8-letter words containing y, a, m
- autogamy — self-fertilization in flowering plants
- autonomy — Autonomy is the ability to make your own decisions about what to do rather than being influenced by someone else or told what to do.
- autonyms — Plural form of autonym.
- autonymy — The use of a symbol as a name for itself.
- autotomy — the casting off by an animal of a part of its body, to facilitate escape when attacked
- bacronym — Alternative spelling of backronym.
- bandyman — the driver of a bandy; a cart driver
- baysmelt — topsmelt.
- berryman — John. 1914–72, US poet and critic, author of Homage to Mistress Bradstreet (1956) and Dream Songs (1964–68)
- bogeyman — A bogeyman is someone whose ideas or actions are disapproved of by some people, and who is described by them as evil or unpleasant in order to make other people afraid.
- bomb bay — a part of military aircraft where the bombs are stored
- bot army — a group of computers, infected with malign programs via the internet, that can be controlled remotely to, for example, mount denial-of-service attacks
- bothyman — a person who lives in a bothy
- boyarism — the rule of the boyars
- burramys — the very rare mountain pigmy possum, Burramys parvus, of Australia. It is about the size of a rat and restricted in habitat to very high altitudes, mainly Mt Hotham, Victoria. Until 1966 it was known only as a fossil
- buttyman — a male homosexual
- byre-man — a man who raises or tends cows.
- caconymy — the practice of coining caconyms
- calamary — a squid: so called from its pen-shaped skeleton
- calamity — A calamity is an event that causes a great deal of damage, destruction, or personal distress.
- camaguey — a city in E central Cuba. Pop: 320 000 (2005 est)
- cambyses — died ?522 bc, king of Persia (529–?522 bc), who conquered Egypt (525); son of Cyrus the Great
- candyman — a drug-dealer, esp one who targets young people
- carbamyl — a radical, NH2CO, that is derived from carbamic acid
- cemetary — Misspelling of cemetery.
- chambery — a city in SE France, in the Alps: skiing centre; former capital of the duchy of Savoy. Pop: 59 188 (2006)
- chambray — a smooth light fabric of cotton, linen, etc, with white weft and a coloured warp
- cinnamyl — a univalent radical of cinnamic compounds
- clamancy — urgency
- clammily — In a clammy manner.
- claymore — a large two-edged broadsword used formerly by Scottish Highlanders
- cometary — a celestial body moving about the sun, usually in a highly eccentric orbit, consisting of a central mass surrounded by an envelope of dust and gas that may form a tail that streams away from the sun.
- compathy — feelings, as happiness or grief, shared with another or others.
- costmary — a herbaceous plant, Chrysanthemum balsamita, native to Asia. Its fragrant leaves were used as a seasoning and to flavour ale: family Asteraceae (composites)
- cramoisy — of a crimson colour
- creamery — A creamery is a place where milk and cream are made into butter and cheese.
- creamily — In a creamy manner.
- cyathium — a form of inflorescence of the type found on the poinsettia
- cyclamen — A cyclamen is a plant with white, pink, or red flowers.
- cymatics — the study of wave phenomena, esp sound, and their visual representations
- cymation — cymatium.
- cymatium — the top moulding of a classical cornice or entablature
- cymbalom — cimbalom
- dairyman — a man who works in a dairy or deals in dairy products
- dairymen — Plural form of dairyman.
- dalmahoy — a bushy wig
- damnably — in a detestable manner
- damp-dry — (of something, such as a garment, that has been drying) nearly dry but still damp
- dandyism — a man who is excessively concerned about his clothes and appearance; a fop.
- day camp — a camp for children providing no sleeping facilities and attended only during the day on weekdays.