8-letter words containing a, c, y
- apyretic — without fever
- archways — Plural form of archway.
- arcology — a type of architecture concerned with the design of enormous vertical cities that maximize population density and so preserve the surrounding countryside
- aruspicy — haruspicy.
- arythmic — relating to arythmia
- astucity — Craftiness; astuteness.
- atrocity — An atrocity is a very cruel, shocking action.
- atypical — Someone or something that is atypical is not typical of its kind.
- audacity — Audacity is audacious behaviour.
- autarchy — unlimited rule; autocracy
- auxocyte — any cell undergoing meiosis, esp an oocyte or spermatocyte
- ayacucho — a city in SE Peru: nearby is the site of the battle (1824) that won independence for Peru. Pop: 150 000 (2005 est)
- aycliffe — a town in Co Durham: founded as a new town in 1947. Pop (including Newton Aycliffe): 25 655 (2001)
- babycino — a drink of frothy milk with a chocolate topping, designed as an alternative to coffee for young children
- back bay — a small bay or inlet of a lake
- back pay — Back pay is money which an employer owes an employee for work that he or she did in the past.
- backstay — a stay leading aft from the upper part of a mast to the deck or stern
- backyard — A backyard is an area of land at the back of a house.
- bacronym — Alternative spelling of backronym.
- ballclay — a type of fine-grained clay suitable for making ceramics
- balywick — Alternative form of bailiwick.
- baryonic — of or relating to a baryon
- basicity — the state of being a base
- bay city — a lake port in E Michigan, near the mouth of the Saginaw River.
- beachboy — a male lifeguard on a beach
- biacetyl — a liquid with a strong, butter-like odour
- billycan — Also called billy club. a police officer's club or baton.
- blackfly — a black aphid, Aphis fabae, that infests beans, sugar beet, and other plants
- blatancy — a blatant quality or thing
- buccally — from the point of view of the cheek or mouth
- buckstay — a beam held by stays to the exterior of a masonry wall, as that of a furnace or boiler, to keep the adjacent areas of the wall from being forced outward.
- buoyance — the power to float or rise in a fluid; relative lightness.
- buoyancy — Buoyancy is the ability that something has to float on a liquid or in the air.
- buy-back — A buy-back is a situation in which a company buys shares back from its investors.
- by-catch — unwanted fish and other sea animals caught in a fishing net along with the desired kind of fish
- ca'canny — moderation or wariness
- cabbagey — resembling a cabbage
- cableway — a system for moving people or bulk materials in which suspended cars, buckets, etc, run on cables that extend between terminal towers
- cacodoxy — an erroneous doctrine or heterodoxy
- cacology — a bad choice of words; faulty speech
- caconymy — the practice of coining caconyms
- caddying — Present participle of caddy.
- caducity — perishableness
- caecally — with relation to the caecum
- cajolery — persuasion by flattery or promises; wheedling; coaxing.
- calamary — a squid: so called from its pen-shaped skeleton
- calamity — A calamity is an event that causes a great deal of damage, destruction, or personal distress.
- calbayog — a city in the Philippines, on NW Samar.
- calendry — a place where calendering is carried out
- calidity — warmth