8-letter words containing y, a, m
- too many — an excessive number of
- toymaker — a person who makes toys.
- toywoman — a woman who sells toys
- tympanal — pertaining to the middle ear or tympanic membrane.
- tympanic — pertaining or belonging to a tympanum.
- tympanum — Anatomy, Zoology. middle ear. tympanic membrane.
- tyramine — an amine, C 8 H 11 NO, abundant in ripe cheese as a breakdown product of tyrosine by removal of the carboxyl group (COOH).
- ultimacy — the state or quality of being ultimate.
- vagotomy — the surgical severance of vagus nerve fibers, performed to reduce acid secretion by the stomach.
- vasotomy — incision or opening of the vas deferens.
- wakayama — a seaport on S Honshu, in S Japan.
- waymarks — Plural form of waymark.
- wild yam — any of several uncultivated yams, especially Dioscorea villosa, of the U.S., having a woody, tuberous root.
- 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
- yamagata — Prince Aritomo [ah-ree-taw-maw] /ˈɑ riˈtɔ mɔ/ (Show IPA), 1838–1922, Japanese field marshal and statesman.
- yamamoto — Isoroku [ee-saw-raw-koo] /ˈi sɔˈrɔ kʊ/ (Show IPA), 1884–1943, Japanese naval officer.
- yamasaki — Minoru [mi-nawr-oo,, -nohr-] /mɪˈnɔr u,, -ˈnoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1912–86, U.S. architect.
- 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.
- yammered — to whine or complain.
- yammerer — One who complains or whines peevishly or whimperingly.
- 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.
- yardarms — Plural form of yardarm.
- yarmelke — Alternative spelling of yarmulke.
- yarmouth — a city in SE Massachusetts.
- yarmulka — Alternative spelling of yarmulke.
- yarmulke — a skullcap worn, especially during prayer and religious study, by Jewish males, especially those adhering to Orthodox or Conservative tradition.
- yarraman — horse.
- yashmaks — Plural form of yashmak.
- yawmeter — an instrument that measures the yaw of an aircraft.
- 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.
- zamyatin — Yevgenii Ivanovich (jɪvˈɡjenij ɪˈvanəvitʃ). 1884–1937, Russian novelist and writer, in Paris from 1931, whose works include satirical studies of provincial life in Russia and England, where he worked during World War I, and the dystopian novel We (1924)
- zoomancy — foreseeing the future through observing the actions of animals
- zymogram — a band of electrophoretic medium showing a pattern of enzymes following electrophoresis