8-letter words containing y, e, t
- masterly — like or befitting a master, as in skill or art; worthy of a master; very skillful: a masterly presentation of the budget.
- mattedly — in a matted manner
- maturely — complete in natural growth or development, as plant and animal forms: a mature rose bush.
- maumetry — Archaic form of mammetry.
- mawmetry — idolatry
- may tree — the hawthorn.
- mcintyre — James Francis Aloysius, 1886–1979, U.S. Roman Catholic clergyman: cardinal from 1953; archbishop of Los Angeles 1948–70.
- mebibyte — (computing) 220 (1,048,576) bytes. Abbreviated MiB.
- megabyte — 2 20 (1,048,576) bytes.
- megacity — a city having a population of one million or more.
- meiocyte — a cell that divides by meiosis to produce four haploid spores (meiospores)
- mentally — in or with the mind or intellect; intellectually.
- mesnalty — the estate of a mesne lord.
- mesylate — (organic chemistry) methanesulfonate.
- metaboly — the ability of some cells, esp protozoans, to alter their shape
- metayage — the system of agriculture based on the use of métayers.
- methoxyl — containing the methoxy group.
- methylal — a colorless, flammable, volatile liquid, C 3 H 8 O 2 , having a chloroformlike odor, used chiefly as a solvent, in perfumery, and in organic synthesis.
- methylic — of, relating to, or characteristic of the methyl group.
- methysis — drunkenness
- metonomy — Misspelling of metonymy.
- metonyms — Plural form of metonym.
- metonymy — a figure of speech that consists of the use of the name of one object or concept for that of another to which it is related, or of which it is a part, as “scepter” for “sovereignty,” or “the bottle” for “strong drink,” or “count heads (or noses)” for “count people.”.
- metopryl — a colourless liquid, C4H10O, that is related to ether and was formerly used as an anaesthetic
- minutely — occurring every minute.
- misentry — an incorrect or mistaken entry
- misstyle — a particular kind, sort, or type, as with reference to form, appearance, or character: the baroque style; The style of the house was too austere for their liking.
- mistyped — Simple past tense and past participle of mistype.
- mistypes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mistype.
- modestly — having or showing a moderate or humble estimate of one's merits, importance, etc.; free from vanity, egotism, boastfulness, or great pretensions.
- moltenly — in a molten or liquefied manner
- momently — with every moment; from moment to moment.
- monetary — of or relating to the coinage or currency of a country.
- monocyte — a large, circulating white blood cell, formed in bone marrow and in the spleen, that ingests large foreign particles and cell debris.
- monotype — the only print made from a metal or glass plate on which a picture is painted in oil color, printing ink, or the like.
- monstery — Resembling a monster.
- monterey — a city in W California, on Monterey Bay: the capital of California until 1847.
- motherly — pertaining to, characteristic of, or befitting a mother; maternal: motherly solicitude.
- mulierty — the state of being of legitimate birth.
- multeity — (rare) manifoldness; multiplicity; the quality of being many.
- musketry — Military. the technique of bringing fire from a group of rifle and automatic weapons to bear on specified targets.
- mycetism — poisoning due to mushrooms.
- mycetoma — a chronic tumorous infection caused by any of various soil-dwelling fungi, usually affecting the foot.
- myelitis — inflammation of the substance of the spinal cord.
- mylonite — Geology. a rock that has been crushed and sheared to such an extent that its original texture has been destroyed.
- myocytes — Plural form of myocyte.
- myotomes — Plural form of myotome.
- 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.
- mytilene — Also called Lesbos. a Greek island in the NE Aegean. 836 sq. mi. (2165 sq. km).
- myxocyte — one of the stellate or polyhedral cells in mucous tissue