8-letter words containing o, t, m, y
- mytiloid — of or relating to the genus Mytilus or family Mytilideae of saltwater mussels
- myxocyte — one of the stellate or polyhedral cells in mucous tissue
- myxomata — Plural form of myxoma.
- nonempty — (of a set, group, collection, etc.) containing at least one element.
- noometry — a term used by the satirical novelist Thomas Love Peacock to mean 'measurement of the mind'
- odometry — an instrument for measuring distance traveled, as by an automobile.
- oncotomy — the surgical removal of a tumour
- oomycete — any of various algaelike fungi constituting the phylum Oomycota of the kingdom Fungi (or the class Oomycetes of the kingdom Plantae), characterized by the formation of oospores.
- optimacy — Government by the nobility.
- oximetry — the measuring of oxygen saturation of the blood by means of an oximeter.
- patronym — patronymic (defs 3, 4).
- peyotism — a religion of native American Indians that incorporates the ritual use of peyote
- plymouth — an island in the Leeward Islands, in the SE West Indies: a British crown colony. 39½ sq. mi. (102 sq. km). Capital: Plymouth.
- polymath — a person of great learning in several fields of study; polyhistor.
- polytomy — the act or process of dividing into more than three parts.
- pommetty — having a pommel
- promptly — done, performed, delivered, etc., at once or without delay: a prompt reply.
- putumayo — a river in NW South America, flowing SE from S Colombia into the Amazon in NW Brazil. 900 miles (1450 km) long.
- remotely — far apart; far distant in space; situated at some distance away: the remote jungles of Brazil.
- retronym — a term coined in modification of an original term that was used alone (as acoustic guitar instead of guitar ) to distinguish it from a term referring to a later development (as electric guitar ). Other examples of retronyms are snail mail and analog watch .
- smoothly — free from projections or unevenness of surface; not rough: smooth wood; a smooth road.
- smothery — stifling; close: a smothery atmosphere.
- stomachy — paunchy; having a prominent stomach.
- sybotism — the keeping of swine
- symbiont — an organism living in a state of symbiosis.
- symbiote — an organism living in a state of symbiosis.
- tautonym — a scientific name in which the generic and the specific names are the same, as Chloris chloris (the greenfinch).
- taxonomy — the science or technique of classification.
- tenotomy — the cutting of a tendon.
- textonym — (in text messaging) one of two or more words that can be generated by pressing the same combination of numbers on the keypad of a mobile phone
- theonomy — the state of an individual or society that regards its own nature and norms as being in accord with the divine nature.
- thymosin — a hormone, produced by the thymus gland, that promotes the development of T cells from stem cells.
- toadyism — an obsequious flatterer; sycophant.
- tomalley — the liver of a lobster.
- tomatoey — like or tasting like tomato
- tommycod — tomcod.
- tommyrot — nonsense; utter foolishness.
- too many — an excessive number of
- toponymy — the study of toponyms.
- toymaker — a person who makes toys.
- toywoman — a woman who sells toys
- twentymo — a book size of about 3 × 5 inches (8 × 12 cm), determined by printing on sheets folded to form 20 leaves or 40 pages.
- tymcom-x — (operating system) Tymshare's operating system which ran for many years on Tymshare's PDP-10s. It was a descendent of TOPS-10 but had many of the important features of TOPS-20 such as real paging and controllable/spawnable processes. TYMCOM-X, one of the best kept secrets in the PDP-10 folklore, was written by Bill Weiher, Vance Socci <[email protected]>, Allen Ginzburg, Karen Kolling, Art Atkinson, Gary Morgenthaler (founder of the company that produced IDRIS), Todd Corenson and Murray Bowles. Some copies still run today. Most TYMNET development was done under TYMCOM-X and Tymshare sold a TYMCOM-X system to TRW to use in their credit reporting network, which was based on a purchased copy of TYMNET circa 1979.
- urostomy — an artificial opening for the release of urine, used when urination through the bladder and urethra is no longer possible due, for example, to surgery
- vagotomy — the surgical severance of vagus nerve fibers, performed to reduce acid secretion by the stomach.
- vasotomy — incision or opening of the vas deferens.
- vomitory — inducing vomiting; emetic.
- weymouth — a town in E Massachusetts, S of Boston.
- wrymouth — any blennioid fish of the family Stichaeidae, having a large, upturned mouth, especially Cryptacanthodes maculatus, a bottom fish of the Atlantic Ocean.
- xylotomy — the preparation of sections of wood for examination by microscope