7-letter words containing m, y
- holonym — (semantics) A term that denotes a whole whose part is denoted by another term, such as 'face' in relation to 'eye'.
- homeboy — a person from the same locality as oneself.
- homefry — Alt form home fry.
- homelyn — a European fish, a species of ray (Raia maculata)
- homonym — Phonetics. a word pronounced the same as another but differing in meaning, whether spelled the same way or not, as heir and air; a homophone (def 1).
- homyel' — Gomel.
- humanly — in a human manner.
- humayun — 1508–56, Mogul emperor of Hindustan 1530–56 (son of Baber).
- humidly — In a humid manner.
- humpday — Alternative spelling of hump day.
- hygroma — a swelling in the soft tissue that occurs over a joint, usually caused by repeated injury
- hymenal — Of, or pertaining to, the hymen.
- hymnals — Plural form of hymnal.
- hymnary — a hymnal.
- hymning — Present participle of hymn.
- hymnist — a composer of hymns.
- hymnody — the singing or the composition of hymns or sacred songs.
- hypeman — Alternative spelling of hype man.
- hyphema — hemorrhage in the anterior chamber of the eye, usually caused by trauma.
- hyponym — a term that denotes a subcategory of a more general class: “Chair” and “table” are hyponyms of “furniture.”. Compare superordinate (def 4).
- imagery — the formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things, or of such images collectively: the dim imagery of a dream.
- impalsy — (transitive) To strike with palsy; to paralyze; to deaden.
- impiety — lack of piety; lack of reverence for God or sacred things; irreverence.
- isoamyl — containing the isoamyl group; isopentyl.
- isogamy — the fusion of two gametes of similar form, as in certain algae.
- isonomy — equality of political rights.
- isozyme — any of the genetically variant forms of certain enzymes that catalyze the same reaction but that may differ in activity, composition, or physical properties.
- jambiya — an Arabian knife having a curved, double-edged blade, usually with a central rib.
- jessamy — jasmine
- jumpily — Nervously, or restlessly.
- juryman — a juror.
- jurymen — Plural form of juryman.
- kerygma — the preaching of the gospel of Christ, especially in the manner of the early church.
- khayyam — Omar, Omar Khayyám.
- kumayri — a city in NW Armenia.
- kumayry — city in NW Armenia: pop. 120,000
- kumbaya — The title of the etymological folk song, used with varying degrees of sincerity or sarcasm to refer to the song's evocations of spiritual unity and interpersonal harmony.
- ladyism — the behaviour, manner or style of a lady
- lamboys — a skirt-like piece of armour made from metal strips
- lamprey — any eellike marine or freshwater fish of the order Petromyzoniformes, having a circular, suctorial mouth with horny teeth for boring into the flesh of other fishes to feed on their blood.
- layamon — flourished c1200, English poet and chronicler.
- laytime — the period of time allowed by a shipowner to a carrier to carry out cargo loading or discharging operations
- lehayim — a toast used in drinking to a person's health or well-being.
- lumpily — In a lumpy manner.
- lyceums — Plural form of lyceum.
- lymphad — an ancient rowing boat with one mast
- lympho- — indicating lymph or the lymphatic system
- macsyma — Project MAC's SYmbolic MAnipulator. The first comprehensive symbolic mathematics system, written in Lisp by Joel Moses <[email protected]> of MIT in 1969, later Symbolics, Inc. Versions include Symbolics Macsyma, DOE Maxima (ANL, in Common LISP) and Vaxima.
- madalyn — a female given name, form of Magdalene.
- maggoty — infested with maggots, as food.