10-letter words containing a, n, c, y
- catalysing — Present participle of catalyse.
- catalyzing — Present participle of catalyze.
- catchpenny — designed to have instant appeal, esp in order to sell quickly and easily without regard for quality
- cautionary — A cautionary story or a cautionary note to a story is one that is intended to give a warning to people.
- cavalryman — A cavalryman is a soldier who is in the cavalry, especially one who rides a horse.
- cavalrymen — a soldier in the cavalry.
- centrality — the state or condition of being central
- certainity — Misspelling of certainty.
- certaynely — Archaic spelling of certainly.
- cessionary — a person to whom something is transferred; assignee; grantee
- ceylon tea — a tea from Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)
- chaffingly — in a rallying yet light-hearted manner
- chalcedony — a microcrystalline often greyish form of quartz with crystals arranged in parallel fibres: a gemstone. Formula: SiO2
- chandlerly — like, or pertaining to, a chandler
- change key — a key opening only one lock.
- changeably — liable to change or to be changed; variable.
- chaplaincy — A chaplaincy is the building or office in which a chaplain works.
- chardonnay — a white grape originally grown in the Burgundy region of France, and now throughout the wine-producing world
- charmingly — In a charming manner.
- chemonasty — the nastic movement of a plant in response to a chemical stimulus
- china clay — kaolin.
- chinaberry — a spreading Asian meliaceous tree, Melia azedarach, widely grown in the US for its ornamental white or purple flowers and beadlike yellow fruits
- chiromancy — palmistry
- choanocyte — any of the flagellated cells in sponges that maintain a flow of water through the body. A collar of protoplasm surrounds the base of the flagellum
- chrysophan — a glucoside that is bitter to the taste and yellow in colour
- clankingly — With a clanking sound.
- clannishly — In a clannish manner.
- clarifying — to make (an idea, statement, etc.) clear or intelligible; to free from ambiguity.
- clashingly — In a clashing manner.
- clay stone — argillite.
- claymation — the techniques of animation applied to clay models
- claystones — argillite.
- cleromancy — a divination involving dice-throwing or lot-casting
- clinically — pertaining to a clinic.
- cluny lace — a strong heavy silk and cotton bobbin lace made at Cluny or elsewhere
- co-payment — payment required of an insured person for that portion of medical expenses not paid by the insurance company; specif., a fixed fee required for each prescription, visit to a doctor, etc.
- coenzyme a — a constituent of biological cells that functions as the agent of acylation in metabolic reactions
- cognizably — In a cognizable manner.
- colonially — In a colonial manner.
- colwyn bay — a town and resort in N Wales, in Conwy county borough. Pop: 30 269 (2001)
- commandery — a manor under the charge of a commander of a religious military order of knights
- commentary — A commentary is a description of an event that is broadcast on radio or television while the event is taking place.
- commonalty — the ordinary people as distinct from those with authority, rank, or title, esp when considered as a political and social unit or estate of the realm
- commorancy — a dwelling in a place; usual or temporary residence in a place.
- communally — used or shared in common by everyone in a group: a communal jug of wine.
- companying — Present participle of company.
- compliancy — compliance (defs 1, 2, 4).
- conciliary — conciliar
- condylarth — any of the primitive ungulate mammals of the extinct order Condylarthra, from the Paleocene and Eocene epochs, having a slender body, low-crowned teeth, and five-toed feet, each toe ending in a small hoof.
- condylomas — Plural form of condyloma.