8-letter words containing a, t, y, c
- curranty — full of currants
- custardy — resembling custard
- cutaways — Plural form of cutaway.
- cyanates — Plural form of cyanate.
- cyanotic — blueness or lividness of the skin, as from imperfectly oxygenated blood.
- cyanuret — cyanide
- cyathium — a form of inflorescence of the type found on the poinsettia
- cymatics — the study of wave phenomena, esp sound, and their visual representations
- cymation — cymatium.
- cymatium — the top moulding of a classical cornice or entablature
- cytaster — aster.
- cytherea — Aphrodite
- dactylar — of or pertaining to a dactyl
- dactylic — of, relating to, or having a dactyl
- dactylo- — finger or toe
- dactylus — the tip of a cephalopod's tentacular club
- dancetty — having a zigzag pattern
- diacetyl — a chemical compound with formula C4H6O2, occurring naturally as a by-product of fermentation, and commonly added to margarine and other foods because of its buttery taste
- dialytic — of or relating to dialysis.
- dicacity — a teasing and cheeky way of talking
- dictynna — an ancient Cretan goddess of the sea.
- didactyl — (esp of many marsupials) having the hind toes separate
- dynastic — Pertaining to a dynasty.
- dystaxic — relating to or affected by dystaxia
- dystocia — Difficult birth, typically caused by a large or awkwardly positioned fetus, by smallness of the maternal pelvis, or by failure of the uterus and cervix to contract and expand normally.
- eucalypt — Any tree of the genus Eucalyptus.
- eyepatch — A patch worn to protect an injured eye.
- facility — Often, facilities. something designed, built, installed, etc., to serve a specific function affording a convenience or service: transportation facilities; educational facilities; a new research facility. something that permits the easier performance of an action, course of conduct, etc.: to provide someone with every facility for accomplishing a task; to lack facilities for handling bulk mail.
- fat city — an easy and prosperous condition or circumstance: With a new house and a better-paying job, she's in Fat City.
- feracity — (obsolete) The state of being feracious, or fruitful.
- fly-cast — Angling. to fish by fly casting.
- fugacity — fleeting; transitory: a sensational story with but a fugacious claim on the public's attention.
- furacity — (obsolete) Addictedness to theft; thievishness.
- hatchery — a place for hatching eggs of hens, fish, etc., especially a large, commercial or government site where the young are hatched, cared for, and sold or distributed.
- hatchety — resembling a hatchet
- hatchway — Nautical. hatch2 (def 1a).
- haystack — a stack of hay with a conical or ridged top, built up in the mowed field so as to prevent the accumulation of moisture and promote drying.
- hyacinth — a female given name.
- ice tray — container for freezing water into cubes
- imitancy — a tendency to imitate
- instancy — quality of being instant; urgency; pressing nature.
- intactly — in an intact manner
- intimacy — the state of being intimate.
- isostacy — Geology. the equilibrium of the earth's crust, a condition in which the forces tending to elevate balance those tending to depress.
- jackstay — a rod or batten, following a yard, gaff, or boom, to which one edge of a sail is bent.
- latchkey — a key for releasing a latch or springlock, especially on an outer door.
- literacy — the quality or state of being literate, especially the ability to read and write.
- locality — a place, spot, or district, with or without reference to things or persons in it or to occurrences there: They moved to another locality.
- loch tay — a lake in central Scotland, in Stirling council area. Length: 23 km (14 miles)
- lychgate — A roofed gateway to a churchyard, formerly used during burials for sheltering a coffin until the clergyman’s arrival.