9-letter words containing a, n, c, y
- dionysiac — of or relating to the Dionysia or to Dionysus; Bacchic.
- dominancy — rule; control; authority; ascendancy.
- dry-clean — to clean (garments, draperies, rugs, etc.) with a liquid other than water, as benzine or gasoline.
- dubitancy — doubt; uncertainty
- dynamical — Dynamic.
- dynamitic — relating to dynamite or those who use dynamite for illegal reasons
- ear candy — Slang. pleasant, melodic pop music.
- enzymatic — Of, relating to, or caused by enzymes.
- excitancy — the ability to excite or stimulate
- exultancy — Exultance, exultation.
- eye candy — sb, sth attractive
- facundity — (archaic) eloquence; readiness of speech.
- faineancy — Synonym of faineance.
- fancy dan — a flashy, ostentatious person, often one who lacks real skill, etc.
- fancy man — a woman's lover.
- fancywork — ornamental needlework.
- flagrancy — shockingly noticeable or evident; obvious; glaring: a flagrant error.
- flippancy — frivolously disrespectful, shallow, or lacking in seriousness; characterized by levity: The audience was shocked by his flippant remarks about patriotism.
- fragrancy — fragrance (def 1).
- franticly — desperate or wild with excitement, passion, fear, pain, etc.; frenzied.
- funny car — type of drag racing
- gaycation — a holiday specifically designed for the gay market
- generalcy — the office or tenure of a general.
- genically — by a genic process
- glycation — (biochemistry) non-enzymatic reaction of a sugar and an amine group of a protein to form a glycoprotein.
- gunnysack — a sack made of gunny or burlap.
- gymnastic — of or relating to physical exercises that develop and demonstrate strength, balance, and agility, especially such exercises performed mostly on special equipment.
- gynaeceum — (among the ancient Greeks) the part of a dwelling used by women.
- gynaecoid — Characteristic of a woman.
- gynarchic — relating to gynarchy or rule by women
- gynobasic — an elevation of the receptacle of a flower, bearing the gynoecium.
- gynocracy — gynarchy.
- gyrfalcon — a large falcon, Falco rusticolus, of arctic and subarctic regions, having white, gray, or blackish color phases: now greatly reduced in number.
- gyromancy — a method of prediction or prophecy in which a person moves round and round in a circle and the place at which they fall to the ground is said to be highly significant
- habitancy — the act or fact of inhabiting; inhabitancy.
- hackneyed — let out, employed, or done for hire.
- halcyonic — calm; peaceful; tranquil: halcyon weather.
- halomancy — Divination by use of salt. This is the origin for the superstition of spilled salt.
- handcarry — to carry or deliver by hand, as for security reasons: The ambassador hand-carried a message from the president.
- haycation — A vacation stay on a farm, in which guests often help out with daily farm tasks.
- hercynian — denoting a period of mountain building in Europe in the late Palaeozoic
- hesitancy — hesitation; indecision or disinclination.
- honeycake — A cake made with honey, especially as a Rosh Hashanah tradition.
- hyacinths — Plural form of hyacinth.
- hynagogic — Misspelling of hypnagogic.
- hypomanic — Afflicted with a mild state of mania.
- hyrcanian — an ancient province of the Persian empire, SE of the Caspian Sea.
- immanency — remaining within; indwelling; inherent.
- incapably — In an incapable manner.
- incurably — not curable; that cannot be cured, remedied, or corrected: an incurable disease.