10-letter words containing a, n, c, y
- malignancy — the quality or condition of being malignant.
- maniacally — of or relating to mania or a maniac.
- mason city — a city in N Iowa.
- matricliny — matrocliny.
- matrocliny — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the maternal parent (opposed to patrocliny).
- matronymic — metronymic.
- melancholy — sober thoughtfulness; pensiveness.
- melanocyte — a cell producing and containing melanin.
- menacingly — something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat: Air pollution is a menace to health.
- mendicancy — the practice of begging, as for alms.
- merchantry — (dated) The body of merchants taken collectively.
- miscellany — a miscellaneous collection or group of various or somewhat unrelated items.
- miscreancy — the state or condition of a miscreant; villainy.
- musicianly — In the manner of a musician.
- myasthenic — Of, pertaining to, or suffering from myasthenia.
- mycetozoan — myxomycete
- narcolepsy — a condition characterized by frequent and uncontrollable periods of deep sleep.
- nautically — of or relating to sailors, ships, or navigation: nautical terms.
- navy cross — a U.S. Navy decoration awarded for outstanding heroism in operations against an enemy.
- necrolatry — worship of the dead.
- necromancy — a method of divination through alleged communication with the dead; black art.
- necrophagy — The eating of dead or decaying animal flesh.
- nectocalyx — the swimming bell of a jellyfish
- nematocyst — an organ in coelenterates consisting of a minute capsule containing an ejectable thread that causes a sting.
- neocyanine — a dye used to make photographic emulsions sensitive to infrared radiation.
- newsagency — a business organization that gathers news for transmittal to its subscribers. Compare press association.
- nigromancy — black magic; demonic magic
- nondynamic — pertaining to or characterized by energy or effective action; vigorously active or forceful; energetic: the dynamic president of the firm.
- nonfaculty — a position that is not part of an academic faculty
- nonstarchy — Alternative spelling of non-starchy.
- nontypical — not typical; unusual
- nose candy — cocaine.
- notch baby — a person who was born in the U.S. between 1917 and 1921 and as a retiree received lower cost-of-living increases in Social Security than others after Congress readjusted Social Security benefits in 1977.
- noticeably — attracting notice or attention; capable of being noticed: a noticeable lack of interest.
- nyctalopia — night blindness.
- nyctalopic — (medicine) Unable to see clearly in low light; night-blind; suffering from nyctalopia.
- nyctinasty — (botany) The movement of leaves or petals in response to darkness; the closing of a flower at night.
- obstinancy — (rare) Obstinance; the characteristic of being obstinate.
- ocean city — a town in SE New Jersey.
- oceanicity — the degree to which the climate of a place is influenced by the sea.
- oceanology — the practical application of oceanography.
- octogenary — (obsolete) Of eighty years of age.
- open-carry — the practice of publicly carrying a gun or other weapon that is fully or partially visible.
- oppugnancy — opposing; antagonistic; contrary.
- organicity — noting or pertaining to a class of chemical compounds that formerly comprised only those existing in or derived from plants or animals, but that now includes all other compounds of carbon.
- oscitantly — in an oscitant manner
- osteomancy — A kind of divination by means of bones.
- overcanopy — to cover like a canopy
- parchingly — to make extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do.
- parenchyma — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.