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9-letter words containing n, a, m, y

  • manta ray — marine fish
  • mantyhose — a one-piece clinging garment covering the body from the waist to the feet, worn by men
  • manyattas — Plural form of manyatta.
  • manyogana — An ancient/early Japanese syllabary in which Chinese characters represented sounds instead of their regular meaning as they again do today in the form of kanji; it was the predecessor of hiragana and katakana, present Japanese phonetic alphabets; used in the Manyosh\u016b, a poetic anthology.
  • manyplies — Omasum.
  • martyring — a person who willingly suffers death rather than renounce his or her religion.
  • mary jane — marijuana. Abbreviation: MJ.
  • maryellen — a female given name.
  • maternity — the state of being a mother; motherhood.
  • mateyness — The state of being matey, camaraderie, chumminess.
  • matriliny — the tracing of descent through the mother's line of a family.
  • matrimony — the state of being married; marriage: He was married in 1870 and lived in matrimony 12 years.
  • maudlinly — In a maudlin fashion.
  • may queen — a girl or young woman crowned with flowers and honored as queen in the festivities of May Day.
  • mayhappen — perhaps; mayhap.
  • mccartney — (Sir) (James) Paul, born 1942, English singer, songwriter, and bass guitarist for the Beatles.
  • meaningly — what is intended to be, or actually is, expressed or indicated; signification; import: the three meanings of a word.
  • megapenny — /meg'*-pen"ee/ $10,000 (1 cent * 10^6). Used semi-humorously as a unit in comparing computer cost and performance figures.
  • mendacity — the quality of being mendacious; untruthfulness; tendency to lie.
  • mentality — mental capacity or endowment: a person of average mentality.
  • mercenary — working or acting merely for money or other reward; venal.
  • mesocrany — the state of having a medium breadth of skull
  • metagnomy — (rare) divination.
  • militancy — vigorously active and aggressive, especially in support of a cause: militant reformers.
  • millenary — consisting of or pertaining to a thousand, especially a thousand years.
  • minelayer — a naval ship equipped for placing mines in the water.
  • minimally — constituting a minimum: a minimal mode of transportation.
  • mischancy — unlucky; unfortunate
  • mislaying — Present participle of mislay.
  • missaying — Present participle of missay.
  • moanfully — in a moaning and mournful manner
  • moaningly — With a moaning sound.
  • 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-bag — a bag for money.
  • moneybags — a bag for money.
  • monoandry — The practice of having one husband at the same time.
  • monocracy — government by only one person; autocracy.
  • 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).
  • montmagny — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, on the St. Lawrence.
  • mordantly — sharply caustic or sarcastic, as wit or a speaker; biting.
  • mountainy — living in, located in, or related to mountains
  • moyen age — Middle Ages.
  • mundanely — common; ordinary; banal; unimaginative.
  • mundanity — the condition or quality of being mundane; mundaneness.
  • mycenaean — of or relating to the ancient city of Mycenae.
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