11-letter words containing a, t, y, c
- labyrinthic — of, relating to, or resembling a labyrinth.
- lachrymator — a chemical substance that causes the shedding of tears, as tear gas.
- lackey moth — a bombycid moth, Malacosoma neustria, whose brightly striped larvae live at first in a communal web often on fruit trees, of which they may become a pest
- lacrimatory — of, relating to, or causing the shedding of tears.
- lady doctor — a doctor who is a female
- laminectomy — the surgical removal of part of the posterior arch of a vertebra to provide access to the spinal canal, as for the excision of a ruptured disk.
- laparectomy — excision of strips of the abdominal wall and suturing of the wounds so as to correct laxity of the abdominal muscles.
- last-cyclic — denoting rules that apply only to main clauses
- law faculty — the department or division of a university concerned with teaching law
- law society — association of lawyers
- league city — a town in S Texas.
- legacy duty — estate tax; inheritance tax
- leptodactyl — leptodactylous
- liberty cap — a soft, conical cap given to a freed slave in ancient Rome at manumission of his servitude, used as a symbol of liberty, especially since the 18th century.
- lieutenancy — the office, authority, incumbency, or jurisdiction of a lieutenant.
- locutionary — pertaining to the act of conveying semantic content in an utterance, considered as independent of the interaction between the speaker and the listener.
- lucratively — In a lucrative manner, profitably.
- lucubratory — Composed by candlelight, or at night.
- lycanthrope — a person affected with lycanthropy.
- lycanthropy — a delusion in which one imagines oneself to be a wolf or other wild animal.
- lythraceous — belonging to the Lythraceae, the loosestrife family of plants.
- macrodactyl — one of the group of wading birds, Macrodactyli
- macrophytes — Plural form of macrophyte.
- macrophytic — Relating to macrophytes.
- macrosystem — A programming system in which small constructs (macros) represent groups of machine instructions.
- maledictory — a curse; imprecation.
- malefactory — villainous
- mancipatory — relating to mancipation
- manducatory — Pertaining to, or employed in, chewing.
- manufactory — a factory.
- marc antony — Antony, Mark.
- marsh tacky — a small, sometimes half-wild horse of the coastal marshes.
- masculinity — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- master copy — an original copy, stencil, tape, etc, from which duplicates are made
- masticatory — of, relating to, or used in or for mastication.
- mastocytoma — A tumor consisting of mastocytes, commonly found in animals.
- matchlessly — In a matchless manner.
- matronymics — Plural form of matronymic.
- mccarthyism — the practice of making accusations of disloyalty, especially of pro-Communist activity, in many instances unsupported by proof or based on slight, doubtful, or irrelevant evidence.
- meiotically — Pertaining to, or during, meiosis.
- melanocytes — Plural form of melanocyte.
- melanocytic — Of or pertaining to melanocytes.
- meritocracy — an elite group of people whose progress is based on ability and talent rather than on class privilege or wealth.
- metaphysics — metaphysics.
- metapsychic — relating to metapsychics
- methacrylic — denoting a type of acid
- metonymical — having the nature of metonymy.
- micro-party — a small political party, esp one focusing on a single issue
- mimetically — In a mimetic manner.
- mithramycin — A particular antibiotic drug.