11-letter words containing a, n, c, y
- nyctinastic — (of the periodic movement of flowers or leaves ) caused by nightly changes in light intensity or temperature.
- nyctophobia — an abnormal fear of night or darkness.
- octagonally — In an octagonal manner.
- oneirically — In an oneiric fashion.
- oneiromancy — divination through dreams.
- onychomancy — a form of divination through use of the fingernails
- onychophagy — the habit of biting one's fingernails
- organically — in an organic manner.
- oxygen acid — oxyacid.
- pachysandra — any plant of the genus Pachysandra, as the Allegheny spurge or Japanese spurge, the leaves of which grow in a rounded clump, widely used as a ground cover in the U.S.
- panama city — Panama (def 2).
- pancake day — Christian calendar: Shrove Tuesday
- panegyrical — a lofty oration or writing in praise of a person or thing; eulogy.
- panegyricon — a collection of sermons
- panpsychism — a theory that all matter has some form of consciousness.
- panpsychist — someone who believes that all matter has an element of consciousness
- para-cymene — a colorless liquid, C 1 0 H 1 4 , derived from benzene, found in various essential oils, and obtained as a by-product of papermaking.
- paramountcy — chief in importance or impact; supreme; preeminent: a point of paramount significance.
- parenchymal — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
- paronychial — of or relating to paronychia
- patricianly — a person of noble or high rank; aristocrat.
- patsy cline — Patsy (Virginia Patterson Hensley) 1932–63, U.S. country singer.
- peace envoy — someone sent on a mission to end conflict or bring peace
- peachy keen — peachy (def 2).
- peachy-keen — peachy (def 2).
- pecan patty — a praline made with pecans.
- pectinately — in a pectinate manner
- pecuniarily — of or relating to money: pecuniary difficulties.
- penny black — the first adhesive postage stamp, issued in Britain in 1840; an imperforate stamp bearing the profile of Queen Victoria on a dark background
- pentacyclic — having five rings of atoms
- pentadactyl — having five digits on each hand or foot.
- pentahydric — (especially of alcohols and phenols) pentahydroxy.
- pertinacity — the quality of being pertinacious; persistence.
- pharyngitic — relating to the medical condition of pharyngitis that is characterized by pain and swelling of the pharynx
- phycocyanin — a blue protein pigment, found in algae, involved in the process of photosynthesis.
- phycophaein — a brownish pigment which is found in seaweed
- physiciancy — the position, job, or office of physician
- placatingly — in a placating manner
- plantocracy — government by plantation owners.
- platycnemia — (in the shinbone) the state of being laterally flattened.
- play-acting — Play-acting is behaviour where someone pretends to have attitudes or feelings that they do not really have.
- play-centre — a regular meeting of small children arranged by their parents or a welfare agency to give them an opportunity of supervised creative play
- policy loan — a loan made by a life-insurance company to a policyholder with the cash value of the policy serving as security.
- polyactinal — possessing many rays
- polynuclear — having many nuclei.
- polyvalence — Chemistry. having more than one valence.
- potvaliancy — brave only as a result of being drunk.
- preachingly — in a preaching manner, with preaching
- predynastic — of, relating to, or belonging to a time or period before the first dynasty of a nation, especially the period in Egypt before c3200 b.c.
- presanctify — to sanctify ahead of an event