8-letter words containing n, o, m, y
- homonyms — 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).
- homonymy — homonymous state.
- homotony — the condition of being homotonic
- hymnbook — (British) A book containing a collection of hymns.
- hyponyms — Plural form of hyponym.
- hyponymy — the state or quality of being a hyponym, a term that denotes a subcategory of a more general class: A relationship of hyponymy exists between “dog” and “animal.”.
- ignominy — disgrace; dishonor; public contempt.
- komensky — Jan Amos [Czech yahn ah-maws] /Czech yɑn ˈɑ mɔs/ (Show IPA), Comenius, John Amos.
- laywoman — a woman who is not a member of the clergy.
- laywomen — a woman who is not a member of the clergy.
- macintoy — /mak'in-toy/ The Apple Macintosh, considered as a toy. Less pejorative than Macintrash.
- maconchy — Dame Elizabeth, married name Elizabeth LeFanu. 1907–94, British composer of Irish parentage; noted esp for her chamber music, which includes 13 string quartets and Romanza (1980) for viola and ensemble
- mahogany — any of several tropical American trees of the genus Swietenia, especially S. mahagoni and S. macrophylla, yielding hard, reddish-brown wood used for making furniture.
- mansonry — mansions or dwelling places collectively
- many-one — (of a relation) having the property that each element is assigned to one element only but that many elements may be assigned to the same element.
- manyfold — by many times; by multiples: The state's highway expenses have increased manyfold in the past decade.
- masonary — Misspelling of masonry.
- matronly — of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a matron; maturely dignified; stately.
- menology — a calendar of the months.
- merogony — the development of an embryo from egg fragments lacking the egg nucleus but having an introduced male nucleus.
- meronyms — Plural form of meronym.
- meronymy — (semantics) The relationship of being a constituent part or member of something; a system of meronyms.
- metonomy — Misspelling of metonymy.
- metonyms — Plural form of metonym.
- metonymy — 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.”.
- minatory — menacing; threatening.
- mind you — although, having said that
- minority — the smaller part or number; a number, part, or amount forming less than half of the whole.
- misogyne — (rare) A misogynist.
- misogyny — hatred, dislike, or mistrust of women, or prejudice against women.
- modernly — of or relating to present and recent time; not ancient or remote: modern city life.
- moltenly — in a molten or liquefied manner
- momently — with every moment; from moment to moment.
- monandry — the practice or condition of having one husband at a time.
- monarchy — a state or nation in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch. Compare absolute monarchy, limited monarchy.
- monetary — of or relating to the coinage or currency of a country.
- moneybag — a bag for money.
- moneybox — piggy bank: container for coins
- moneyman — an investor; angel; backer.
- moneymen — Plural form of moneyman.
- monitory — serving to admonish or warn; admonitory.
- monkeyed — Simple past tense and past participle of monkey.
- monobuoy — a floating platform anchored offshore in deep water and equipped with pipelines leading to storage tanks onshore, to which large, deep-draft tankers moor to load or unload.
- monocopy — (genetics) Describing any gene that has a copy number of one.
- monocyte — a large, circulating white blood cell, formed in bone marrow and in the spleen, that ingests large foreign particles and cell debris.
- monogamy — marriage with only one person at a time. Compare bigamy, polygamy.
- monogeny — the hypothetical descent of the human race from a single pair of individuals.
- monogyny — the practice or condition of having only one wife at a time.
- monology — the act or habit of soliloquizing.
- monomyth — (mythology) a cyclical journey or quest undertaken by a mythical hero.