11-letter words containing a, c, y
- alcyonarian — any of various colonial anthozoans of the subclass Alcyonaria with eight tentacles and other body parts in branches or segments of eight
- aleuromancy — (in ancient times) the use of flour as a means of divination.
- alpha cygni — Deneb
- alpha decay — the radioactive decay process resulting in emission of alpha particles
- alt.country — a genre of country music originating in the 1990s and influenced by both early country music and contemporary rock music
- ambivalency — uncertainty or fluctuation, especially when caused by inability to make a choice or by a simultaneous desire to say or do two opposite or conflicting things.
- amblyoscope — an instrument used to train an amblyopic eye to function properly.
- amicability — characterized by or showing goodwill; friendly; peaceable: an amicable settlement.
- amoebocytes — Plural form of amoebocyte.
- amoxycillin — Obsolete spelling of amoxicillin.
- amphictyony — (in ancient Greece) a religious association of states for the maintenance of temples and the cults connected with them
- amylopectin — the major component of starch (about 80 per cent), consisting of branched chains of glucose units. It is insoluble and gives a red-brown colour with iodine
- amyotrophic — (medicine) Characterized by atrophy of the muscles.
- anaglyptics — (arts) The art of carving or embossing in low relief.
- analyticity — the property of being analytic
- ancestrally — Pertaining to ancestry.
- anchor baby — a term used to refer to a baby born to an undocumented mother in a country where the baby becomes a citizen at birth, especially when the birth is planned to facilitate eventual legal residency for the family.
- anchor buoy — a buoy used to indicate the location of an underwater anchor.
- and company — You can say and company after mentioning a person's name, to refer also to the people who are associated with that person.
- anecdotally — in an anecdotal manner
- anencephaly — congenital malformation of the skull with absence of all or part of the brain
- angelically — of or belonging to angels: the angelic host.
- anisodactyl — (of the feet of passerine birds) having the first toe directed backwards and the other three toes directed forwards
- antecedency — the fact or condition of being antecedent
- anthocyanin — any of a class of water-soluble glycosidic pigments, esp those responsible for the red and blue colours in flowers. They are closely related to vitamins E and P
- antiboycott — opposed to boycotts
- anticruelty — the prevention of or opposition to cruelty
- anticryptic — serving to conceal an animal from its prey.
- anticyclone — An anticyclone is an area of high atmospheric pressure which causes settled weather conditions and, in summer, clear skies and high temperatures.
- antimycotic — That inhibits the growth of fungi; antifungal.
- antipyretic — preventing or alleviating fever
- antipyrotic — relieving the pain and stimulating the healing of burns.
- antisecrecy — opposed to secrecy, particularly in government
- antitypical — something that is foreshadowed by a type or symbol, as a New Testament event prefigured in the Old Testament.
- anxiolytics — Plural form of anxiolytic.
- aphetically — (linguistics) In an aphetic way: through aphesis.
- apicoectomy — a surgical procedure to remove the end of a tooth root in endodontic therapy.
- apocalypses — Plural form of apocalypse.
- apocalyptic — Apocalyptic means relating to the total destruction of something, especially of the world.
- apocynthion — the point at which a spacecraft in lunar orbit is farthest from the moon
- applicatory — suitable for application
- appreciably — sufficient to be readily perceived or estimated; considerable: There is an appreciable difference between socialism and communism.
- appropriacy — the condition of delicate and precise fittingness of a word or expression to its context, even when it is chosen from a number of close synonyms
- aquatically — in an aquatic manner
- arachnology — the study of arachnids
- archaeocyte — (in sponges) a type of amoebocyte capable of developing into other types of cells, especially reproductive cells.
- archaeology — Archaeology is the study of the societies and peoples of the past by examining the remains of their buildings, tools, and other objects.
- archaically — marked by the characteristics of an earlier period; antiquated: an archaic manner; an archaic notion.
- archeometry — the branch of archaeology that deals with the dating of archaeological specimens through specific techniques, as radiocarbon dating and amino-acid dating.
- arcticology — the scientific study of the Polar Regions.