11-letter words containing a, n, c, y
- canada lily — a lily, Lilium canadense, of NE North America, with small orange funnel-shaped nodding flowers
- canada lynx — a North American lynx (Lynx lynx canadensis) with tufted ears and a stubby tail
- canary seed — birdseed.
- cancelbunny — Cancelpoodle
- cancerously — In a cancerous manner; like a cancer; malignant; spreading.
- candleberry — bayberry (sense 1)
- candy apple — A candy apple is an apple coated with hard, red sugar syrup and fixed on a stick.
- candy floss — cotton candy.
- candy store — a shop solely or largely selling confectionery
- candy-assed — timid or cowardly; sissified.
- canonically — pertaining to, established by, or conforming to a canon or canons.
- canyon wind — a nocturnal, down-canyon flow of air caused by the cooling of the canyon walls. Compare valley wind.
- cape colony — the name from 1652 until 1910 of the former Cape Province of South Africa
- car journey — a trip or voyage made by automobile
- caravansary — in the Near and Middle East, a kind of inn with a large central court, where caravans stop for the night
- carbon copy — If you say that one person or thing is a carbon copy of another, you mean that they look or behave exactly like them.
- carbon-copy — a duplicate of anything written or typed, made by using a photocopier or, formerly, by using carbon paper. Abbreviation: cc. a copy of an email or other electronic document that is sent to one or more people in addition to the primary addressee. Abbreviation: cc.
- carbonylate — to introduce the carbonyl group into (a compound) through chemical reaction
- carbylamine — any of a group of organic cyanides containing the radical NC
- carcinology — the study of crustaceans
- cardinality — the property of possessing a cardinal number
- cardiodynia — pain in the heart region.
- caressingly — In a caressing manner; soothingly.
- carousingly — in a carousing manner
- carrying-on — unconventional or questionable behaviour
- carson city — a city in W Nevada, capital of the state. Pop: 55 311 (2003 est)
- casey jones — Anson [an-suh n] /ˈæn sən/ (Show IPA), 1798–1858, president of the Republic of Texas.
- cavernously — In a cavernous manner; like a cavern.
- cementatory — possessing the quality to firmly unite or cement
- chalcedonyx — a variety of chalcedony characterized by alternate stripes of black and white
- chancellery — A chancellery is the building where a chancellor has his offices.
- chancellory — Alternative spelling of chancellery.
- changefully — In a changeful manner.
- charactonym — a name given to a literary character that is descriptive of a quality or trait of the character.
- chardonnays — Plural form of chardonnay.
- charlatanry — charlatanism.
- cheap money — money lent at a low rate of interest
- chelyabinsk — an industrial city in SW Russia; in 2013 a large meteor exploded in an airburst over the city's surrounding district. Pop: 1 067 000 (2005 est)
- chieftaincy — the chief of a clan or a tribe.
- chieftainry — the area governed by a chieftain
- chikungunya — A viral disease resembling dengue, transmitted by mosquitoes and endemic in East Africa and parts of Asia.
- chimney cap — a raised cover for the top of a chimney, usually in the form of a slab or cornice.
- choanocytes — Plural form of choanocyte.
- christianly — like a Christian; Christianlike.
- chronically — constant; habitual; inveterate: a chronic liar.
- chrysarobin — a tasteless odourless powder containing anthraquinone derivatives of araroba, formerly used medicinally to treat chronic skin conditions
- chrysomonad — any golden-yellow to brown freshwater algae of the class Chrysomonadales (phylum Chrysophyta), living singly or in colonies; blooms may color the water brown.
- chymopapain — papain, esp. when injected into a slipped disk to dissolve pain-causing soft cartilage
- circinately — In a circinate fashion.
- clairvoyant — Someone who is believed to be clairvoyant is believed to know about future events or to be able to communicate with dead people.