11-letter words containing a, t, y, c
- benactyzine — a crystalline drug, C20H25NO3, used to make tranquilizers
- benefactory — relating to a benefactor; beneficial
- bicentenary — A bicentenary is a year in which you celebrate something important that happened exactly two hundred years earlier.
- bioactivity — any effect on, interaction with, or response from living tissue.
- biocatalyst — a chemical, esp an enzyme, that initiates or increases the rate of a biochemical reaction
- blastochyle — the fluid in a blastocoel
- block party — A block party is an outdoor party for all the residents of a block or neighborhood.
- body cavity — the internal cavity of any multicellular animal that contains the digestive tract, heart, kidneys, etc. In vertebrates it develops from the coelom
- body combat — a type of fitness programme in which individuals perform non-contact martial arts moves to music
- booby hatch — a hoodlike covering for a hatchway on a ship
- botanically — Also, botanic. of, pertaining to, made from, or containing plants: botanical survey; botanical drugs.
- botanomancy — a form of divination in which tree branches or leaves are burnt
- brachyodont — (of mammals, such as humans) having teeth with short crowns
- bradypeptic — a person with slow digestion
- buccinatory — relating to a trumpeter or trumpet playing
- butyraceous — of, containing, or resembling butter
- cachinatory — Alternative form of cachinnatory.
- cadastrally — from a cadastral point of view
- caecotrophy — (biology) In certain mammals, especially rabbits and other lagomorphs, the consumption of food pellets which are naturally produced by means of digestion, retention in the caecum, and expulsion through the anus.
- calcinatory — A vessel used in calcination.
- calculatory — the act or process of calculating; computation.
- calefactory — giving warmth
- calorimetry — measurement of the quantity of heat
- calycanthus — any of several shrubs of the genus Calycanthus, found in North America
- calyptrogen — a layer of rapidly dividing cells at the tip of a plant root, from which the root cap is formed. It occurs in grasses and many other plants
- candy store — a shop solely or largely selling confectionery
- capillarity — a phenomenon caused by surface tension and resulting in the distortion, elevation, or depression of the surface of a liquid in contact with a solid
- capsulotomy — (surgery) incision into a capsule, especially into the lens of the eye when removing cataracts.
- carbonylate — to introduce the carbonyl group into (a compound) through chemical reaction
- carboxylate — any salt or ester of a carboxylic acid having a formula of the type M(RCOO)x, where M is a metal and R an organic group, or R1COOR2, where R1 and R2 are organic groups
- cardiectomy — excision of the heart.
- cardinality — the property of possessing a cardinal number
- cardiopathy — a heart disease or disorder
- carry light — a searchlight used to illuminate a target while it is tracked and fired upon.
- carry trade — a speculative transaction in which a trader buys the currency of a country with a high rate of interest and sells the currency of a country with a low rate of interest
- carson city — a city in W Nevada, capital of the state. Pop: 55 311 (2003 est)
- cartography — Cartography is the art or activity of drawing maps and geographical charts.
- caryopteris — any of various shrubs with small blue or white flowers of the genus Caryopteris, all found in S and E Asia
- case system — a system followed by some languages, in which a set of grammatical categories, sometimes marked by inflection, indicates the relation of the noun, adjective, or pronoun to other words in the sentence
- cashability — money or an equivalent, as a check, paid at the time of making a purchase.
- castability — the ability of materials to set in a mould when mixed with water and a bonding agent
- castigatory — to criticize or reprimand severely.
- cataclysmal — of, relating to, or resulting from a cataclysm.
- cataclysmic — A cataclysmic event is one that changes a situation or society very greatly, especially in an unpleasant way.
- catalytical — Chemistry. the causing or accelerating of a chemical change by the addition of a catalyst.
- catarrhally — in a manner relating to the inflammation of a mucous membrane
- catastrophy — Alternative form of catastrophe.
- cathode ray — a flow of electrons emanating from a cathode in a vacuum tube and focused into a narrow beam.
- catholicity — a wide range of interests, tastes, etc; liberality
- cattywampus — catawampus