8-letter words containing s, y, m
- moiseyev — Igor Alexandrovich [ee-guh r uh-lyi-ksahn-druh-vyich] /ˈi gər ʌ lyɪˈksɑn drə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1906–2007, Russian dancer and choreographer.
- moistify — to cause to become wet or moist
- monosemy — The property of having only one meaning.
- monosomy — The condition of having a diploid chromosome complement in which one (usually the X) chromosome lacks its homologous partner.
- monstery — Resembling a monster.
- mooneyes — Plural form of mooneye.
- morosely — gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.
- morosity — gloomily or sullenly ill-humored, as a person or mood.
- moseying — Present participle of mosey.
- mucosity — The state of being mucous.
- mulishly — In a mulish manner.
- munkacsy — Mihály von [mi-hahy fuh n] /ˈmɪ haɪ fən/ (Show IPA), (Michael Lieb) 1844–1900, Hungarian painter.
- musingly — absorbed in thought; meditative.
- musketry — Military. the technique of bringing fire from a group of rifle and automatic weapons to bear on specified targets.
- mustardy — Like mustard.
- myalgias — pain in the muscles; muscular rheumatism.
- mycetism — poisoning due to mushrooms.
- mycostat — a substance or preparation that prevents or inhibits the growth of molds.
- myelitis — inflammation of the substance of the spinal cord.
- myelomas — Plural form of myeloma.
- myoblast — any of the cells derived from the mesoderm in the vertebrate embryo that develop into muscle tissue.
- myocytes — Plural form of myocyte.
- myonemes — Plural form of myoneme.
- myoscope — an instrument for observing muscular contraction.
- myositis — Inflammation and degeneration of muscle tissue.
- myosotis — any plant belonging to the genus Myosotis, of the borage family, having basal leaves and pink or white flowers, as the forget-me-not.
- myospasm — A sudden, involuntary spasmodic contraction of a muscle.
- myotomes — Plural form of myotome.
- myristic — (rare) Pertaining to nutmeg.
- mysql ab — (company) The Swedish company that developes, distributes and supports the MySQL open source rdbms. MySQL AB is a subsidiary of Sun Microsystems, themselves acquired by Oracle Corporation on 2009-04-20.
- mystical — mystic; of or relating to supernatural agencies, affairs, occurrences, etc.: a strange, mystical experience.
- mysticly — in a mystical manner
- mystique — a framework of doctrines, ideas, beliefs, or the like, constructed around a person or object, endowing the person or object with enhanced value or profound meaning: the mystique of Poe.
- mytacism — Excessive or incorrect use of the letter M.
- nimbyism — The ideology of a nimby, often used pejoratively.
- ninnyism — Predisposition to act like a ninny.
- nymphets — a young nymph.
- paroxysm — any sudden, violent outburst; a fit of violent action or emotion: paroxysms of rage.
- partyism — adherence to a political party or organization.
- peyotism — a religion of native American Indians that incorporates the ritual use of peyote
- platysma — a broad, thin muscle on each side of the neck, extending from the upper part of the shoulder to the corner of the mouth, the action of which wrinkles the skin of the neck and depresses the corner of the mouth.
- polyseme — a word with multiple meanings
- polysemy — a condition in which a single word, phrase, or concept has more than one meaning or connotation.
- polysome — a complex of ribosomes strung along a single strand of messenger RNA that translates the genetic information coded in the messenger RNA during protein synthesis.
- polysomy — the state of being polysomic
- primrosy — characteristic of, or resembling, a primrose (esp in colour)
- przemysl — a city in SE Poland: occupied by the Russians 1915.
- psalmody — the act, practice, or art of setting psalms to music.
- psychism — the belief in a universal soul; the attributing of souls to inanimate objects or phenomena
- psyllium — fleawort.