13-letter words containing a, c, e, y
- mycobacterial — (medicine) Of or pertaining to mycobacteria.
- mycobacterium — A bacterium of a group that includes the causative agents of leprosy and tuberculosis.
- nanochemistry — (chemistry) The synthesis, analysis and characterization of chemical compounds at the nanoscale.
- naval academy — a collegiate institution for training naval officers.
- necktie party — a lynching or other execution by hanging.
- neuroatypical — Having an atypical neurological configuration.
- nithiocyamine — Amoscanate.
- non-democracy — government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.
- noncreativity — a lack of creativity
- nonhaemolytic — relating to a transfusion reaction in which the red blood cells survive
- nonhysterical — not hysterical or funny
- nonrecyclable — Not recyclable.
- nonsensically — (of words or language) having little or no meaning; making little or no sense: A baby's babbling is appealingly nonsensical.
- nonsystematic — Not systematic.
- norway spruce — a European spruce, Picea abies, having shiny, dark-green needles, grown as an ornamental.
- noticeability — The quality of being easy to see or notice.
- novocentenary — a nine-hundredth anniversary
- nymphaeaceous — belonging to the Nymphaeaceae, the water lily family of plants.
- objectionably — causing or tending to cause an objection, disapproval, or protest.
- obstetrically — (medicine) In terms of obstetrics.
- octocentenary — pertaining to 800 or a period of 800 years; marking the completion of 800 years.
- octosyllables — Plural form of octosyllable.
- oleyl alcohol — an unsaturated, fatty alcohol, derived from oleic acid, C 1 8 H 3 6 O, used chiefly in organic synthesis.
- olympic games — international sports event
- once and away — conclusively
- opera company — a company that puts on productions of operas
- orchesography — a written study of dancing
- orthoepically — In terms of correct pronunciation.
- over-analytic — pertaining to or proceeding by analysis (opposed to synthetic).
- oystercatcher — any of several long-billed wading birds of the genus Haematopus that have chiefly black-and-white plumage and that feed on oysters, clams, mussels, etc.
- palaeocrystic — consisting of former glacial formation
- palaeoecology — the study of fossil animals and plants in order to deduce their ecology and the environmental conditions in which they lived
- pancreatotomy — incision of the pancreas.
- parasynthetic — the formation of a word by the addition of a derivational suffix to a phrase or compound, as of greathearted, which is great heart plus -ed.
- parry channel — a water channel in N Canada running between Baffin Bay on the E and the Arctic Ocean on the W: separates the Queen Elizabeth Islands (N) from the rest of the Arctic Archipelago.
- parsley sauce — a white sauce containing chopped parsley
- parthenocarpy — the production of fruit without fertilization of an egg in the ovary.
- party machine — the internal organization of a political party, which decides its policies and directs its activities
- party-colored — having different colors in different areas or patches; variegated: a parti-colored dress.
- pascal celery — any of several large, dark-green varieties of celery with firm, crisp stalks
- pastry cutter — a cutter that is used to cut pastry into shapes
- pathogenicity — the disease-producing capacity of a pathogen.
- pay structure — a collection of pay grades or bands, which set out the different levels of pay for workers in a certain profession, etc
- pay the check — When a customer pays the check in a restaurant, they pay the amount that they owe for their meal.
- pay-per-click — a system used to set prices for online advertisements on a search engine or other website, by which the advertiser pays a small fee to the website publisher each time a user clicks on the advertisement.
- pedagogically — of or relating to a pedagogue or pedagogy.
- pedal cyclist — a person who rides a pedal cycle, as opposed to a motorcycle
- peirastically — in a peirastic manner
- pencil crayon — coloured pencil
- penobscot bay — an inlet of the Atlantic in S Maine. 30 miles (48 km) long.