10-letter words containing n, i, m, y
- isoenzymes — Plural form of isoenzyme.
- jumblingly — in a jumbling or tumultuous manner
- laminotomy — (surgery) The neurosurgical procedure that removes part of a lamina of the vertebral arch in order to decompress the spinal cord.
- lienectomy — splenectomy.
- liminality — the transitional period or phase of a rite of passage, during which the participant lacks social status or rank, remains anonymous, shows obedience and humility, and follows prescribed forms of conduct, dress, etc.
- limitingly — In a limiting manner.
- lincomycin — a toxic antibiotic, C 18 H 34 N 2 O 6 S, isolated from Streptomyces lincolnensis, used in its hydrochloride form for the treatment of serious Gram-positive penicillin-resistant infections.
- lithomancy — Divination with the use of precious or semi-precious stones, gemstones, or normal stones by either interpreting the light they reflect (crystallomancy), or how they fall (sortilege).
- luminosity — luminance (def 2).
- luminously — radiating or reflecting light; shining; bright.
- lye hominy — whole or ground hulled corn from which the bran and germ have been removed by bleaching the whole kernels in a lye bath (lye hominy) or by crushing and sifting (pearl hominy)
- lymantriid — (zoology) Any of the moth family Lymantriidae.
- lymphokine — any lymphocyte product, as interferon, that is not an antibody but may participate in the immune response through its effect on the function of other cells, as destroying antigen-coated cells or stimulating macrophages.
- lysenkoism — a genetic doctrine formulated by Lysenko and asserting that acquired characteristics are inheritable.
- magnifying — Present participle of magnify.
- main entry — the principal entry of an item in a reference text, often placed in alphabetical order.
- malignancy — the quality or condition of being malignant.
- malinovsky — Rodion Yakovlevich [ruh-dyi-awn yah-kuh-vlyi-vyich] /rə dyɪˈɔn ˈyɑ kə vlyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1967, Russian army officer: minister of defense of the U.S.S.R. 1957–67.
- man friday — a male assistant to an administrator or executive; right-hand man.
- maniacally — of or relating to mania or a maniac.
- manifestly — readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain: a manifest error.
- manifoldly — In a manifold manner.
- manila bay — a bay in the Philippines, in W Luzon Island: the American fleet under Admiral Dewey defeated the Spanish fleet 1898.
- mansionary — a resident or dweller
- manularity — /man"yoo-la"ri-tee/ ("manual" + "granularity") A notional measure of the manual labor required for some task, particularly one of the sort that automation is supposed to eliminate. "Composing English on paper has much higher manularity than using a text editor, especially in the revising stage." Hackers tend to consider manularity a symptom of primitive methods; in fact, a true hacker confronted with an apparent requirement to do a computing task by hand will inevitably seize the opportunity to build another tool (see toolsmith).
- many-sided — having many sides.
- mapinguary — A legendary red-furred ground-dwelling sloth-like creature said to live in the Amazon rainforests of Brazil and Bolivia.
- marginally — pertaining to a margin.
- marine ivy — a vine, Cissus incisa, of the grape family, native to the southern U.S., having three leaflets or three-lobed leaves and black fruit, grown as a houseplant.
- marry into — become part of: a family
- mason city — a city in N Iowa.
- mastodynia — (medicine) mastalgia; pain in the breast.
- matricliny — matrocliny.
- matrocliny — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the maternal parent (opposed to patrocliny).
- matronymic — metronymic.
- mawlamyine — Moulmein.
- mayonnaise — a thick dressing of egg yolks, vinegar or lemon juice, oil, and seasonings, used for salads, sandwiches, vegetable dishes, etc.
- meddlingly — In a meddling manner.
- menacingly — something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat: Air pollution is a menace to health.
- mendicancy — the practice of begging, as for alms.
- meromyosin — either of two protein subunits of myosin obtained esp by tryptic digestion
- mesitylene — a colorless, liquid, aromatic hydrocarbon, C 9 H 1 2 , occurring naturally in coal tar and prepared from acetone: used chiefly as a chemical intermediate.
- metonymies — a figure of speech that consists of the use of the name of one object or concept for that of another to which it is related, or of which it is a part, as “scepter” for “sovereignty,” or “the bottle” for “strong drink,” or “count heads (or noses)” for “count people.”.
- metrifying — Present participle of metrify.
- metronymic — derived from the name of a mother or other female ancestor.
- midcentury — Occurring around the center or middle of the century.
- middlingly — In a middling manner; averagely, moderately.
- militantly — vigorously active and aggressive, especially in support of a cause: militant reformers.
- millihenry — a unit of inductance equal to one thousandth of a henry. Abbreviation: mH, mh.
- millionary — Of or relating to millions; consisting of millions.