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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 clinePatsy (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
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