8-letter words containing n, y, m
- liminary — (obsolete) introductory or preparatory.
- luminary — a celestial body, as the sun or moon.
- lumpenly — in a lumpen manner
- 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
- mahayana — the later of the two great schools of Buddhism, chiefly in China, Tibet, and Japan, characterized by eclecticism and a general belief in a common search for salvation, sometimes thought to be attainable through faith alone.
- 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.
- maidenly — pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a maiden: a maidenly blush.
- mainstay — Nautical. the stay that secures the mainmast forward.
- mainyard — (sailing) The yard of the mainmast, from which the mainsail is hung.
- malignly — In a malign manner.
- man-year — a unit of measurement, especially in accountancy, based on a standard number of man-days in a year of work.
- managery — Management; manner of using; conduct; direction.
- mandalay — a city in central Burma (Myanmar), on the Irrawaddy River: the former capital of Upper Burma.
- mandays' — a unit of measurement, especially in accountancy; based on a standard number of man-hours in a day of work.
- manfully — having or showing boldness, courage, or strength; resolute.
- mangabey — any of several slender, long-tailed monkeys of the genus Cercocebus, inhabiting forests of Africa: some species are endangered.
- mannerly — having or showing good manners; courteous; polite.
- mansonry — mansions or dwelling places collectively
- manually — done, operated, worked, etc., by the hand or hands rather than by an electrical or electronic device: a manual gearshift.
- 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.
- manyatta — (East Africa) A Masai or Samburu settlement or compound, often temporary, established by a family or clan, or as an encampment of young warriors.
- manyfold — by many times; by multiples: The state's highway expenses have increased manyfold in the past decade.
- manyness — The quality or state of being many.
- marrying — to take in marriage: After dating for five years, I finally asked her to marry me.
- maryland — a state in the E United States, on the Atlantic coast. 10,577 sq. mi. (27,395 sq. km). Capital: Annapolis. Abbreviation: MD (for use with zip code), Md.
- masonary — Misspelling of masonry.
- matronly — of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a matron; maturely dignified; stately.
- may wine — a punch consisting typically of Alsatian, Moselle, or Rhine wine, flavored with woodruff.
- maya lin — Maya Ying [mah-yuh ying] /ˈmɑ yə ˈyɪŋ/ (Show IPA), born 1959, U.S. architect and sculptor.
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- mcintyre — James Francis Aloysius, 1886–1979, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman: cardinal from 1953; archbishop of Los Angeles 1948–70.
- mckinley — William, 1843–1901, 25th president of the U.S. 1897–1901.
- mckinney — a city in NE Texas.
- medianly — In a median direction.
- megadyne — a unit of force equal to one million dynes
- menially — lowly and sometimes degrading: menial work.
- menology — a calendar of the months.
- mentally — in or with the mind or intellect; intellectually.
- 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.
- merrilyn — a female given name.
- merryman — a jester or zany
- mesnalty — the estate of a mesne lord.
- 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.”.
- millrynd — Alternative form of millrind.
- minacity — menacing; threatening.