8-letter words containing y, a, m
- fumatory — of or relating to smoke, especially tobacco smoke, or to a place for smoking.
- funnyman — a comedian or humorist.
- game boy — a handheld games console, made by the company Nintendo, which was popular in the 1990s
- gameplay — The tactical aspects of a computer game, such as its plot and the way it is played, as distinct from the graphics and sound effects.
- gamyness — the quality of being gamy
- ganymeda — Hebe.
- ganymede — Also, Ganymedes [gan-uh-mee-deez] /ˌgæn əˈmi diz/ (Show IPA). Classical Mythology. a Trojan youth who was abducted by Zeus and taken to Olympus, where he was made the cupbearer of the gods and became immortal.
- gayomart — the first Aryan and the sixth creation of Ahura Mazda.
- geomancy — divination by geographic features or by figures or lines.
- girlyman — (slang, derogatory) An effeminate man, a pussy.
- glamoury — (obsolete) magic.
- glycemia — the presence of glucose in the blood.
- gramarye — occult learning; magic.
- gramercy — Obsolete. thanks.
- graymail — a means of preventing prosecution, as for espionage, by threatening to disclose government secrets during trial.
- gymkhana — a field day held for equestrians, consisting of exhibitions of horsemanship and much pageantry.
- gymnasia — a plural of gymnasium2 .
- gymnasts — Plural form of gymnast.
- gymnical — Alternative form of gymnic.
- handyman — a person hired to do various small jobs, especially in the maintenance of an apartment building, office building, or the like.
- handymen — Plural form of handyman.
- harmosty — the office of a harmost
- haymaker — a person or machine that cuts hay and spreads it to dry.
- hickymal — a titmouse
- himalaya — the, a mountain range extending about 1500 miles (2400 km) along the border between India and Tibet. Highest peak, Mt. Everest, 29,028 feet (8848 meters).
- hogmanay — the eve of New Year's Day.
- hologamy — a type of reproduction in which the gametes are like ordinary cells in form and size, as is found in some algae and protozoa
- holy man — priest, spiritual leader
- homestay — housing accommodations in a home with a family in residence, as for a student or traveler: Foreign-exchange students can choose between a homestay or campus dormitory.
- homogamy — the state of being homogamous.
- humanely — characterized by tenderness, compassion, and sympathy for people and animals, especially for the suffering or distressed: humane treatment of prisoners.
- humanity — all human beings collectively; the human race; humankind.
- hump day — Wednesday
- huysmans — Joris Karl [zhoh-rees kahrl] /ʒoʊˈris kɑrl/ (Show IPA), (Charles Marie Georges Huysmans) 1848–1907, French novelist.
- hydremia — the state of having an excess of water in the blood.
- hymeneal — of or relating to marriage.
- hymenean — A hymn, song or poem in honour of a wedding; a hymeneal.
- hymenial — relating to the layer of certain fungi which bears spores, composed of asci or basidia
- hymnally — In a hymnal way.
- hyphemia — bleeding inside the eye caused by ruptured blood vessels
- hypogamy — Act or practice of seeking a spouse of lower socioeconomic status, or caste status than oneself.
- hyposmia — A reduced ability to smell and to detect odours.
- imitancy — a tendency to imitate
- imparity — lack of parity or equality; disparity, difference, or inequality.
- intimacy — the state of being intimate.
- jessamyn — a female given name, form of Jasmine.
- jimdandy — (dated, slang) A fine or excellent person; a crackerjack.
- jurymast — a temporary mast assembled to replace a broken one
- kalmykia — an autonomous republic in the Russian Federation in Europe, on the NW shore of the Caspian Sea. 75,900 sq. mi. (196,581 sq. km). Capital: Elista.
- kamyshin — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Volgograd, on the Volga River.