9-letter words containing yo
- hypopyons — Plural form of hypopyon.
- i ask you — If you say 'I ask you', you are emphasizing how much you disapprove of someone or something.
- ichthyoid — Also, ichthyoidal. fishlike.
- karyocyte — (cytology) Any cell that has a nucleus.
- karyogamy — the fusion of the nuclei of cells, as in fertilization.
- karyogram — (genetics) A graphical representation of a karyotype.
- karyology — the study of the structure and function of cell nuclei.
- karyosome — Also called chromocenter. any of several masses of chromatin in the reticulum of a cell nucleus.
- karyotype — the chromosomes of a cell, usually displayed as a systematized arrangement of chromosome pairs in descending order of size.
- kuniyoshi — Yasuo [yah-soo-aw] /yɑˈsu ɔ/ (Show IPA), 1893–1953, U.S. painter, born in Japan.
- kyongsong — Seoul
- leiomyoma — a benign tumor composed of nonstriated muscular tissue.
- lord lyon — the chief herald of Scotland
- lyocratic — noting a colloid owing its stability to the affinity of its particles for the liquid in which they are dispersed.
- lyomerous — of or relating to Lyomeri fish
- lyon bean — a vine, Mucuna niveum, of southern Asia and the Philippines, having showy clusters of white flowers and whitish hairy pods, grown widely as a forage crop.
- lyonnaise — (of food, especially fried potatoes) cooked with pieces of onion.
- lyonnesse — the mythical region where Sir Tristram was born, located near Cornwall in SW England and supposed to have been submerged by the sea.
- lyophiled — (of blood, serum, tissue, etc) freeze-dried
- lyophilic — noting a colloid the particles of which have a strong affinity for the liquid in which they are dispersed.
- lyophobic — noting a colloid the particles of which have little or no affinity for the liquid in which they are dispersed.
- lyotropic — noting any series of ions, salts, or radicals arranged in descending order relative to the magnitude of their effect on a given solvent.
- maha yoga — a form of yoga incorporating elements of the other major forms
- manyogana — An ancient/early Japanese syllabary in which Chinese characters represented sounds instead of their regular meaning as they again do today in the form of kanji; it was the predecessor of hiragana and katakana, present Japanese phonetic alphabets; used in the Manyosh\u016b, a poetic anthology.
- maryology — Mariology.
- mayoralty — the office or tenure of a mayor.
- mayorship — the chief executive official, usually elected, of a city, village, or town.
- mirrnyong — (Australia, archaeology) A mound of cooking debris accumulated by Aborigines; a kitchen midden.
- moyobamba — a city in NW Peru.
- mylohyoid — Also, mylohyoidean [mahy-loh-hahy-oi-dee-uh n] /ˌmaɪ loʊ haɪˈɔɪ di ən/ (Show IPA). of, relating to, or situated near the lower molar teeth and the hyoid bone.
- myocardia — the muscular substance of the heart.
- myoclonia — a disease characterized by myoclonus.
- myoclonic — Of or pertaining to myoclonus; consisting of or characterized by sudden jerking motions.
- myoclonus — an abrupt spasm or twitch of a muscle or group of muscles, occurring in some neurological diseases.
- myofibril — a contractile fibril of skeletal muscle, composed mainly of actin and myosin.
- myoglobin — hemoglobin of muscle, weighing less and carrying more oxygen and less carbon monoxide than blood hemoglobin.
- myographs — Plural form of myograph.
- myologist — the science or branch of anatomy dealing with muscles.
- myomantic — of or relating to myomancy
- myomatous — a tumor composed of muscular tissue.
- myomorpha — A major division of the rodents that includes the rats, mice, voles, hamsters, and their relatives.
- myoneural — of or relating to both muscle and nerve.
- myopathic — Pertaining to myopathy.
- myostatin — (protein) A protein that acts as an inhibitor to the growth of muscle tissue.
- nonmyopic — Not myopic.
- pilcomayo — a river in S central South America, flowing SE from S Bolivia along the boundary between Paraguay and Argentina to the Paraguay River at Asunción. 1000 miles (1610 km) long.
- polyomino — a polygon made from joining identical squares at their edges
- polyonymy — the employment of multiple names for the same thing or person
- presbyope — a person with presbyopia
- procyonid — any animal of the family Procyonidae, including the raccoons