10-letter words containing y, a, r, m
- karyoplasm — nucleoplasm.
- karyosomes — Plural form of karyosome.
- keratotomy — incision of the cornea.
- kerygmatic — the preaching of the gospel of Christ, especially in the manner of the early church.
- kymographs — Plural form of kymograph.
- kymography — The use of a kymograph.
- lachrymals — Plural form of lachrymal.
- lachrymose — suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
- lamb's fry — lamb's offal, esp lamb's testicles, as food
- lampoonery — a sharp, often virulent satire directed against an individual or institution; a work of literature, art, or the like, ridiculing severely the character or behavior of a person, society, etc.
- laparotomy — incision through the abdominal wall.
- laundryman — a person who works in or operates a laundry.
- laundrymen — Plural form of laundryman.
- lord mayor — (chiefly in Britain and the Commonwealth) the mayor of certain cities or the chief municipal officer of certain boroughs.
- lukewarmly — In a lukewarm manner, tepidly, without extremeness.
- lumberyard — a yard where lumber is stored for sale.
- lymantriid — (zoology) Any of the moth family Lymantriidae.
- lyme grass — type of perennial dune grass
- lymphogram — A diagnostic image produced by lymphography.
- macrocycle — (chemistry) a cyclic macromolecule, or a macrocyclic portion of a molecule.
- macrocytes — Plural form of macrocyte.
- macrocytic — an abnormally large red blood cell.
- macrophyte — a plant, especially a marine plant, large enough to be visible to the naked eye.
- magistracy — the office or function of a magistrate.
- main entry — the principal entry of an item in a reference text, often placed in alphabetical order.
- make merry — celebrate, be festive
- make ready — the state or condition of being ready.
- make-ready — Printing. the process of preparing a form for printing by overlays or underlays to equalize the impression.
- malay bear — a small, black bear, Ursus (Helarctos) malayanus, of Southeast Asian forests, having a light muzzle and yellow chest markings.
- malmesbury — William of, William of Malmesbury.
- mammillary — of, relating to, or resembling a mammilla.
- man friday — a male assistant to an administrator or executive; right-hand man.
- mansionary — a resident or dweller
- manularity — /man"yoo-la"ri-tee/ ("manual" + "granularity") A notional measure of the manual labor required for some task, particularly one of the sort that automation is supposed to eliminate. "Composing English on paper has much higher manularity than using a text editor, especially in the revising stage." Hackers tend to consider manularity a symptom of primitive methods; in fact, a true hacker confronted with an apparent requirement to do a computing task by hand will inevitably seize the opportunity to build another tool (see toolsmith).
- mapinguary — A legendary red-furred ground-dwelling sloth-like creature said to live in the Amazon rainforests of Brazil and Bolivia.
- marginally — pertaining to a margin.
- marine ivy — a vine, Cissus incisa, of the grape family, native to the southern U.S., having three leaflets or three-lobed leaves and black fruit, grown as a houseplant.
- mariolatry — excessive (and proscribed) veneration of the Virgin Mary, especially in forms appropriate to God.
- market day — the day on which a regular market is held
- marketably — readily salable.
- marmaladey — Covered with marmalade.
- marry into — become part of: a family
- martyrizer — One who martyrs, puts others trough martyrdom.
- martyrlike — Resembling or characteristic of a martyr.
- mary janes — flat or low-heeled shoes for women or girls, usually with a rounded toe and a single strap that buckles across the instep
- mary tudor — Antony, 1909–87, English choreographer and dancer.
- marylander — a person born or living in Maryland
- master key — a key that will open a number of different locks, the proper keys of which are not interchangeable.
- materially — to an important degree; considerably: Their endorsement didn't help materially.
- maternally — of, pertaining to, having the qualities of, or befitting a mother: maternal instincts.