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8-letter words containing o, y, a, m

  • porogamy — the fertilization of a seed plant involving passage of the pollen tube into the ovule by the micropyle
  • psalmody — the act, practice, or art of setting psalms to music.
  • putumayo — a river in NW South America, flowing SE from S Colombia into the Amazon in NW Brazil. 900 miles (1450 km) long.
  • pyoderma — any skin eruption characterized by pustules or the formation of pus
  • randomly — proceeding, made, or occurring without definite aim, reason, or pattern: the random selection of numbers.
  • rosemary — an evergreen shrub, Rosmarinus officinalis, of the mint family, native to the Mediterranean region, having leathery, narrow leaves and pale-blue, bell-shaped flowers, used as a seasoning and in perfumery and medicine: a traditional symbol of remembrance.
  • royalism — the principles of royal government; monarchism
  • scammony — a twining, Asian convolvulus, Convolvulus scammonia.
  • smallboy — the steward's assistant or deputy steward in European households in W Africa
  • some day — on an unspecified date in the future
  • stomachy — paunchy; having a prominent stomach.
  • sycamore — Also called buttonwood. any of several North American plane trees, especially Platanus occidentalis, having shallowly lobed ovate leaves, globular seed heads, and wood valued as timber.
  • sympodia — an axis or stem that simulates a simple stem but is made up of the bases of a number of axes that arise successively as branches, one from another, as in the grapevine.
  • 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.
  • toadyism — an obsequious flatterer; sycophant.
  • tomalley — the liver of a lobster.
  • tomatoey — like or tasting like tomato
  • too many — an excessive number of
  • toymaker — a person who makes toys.
  • toywoman — a woman who sells toys
  • vagotomy — the surgical severance of vagus nerve fibers, performed to reduce acid secretion by the stomach.
  • vasotomy — incision or opening of the vas deferens.
  • xenogamy — pollination of the stigma of a flower by pollen from a flower on another plant.
  • yahooism — The behaviour or attitudes of yahoos; ignorant boorishness.
  • yakimono — (in Japan) grilled, fried, or broiled food, esp meat
  • yamamoto — Isoroku [ee-saw-raw-koo] /ˈi sɔˈrɔ kʊ/ (Show IPA), 1884–1943, Japanese naval officer.
  • yamato-e — a narrative style of painting developed from the 12th to the 14th century, characterized chiefly by continuous illustrations often executed on long scrolls.
  • yanomama — Yanomamo.
  • yanomamo — a member of an indigenous people of southern Venezuela and neighboring Brazil who live in scattered villages in the rain forests and conduct warfare against one another continually.
  • yarmouth — a city in SE Massachusetts.
  • yawnsome — dull and boring; tiresome
  • yeomanly — of the condition or rank of a yeoman.
  • yeomanry — yeomen collectively.
  • yoga mat — padded floor covering used for yoga
  • yokemate — an associate or companion, especially at work; partner.
  • yokohama — a seaport on SE Honshu, in central Japan, on Tokyo Bay: destructive earthquake 1923.
  • you mean — You use 'you mean' in a question to check that you have understood what someone has said.
  • zoomancy — foreseeing the future through observing the actions of animals
  • zymogram — a band of electrophoretic medium showing a pattern of enzymes following electrophoresis
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