English words starting with my

Meanings of My:

combining form

Variant spelling of myo- shortened before a vowel (as in myalgia ).

abbreviation

Motor yacht.

Usage examples:

My fleury

possessive determiner

Belonging to or associated with the speaker.

Usage examples:

My name is john

pronoun

Belonging to or connected with me; the possessive form of i, used before a noun

Usage examples:

I think about my father and my mother., he wanted to be my friend., my mind went absolutely blank.,…

Meanings of My pleasure:

idiom

A polite way of replying to someone who has thanked you

Usage examples:

"it was so kind of you to give us a lift." "don't mention it - it was a pleasure."

Meanings of My way or the highway:

phrase

Said to assert the view that there is no alternative (apart from leaving) but to accept the speaker's opinions or policies.

Usage examples:

They know no way but the way of the autocrat—it's my way or the highway

idiom

Used for saying that someone will only accept their own way of doing something

Usage examples:

Some coaches say, "it's my way or the highway"., people say he is unbending, that it's his way or t…

Meanings of Myal:

adjective

Designating a person or thing involved in or associated with the practice of myalism.

noun

Myalism; a dance associated with this cult or belief.

Meanings of Myalgia:

noun

Pain in a muscle or group of muscles.

Usage examples:

He complained of weakness and myalgia

Meanings of Myalgic:

noun

→  chronic fatigue syndrome

Meanings of Myalism:

noun

A jamaican folk religion focused on the power of ancestors, typically involving drumming, dancing, spirit possession, ritual sacrifice, and herbalism.

Usage examples:

He was sometimes called upon by other missionaries to travel to distant places during a revival of …

Meanings of Myall:

noun

An australian acacia tree with silvery foliage sometimes used as fodder.

Meanings of Myasis:

noun

Infestation with maggots; an instance of this; a lesion caused by this.

Meanings of Myasthenic:

adjective

Of, relating to, characteristic of, or suffering from myasthenia, specifically myasthenia gravis.

noun

A person who suffers from myasthenia, specifically myasthenia gravis.

Meanings of Mycelia:

noun

The vegetative part of a fungus, consisting of a network of fine white filaments (hyphae).

Usage examples:

One to five weeks after the grass seeds germinate, the mycelium, or vegetative filaments of the fun…

Meanings of Mycelian:

adjective

Mycelial.

Meanings of Mycelioid:

adjective

Mycelial.

Meanings of Mycelium:

noun

The vegetative part of a fungus, consisting of a network of fine white filaments (hyphae).

Usage examples:

One to five weeks after the grass seeds germinate, the mycelium, or vegetative filaments of the fun…

Meanings of Mycenaean:

adjective

Relating to or denoting a late bronze age civilization in greece represented by finds at mycenae and other ancient cities of the peloponnese.

Usage examples:

It was during this period that minoan civilization of crete and the mycenean civilization of mainla…

noun

An inhabitant of mycenae or member of the mycenaean people.

Usage examples:

Other sources, of course, could have influenced the mycenaeans, not least egyptian painting, as has…

Meanings of Mycetes:

noun

With plural agreement. originally: fungi and bacteria (considered as a division of the vegetable kingdom). now: specifically fungi, especially microscopic pathogenic fungi.

Meanings of Mycetism:

noun

Poisoning caused by the ingestion of toxic mushrooms; an instance of this.

Meanings of Mycetocyte:

noun

Any of the large cells found in certain insects, especially homopteran bugs and bird lice, which contain symbiotic microorganisms, usually yeasts or bacteria, and sometimes form a distinct organ (a mycetome).

Meanings of Mycetogenous:

adjective

Caused by fungi.

Meanings of Mycetoma:

noun

Chronic inflammation of the tissues caused by infection with a fungus or with certain bacteria.

Usage examples:

It is frequently helpful to evaluate the lung apices for the presence of infection and especially m…

Meanings of Mycetomatous:

adjective

Of the nature of or affected by (a) mycetoma.

Meanings of Mycetome:

noun

An organ consisting of an aggregation of mycetocytes, found in certain insects.

Meanings of Mycetophagous:

adjective

= mycophagous .

Meanings of Mycetophilid:

noun

A fly of the dipteran family mycetophilidae comprising the fungus gnats, whose larvae feed chiefly on fungi.

adjective

Of or relating to the family mycetophilidae.

Meanings of Mycetozoa:

noun

With singular agreement: a taxon comprising slime moulds. with plural agreement: members of this taxon collectively. compare earlier myxogastres , "myxomycetes".