9-letter words containing n, i, m, y
- minirugby — a version of rugby played with nine players per team on a pitch half the usual size
- minor key — a key or mode based on a minor scale.
- mirrnyong — (Australia, archaeology) A mound of cooking debris accumulated by Aborigines; a kitchen midden.
- miscegeny — (rare) Miscegenation.
- mischancy — unlucky; unfortunate
- mislaying — Present participle of mislay.
- misogynic — reflecting or exhibiting hatred, dislike, mistrust, or mistreatment of women.
- missaying — Present participle of missay.
- missingly — with a sense of loss
- mistyping — a number of things or persons sharing a particular characteristic, or set of characteristics, that causes them to be regarded as a group, more or less precisely defined or designated; class; category: a criminal of the most vicious type.
- mitomycin — any of the antibiotics that come from Streptomyces caespitosus
- moaningly — With a moaning sound.
- mockingly — to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
- modernity — the quality of being modern.
- modifying — Make partial or minor changes to (something), typically so as to improve it or to make it less extreme.
- moilingly — in a moiling, struggling or slogging manner
- mondayize — to move (a statutory holiday, such as the Queen's birthday) to the nearest Monday in order to secure a long weekend
- money pit — sth continually costing money
- moneywise — In terms of money; financially speaking.
- monkeying — Present participle of monkey.
- monkeyish — Like a monkey.
- monkeyism — the practice of copying or behaving like a monkey
- monocytic — Of or pertaining to monocytes.
- monotypic — having only one type.
- moonishly — in a moonish manner
- moonshiny — (obsolete) moonlit; lit by moonlight.
- morningly — (obsolete) every morning; daily in the morning.
- mountainy — living in, located in, or related to mountains
- multisync — (hardware) An NEC trademark term for multiscan. As NEC was the first to manufacture multiscan monitors the term is often used interchangeably with multiscan.
- mundanity — the condition or quality of being mundane; mundaneness.
- mutinying — revolt or rebellion against constituted authority, especially by sailors against their officers.
- mycerinus — king of ancient Egypt c2600–2570 b.c.: builder of the third great pyramid at ·El· Giza.
- mycobiont — the fungal component of a lichen.
- mycosozin — any sozin that kills microorganisms.
- mycotoxin — a toxin produced by a fungus.
- myelinate — Of, related to, or composed of myelin.
- myenteric — Relating to or denoting a plexus of nerves of the sympathetic and parasympathetic systems situated between and supplying the two layers of muscle in the small intestine.
- mykerinos — Mycerinus.
- mylonitic — relating to or resembling mylonite
- myoclonia — a disease characterized by myoclonus.
- myoclonic — Of or pertaining to myoclonus; consisting of or characterized by sudden jerking motions.
- myoglobin — hemoglobin of muscle, weighing less and carrying more oxygen and less carbon monoxide than blood hemoglobin.
- myomantic — of or relating to myomancy
- myostatin — (protein) A protein that acts as an inhibitor to the growth of muscle tissue.
- myricetin — (organic compound) A particular flavonol, found in many vegetables etc., that has antioxidant and other therapeutic properties.
- myrmidons — Plural form of myrmidon.
- neodymium — a rare-earth, metallic, trivalent element occurring with cerium and other rare-earth metals, and having rose-colored to violet-colored salts. Symbol: Nd; atomic weight: 144.24; atomic number: 60; specific gravity: 6.9 at 20°C.
- nicky-tam — a strap or string secured round a trouser leg below the knee, formerly worn esp by farm workers to keep the trouser bottoms clear of dirt
- nightmary — (of a person) prone to having nightmares
- nominally — by or as regards name; in name; ostensibly: He was nominally the leader, but others actually ran the organization.