such as the lamprey and hagfish, having a round sucking mouth and pouchlike gills
- cyclothyme — a person suffering from cyclothymia
- cyclotomic — relating to the mathematical problem of dividing a circle into a given number of equal segments
- cyma recta — a cyma whose concave part projects beyond the convex part.
- cymophenol — (organic compound) synonym of carvacrol.
- cymotrichy — the state of having wavy hair
- cynomolgus — a macaque native to SE Asia
- cysteamine — a drug used to treat cystine excretion or radiation sickness
- cystectomy — surgical removal of the gall bladder or of part of the urinary bladder