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11-letter words containing a, c, e, t, y

  • bradypeptic — a person with slow digestion
  • butyraceous — of, containing, or resembling butter
  • caecotrophy — (biology) In certain mammals, especially rabbits and other lagomorphs, the consumption of food pellets which are naturally produced by means of digestion, retention in the caecum, and expulsion through the anus.
  • calefactory — giving warmth
  • calorimetry — measurement of the quantity of heat
  • calyptrogen — a layer of rapidly dividing cells at the tip of a plant root, from which the root cap is formed. It occurs in grasses and many other plants
  • candy store — a shop solely or largely selling confectionery
  • carbonylate — to introduce the carbonyl group into (a compound) through chemical reaction
  • carboxylate — any salt or ester of a carboxylic acid having a formula of the type M(RCOO)x, where M is a metal and R an organic group, or R1COOR2, where R1 and R2 are organic groups
  • cardiectomy — excision of the heart.
  • carry trade — a speculative transaction in which a trader buys the currency of a country with a high rate of interest and sells the currency of a country with a low rate of interest
  • caryopteris — any of various shrubs with small blue or white flowers of the genus Caryopteris, all found in S and E Asia
  • case system — a system followed by some languages, in which a set of grammatical categories, sometimes marked by inflection, indicates the relation of the noun, adjective, or pronoun to other words in the sentence
  • cathode ray — a flow of electrons emanating from a cathode in a vacuum tube and focused into a narrow beam.
  • causatively — acting as a cause; producing (often followed by of): a causative agency; an event causative of war.
  • celebratory — A celebratory meal, drink, or other activity takes place to celebrate something such as a birthday, anniversary, or victory.
  • celery salt — a seasoning made of salt and ground celery seed
  • celestially — pertaining to the sky or visible heaven, or to the universe beyond the earth’s atmosphere, as in celestial body.
  • cellularity — pertaining to or characterized by cellules or cells, especially minute compartments or cavities.
  • cementatory — possessing the quality to firmly unite or cement
  • cephalotomy — the dissection of the head
  • cerargyrite — a soft mineral, AgCl, that is an ore of silver; silver chloride
  • certifiably — capable of being certified.
  • chamaephyte — a plant whose buds are close to the ground
  • charityware — careware
  • chateauguay — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada, on the St. Lawrence.
  • chieftaincy — the chief of a clan or a tribe.
  • chieftainry — the area governed by a chieftain
  • choanocytes — Plural form of choanocyte.
  • circinately — In a circinate fashion.
  • city father — You can refer to a member of a city council or city's government as a city father.
  • cleistogamy — self-pollination and fertilization of an unopened flower, as in the flowers of the violet produced in summer
  • cleptocracy — Alternative form of kleptocracy.
  • coenzymatic — of or relating to coenzymes
  • colinearity — the state of being arranged in the same linear sequence
  • combatively — In a combative way.
  • compactedly — in a compacted manner
  • conjugately — In a conjugate manner.
  • contrariety — opposition between one thing and another; disagreement
  • contrayerva — the root of any of several tropical American moraceous plants of the genus Dorstenia, esp D. contrayerva, used as a stimulant and tonic
  • copy taster — a person who selects or approves text for publication, esp in a periodical
  • corporately — of, for, or belonging to a corporation or corporations: a corporate executive; She considers the new federal subsidy just corporate welfare.
  • cotemporary — contemporary
  • counterplay — a positive or aggressive action by the defending side, esp in chess
  • countrymade — (in India) Describing a weapon manufactured illegally in a cottage industry.
  • countryseat — a house or estate in the country
  • county seat — A county seat is the same as a county town.
  • craniectomy — the surgical removal of a part of the skull to facilitate brain surgery, the bone then being discarded rather than replaced
  • craniometry — the study and measurement of skulls
  • creationary — Of or relating to creation.
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