9-letter words that end in my
- ostectomy — excision of part or all of a bone.
- osteotomy — the dividing of a bone, or the excision of part of it.
- pantagamy — a communal marriage system amongst members of a community or household
- phytotomy — the study of the internal structure or anatomy of plants
- plutonomy — the study of economics or the production of wealth
- polyonymy — the employment of multiple names for the same thing or person
- pulpotomy — the removal of infected portions of the pulp tissue in a tooth, used as a therapeutic measure to avoid pulpectomy.
- radectomy — excision of part or all of the root of a tooth.
- rhizotomy — the surgical section or cutting of the spinal nerve roots, usually posterior or sensory roots, to eliminate pain.
- stomatomy — stomatotomy.
- taphonomy — the circumstances and processes of fossilization.
- taxidermy — the art of preparing and preserving the skins of animals and of stuffing and mounting them in lifelike form.
- teknonymy — the practice among certain peoples of renaming a parent after a child.
- teleonomy — Biology. the principle that the body's structures and functions serve an overall purpose, as in assuring the survival of the organism.
- thingummy — You refer to something or someone as thingummy, thingummyjig or thingummybob when you do not know or cannot be bothered to use the proper word or name for them.
- thyrotomy — incision or splitting of the thyroid cartilage; laryngotomy.
- topectomy — excision of part of the cerebral cortex for the relief of unmanageable pain or especially as a treatment for certain mental disorders.
- tubectomy — salpingectomy.
- tylectomy — the surgical excision of a lump or tumour
- uterotomy — an incision of the uterus performed through the stomach, as in a Caesarean section
- vasectomy — excision of the vas deferens, or of a portion of it: performed to effect sterility in men.
- vaxectomy — (jargon) /vak-sek't*-mee/ (By analogy with "vasectomy") Removal of a VAX. DEC's Microvaxen, especially, are much slower than newer RISC-based workstations such as the SPARC. Thus, if one knows one has a replacement coming, VAX removal can be cause for celebration.