10-letter words containing a, t, y, c
- macrophyte — a plant, especially a marine plant, large enough to be visible to the naked eye.
- magistracy — the office or function of a magistrate.
- mammectomy — mastectomy.
- mason city — a city in N Iowa.
- mastectomy — the operation of removing all or part of the breast or mamma.
- match play — play in which the score is reckoned by counting the holes won by each side.
- matriarchy — a family, society, community, or state governed by women.
- matricliny — matrocliny.
- matrocliny — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the maternal parent (opposed to patrocliny).
- matronymic — metronymic.
- megalocyte — (physiology) A large, flattened corpuscle, twice the diameter of the ordinary red corpuscle, found in considerable numbers in the blood in profound anemia.
- melanocyte — a cell producing and containing melanin.
- merchantry — (dated) The body of merchants taken collectively.
- mercy seat — Bible: Golden covering on the Arc of Covenant
- mercy-seat — Bible. the gold covering on the ark of the covenant, regarded as the resting place of God. Ex. 25:17–22. the throne of God.
- metaphysic — metaphysics.
- metrically — pertaining to meter or poetic measure.
- musicality — of, relating to, or producing music: a musical instrument.
- myasthenic — Of, pertaining to, or suffering from myasthenia.
- mycetozoan — myxomycete
- mydriatics — Plural form of mydriatic.
- myoblastic — of or relating to a myoblast or myoblasts
- myrtaceous — belonging to the Myrtaceae, the myrtle family of plants. Compare myrtle family.
- mystagogic — someone who instructs others before initiation into religious mysteries or before participation in the sacraments.
- mystically — mystic; of or relating to supernatural agencies, affairs, occurrences, etc.: a strange, mystical experience.
- mythically — pertaining to, of the nature of, or involving a myth.
- mythoclast — a destroyer or debunker of myths.
- nautically — of or relating to sailors, ships, or navigation: nautical terms.
- necrolatry — worship of the dead.
- 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.
- nonfaculty — a position that is not part of an academic faculty
- nonstarchy — Alternative spelling of non-starchy.
- nontypical — not typical; unusual
- 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.
- octaploidy — the fact of having or containing eight groups or sets of chromosomes
- octogenary — (obsolete) Of eighty years of age.
- officialty — the office, jurisdiction, or charge of an official
- 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
- osculatory — to come into close contact or union.
- osteomancy — A kind of divination by means of bones.
- oyster cap — an edible, brownish-gray to white mushroom, Pleurotus ostreatus, that grows in clusters on fallen trees and their stumps.