10-letter words containing a, c, e, y
- cycle race — a competitive race between cyclists
- cycle rack — a series of metal frameworks standing on the ground for holding bicycles upright
- cyclopedia — encyclopedia
- cyma recta — a cyma whose concave part projects beyond the convex part.
- cynghanedd — a complex system of rhyme and alliteration used in Welsh verse
- cypripedia — any plant or flower of the genus Cypripedium
- cysteamine — a drug used to treat cystine excretion or radiation sickness
- cytarabine — a toxic synthetic nucleoside, C 9 H 13 N 3 O 5 , used as an immunosuppressive and cytotoxic agent in the treatment of certain leukemias.
- cytherea's — Aphrodite: so called because of her birth in the sea near Cythera.
- day ticket — a ticket that is valid for one day
- debauchery — You use debauchery to refer to the drinking of alcohol or to sexual activity if you disapprove of it or regard it as excessive.
- decadently — In a decadent manner.
- decagynian — having ten pistils or female organs of reproduction and belonging to the order Decagynia
- decastyles — Plural form of decastyle.
- decastylos — a decastyle building, as a classical temple.
- decay time — the time required for a collection of atoms of a particular radionuclide to decay to a fraction of the initial number equal to 1/e, where e = 2.7182818 …, used as the base of natural logarithms.
- decay-rate — the reciprocal of the decay time.
- declaredly — known to be; officially
- declassify — If secret documents or records are declassified, it is officially stated that they are no longer secret.
- decrassify — to make (something) less crass
- dedicatory — of or as a dedication
- degeneracy — If you refer to the behaviour of a group of people as degeneracy, you mean that you think it is shocking, immoral, or disgusting.
- delectably — delightful; highly pleasing; enjoyable: a delectable witticism.
- delicately — fine in texture, quality, construction, etc.: a delicate lace collar.
- dependancy — the state of being dependent; dependence.
- despicably — deserving to be despised, or regarded with distaste, disgust, or disdain; contemptible: He was a mean, despicable man, who treated his wife and children badly.
- detachably — in a detachable fashion
- detachedly — in a detached fashion
- detectably — In a way that can be detected.
- detractory — (now rare) That detracts from something; disparaging, depreciatory.
- disparency — (proscribed) A significant discrepancy.
- dyscrasite — an alloy of antimony and silver
- easy chair — an upholstered armchair for lounging.
- ecdysiasts — Plural form of ecdysiast.
- echography — a device that records oceanic depths by means of sonic waves.
- effeminacy — the state or quality of being effeminate.
- efficacity — efficacy.
- elasticity — The ability of an object or material to resume its normal shape after being stretched or compressed; stretchiness.
- embryo sac — the structure within a plant ovule that contains the egg cell: develops from the megaspore and contains the embryo plant and endosperm after fertilization
- embryulcia — the act of forcibly removing a fetus
- emetically — As an emetic; so as to induce vomiting.
- encyclical — A papal letter sent to all bishops of the Roman Catholic Church.
- epicalyces — Plural form of epicalyx.
- epicalyxes — Plural form of epicalyx.
- episcopacy — Government of a church by bishops.
- equivocacy — Equivocalness.
- erotically — In an erotic manner.
- erythraric — Tartaric.
- escalatory — tending to escalate
- escape key — a key on a computer keyboard used to leave a computer-program sequence before its end, in order to commence another sequence