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13-letter words containing a, c, e, y

  • estate agency — business that sells property
  • ethologically — In an ethological manner.
  • ethyl acetate — a colourless volatile flammable fragrant liquid ester, made from acetic acid and ethanol: used in perfumes and flavourings and as a solvent for plastics, etc. Formula: CH3COOC2H5
  • ethyl alcohol — ethanol, alcohol
  • etiologically — In an etiological manner; determined on an etiological basis.
  • evangelically — In an evangelical manner, concerning evangelism.
  • exceptionally — To a greater degree than normal; unusually.
  • excludability — The ability to be excluded.
  • excoriatingly — So as to excoriate.
  • executive pay — the money that an executive of an organization gets as wages or salary
  • exercise yard — a piece of enclosed ground in a prison on which inmates can exercise in order to get fit and to remain healthy
  • explicability — The state of being explicable.
  • explicatively — in an explicative or explanatory manner
  • extrasystolic — Relating to extrasystole, the premature contraction of the heart.
  • extrinsically — In an extrinsic manner.
  • face validity — the extent to which a psychological test appears to measure what it is intended to measure
  • factory price — the price quoted for manufactured goods for pickup at the gate of a factory, before certain handling, shipping, and similar costs.
  • factory-fresh — coming directly from the factory; brand new
  • facultatively — In a facultative manner.
  • false economy — an attempt to save money which actually leads to greater expense
  • family circle — the closely related members of a family as a group.
  • family credit — (formerly, in Britain) a means-tested allowance paid to low-earning families with one or more dependent children and one or both parents in work: replaced by Working Families' Tax Credit in 1999
  • ferricyanogen — (chemistry) A hexavalent radical, Fe2(CN)12, a compound of cyanogen and iron in the ferric state.
  • ferrocyanogen — a ferrocyanide radical
  • ferry company — a company that operates a ferry or ferries
  • fish hatchery — a facility where fish eggs are hatched and the fry raised, especially to stock lakes, streams, and ponds.
  • flying saucer — any of various disk-shaped objects allegedly seen flying at high speeds and altitudes, often with extreme changes in speed and direction, and thought by some to be manned by intelligent beings from outer space.
  • flying tackle — a tackle made by hurling one's body through the air at the player carrying the ball.
  • french pastry — fine, rich, or fancy dessert pastry, especially made from puff paste and filled with cream or fruit preparations.
  • futurity race — a race for two-year-old horses in which the entries are selected before birth
  • galactic year — the duration of a complete rotation of the Milky Way, approximately 200 million years.
  • genotypically — With reference to a genotype.
  • geochemically — In a geochemical manner.
  • geometrically — of or relating to geometry or to the principles of geometry.
  • geophysically — In a geophysical manner; in terms of geophysics.
  • gesticulatory — Making a lot of gesticulations.
  • glove factory — a factory where gloves are made
  • glyceric acid — a colorless, syrupy liquid, C 3 H 6 O 4 , obtained by oxidizing glycerol.
  • grand larceny — larceny in which the value of the goods taken is above a certain legally specified amount.
  • graphemically — In terms of or by means of graphemes.
  • gravity scale — a scale giving the relative density of fluids
  • gray eminence — a person who wields unofficial power, especially through another person and often surreptitiously or privately.
  • great society — the goal of the Democratic Party under the leadership of President Lyndon B. Johnson, chiefly to enact domestic programs to improve education, provide medical care for the aged, and eliminate poverty.
  • gynaecologist — (UK, Canada, dated in US) A physician who specialises in diseases of the female reproductive system.
  • gynaecomastia — abnormal overdevelopment of the breasts in a man
  • gynaecophobia — (psychology) An irrational fear of women.
  • gynecocracies — Plural form of gynecocracy.
  • gynecological — the branch of medical science that deals with the health maintenance and diseases of women, especially of the reproductive organs. Abbreviation: GYN, gyn.
  • gyrocompasses — Plural form of gyrocompass.
  • hackney coach — hackney (def 1).
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