9-letter words containing a, c, e, y
- preachify — to preach in an obtrusive or tedious way.
- preachily — in a preachy fashion
- precatory — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or expressing entreaty or supplication: precatory overtures.
- predacity — predatory; rapacious.
- pregnancy — the state, condition, or quality of being pregnant.
- pyroceram — a strong heat-resistant glass which has been heat-treated so that it is made up of microscopic crystalline domains
- radectomy — excision of part or all of the root of a tooth.
- ready-cut — (of wood, tiles, glass, etc) cut to size before being sold
- recreancy — cowardly or craven.
- recusancy — the state of being recusant.
- recyclate — material that is recyclable
- relevancy — the condition of being relevant, or connected with the matter at hand: Some traditional institutions of the media lack relevance in this digital age.
- revocably — that may be revoked.
- samoyedic — of or relating to the Samoyed people or languages.
- say grace — say prayer before meal
- say uncle — a brother of one's father or mother.
- scrape by — If someone scrapes by, they earn just enough money to live on with difficulty.
- seannachy — Highland genealogist, chronicler, or bard
- secondary — next after the first in order, place, time, etc.
- secretary — a person, usually an official, who is in charge of the records, correspondence, minutes of meetings, and related affairs of an organization, company, association, etc.: the secretary of the Linguistic Society of America.
- secularly — of or relating to worldly things or to things that are not regarded as religious, spiritual, or sacred; temporal: secular interests.
- sequacity — following with smooth or logical regularity.
- sergeancy — the position or rank of a sergeant
- slack-key — a style of Hawaiian popular music played on an acoustic guitar with strings tuned to notes lower than standard guitar tuning for more bass resonance.
- sluiceway — a channel controlled by a sluice gate.
- soy sauce — a salty, fermented sauce prepared from soybeans, used in East Asian cuisine.
- specially — of a distinct or particular kind or character: a special kind of key.
- specialty — a special or distinctive quality, mark, state, or condition.
- speechway — a pattern, style, or feature of spoken language shared by the people of a particular group or area.
- subagency — an organization, company, or bureau that provides some service for another: a welfare agency.
- supremacy — the state of being supreme.
- syncopate — Music. to place (the accents) on beats that are normally unaccented. to treat (a passage, piece, etc.) in this way.
- syndicate — a group of individuals or organizations combined or making a joint effort to undertake some specific duty or carry out specific transactions or negotiations: The local furniture store is individually owned, but is part of a buying syndicate.
- tachylyte — a black, glassy form of basalt, readily fusible and of a high luster.
- tachypnea — excessively rapid respiration.
- tactilely — in a tactile manner
- tea caddy — a small box, can, or chest for holding tea leaves.
- teachably — in a teachable manner
- teacherly — characteristic of or pertaining to a teacher; pedagogic.
- telically — in a purposeful manner
- tetrarchy — any ruler of a fourth part, division, etc.
- thackeray — William Makepeace [meyk-pees] /ˈmeɪkˌpis/ (Show IPA), 1811–63, English novelist, born in India.
- the fancy — those who follow a particular sport, esp prize fighting
- theocracy — a form of government in which God or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler, the God's or deity's laws being interpreted by the ecclesiastical authorities.
- theocrasy — a mixture of religious forms and deities by worshipers.
- theomachy — a battle with or among the gods.
- theomancy — divination or prophecy by an oracle or by people directly inspired by a god
- thylacine — a wolflike marsupial, Thylacinus cynocephalus, of Tasmania, tan-colored with black stripes across the back: probably extinct.
- tracheary — using tracheae to breathe
- trancedly — in a trancelike manner