8-letter words containing a, t, y, c
- macintoy — /mak'in-toy/ The Apple Macintosh, considered as a toy. Less pejorative than Macintrash.
- mccarthy — Cormac [kawr-mak,, ‐muh k] /ˈkɔr mæk,, ‐mək/ (Show IPA), born 1933, U.S. novelist.
- megacity — a city having a population of one million or more.
- minacity — menacing; threatening.
- mycetoma — a chronic tumorous infection caused by any of various soil-dwelling fungi, usually affecting the foot.
- mycostat — a substance or preparation that prevents or inhibits the growth of molds.
- mystical — mystic; of or relating to supernatural agencies, affairs, occurrences, etc.: a strange, mystical experience.
- mytacism — Excessive or incorrect use of the letter M.
- mythical — pertaining to, of the nature of, or involving a myth.
- navy cut — tobacco finely cut from a block
- noctuary — a journal of what happens in the night
- nugacity — triviality; insignificance.
- nycturia — a condition in which one often wakes up during the night to urinate.
- octalogy — (rare) # A set of eight works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as eight individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
- octapody — (in poetic metre) a line, stanza, or piece of poetic writing that contains eight feet
- octarchy — a government by eight persons.
- octonary — pertaining to the number 8.
- optimacy — Government by the nobility.
- oxytocia — rapid childbirth.
- patchery — the act of hurriedly patching something together
- patchily — characterized by or made up of patches.
- petchary — a grey kingbird, Tyrannus dominicensis
- play-act — to engage in make-believe.
- pussycat — a cat; pussy.
- racketry — noise and commotion
- rapacity — given to seizing for plunder or the satisfaction of greed.
- rectally — of, relating to, or for the rectum.
- retiracy — retirement
- sacristy — an apartment in or a building connected with a church or a religious house, in which the sacred vessels, vestments, etc., are kept.
- sagacity — acuteness of mental discernment and soundness of judgment.
- salacity — lustful or lecherous.
- sanctify — to make holy; set apart as sacred; consecrate.
- sanctity — holiness, saintliness, or godliness.
- scantily — scant in amount, quantity, etc.; barely sufficient.
- scantity — the quality of being scant or scarce
- scarcity — insufficiency or shortness of supply; dearth.
- scattery — characterized by scattering or dispersion
- scratchy — causing or liable to cause a slight grating noise: a scratchy record.
- scyphate — being in the shape of a cup; cup-shaped.
- scythian — pertaining to Scythia, its people, or their language.
- staticky — containing or producing static electricity.
- stomachy — paunchy; having a prominent stomach.
- strachey — (Giles) Lytton [jahylz lit-n] /dʒaɪlz ˈlɪt n/ (Show IPA), 1880–1932, English biographer and literary critic.
- sylvatic — sylvan.
- symantec — (company) Software manufacturer of utility and development applications for Windows and Macintosh platforms. Products include ACT!, Norton Utilities, Norton AntiVirus, Symantec AntiVirus for Macintosh, Symantec Cafe.
- synaptic — Also called syndesis. Cell Biology. the pairing of homologous chromosomes, one from each parent, during early meiosis.
- syncytia — a multinucleate mass of cytoplasm that is not separated into cells.
- tacubaya — a former city in the Federal District of Mexico: now a SW district of Mexico City; national observatory.
- tangency — the state of being tangent.
- tea cosy — A tea cosy is a soft knitted or fabric cover which you put over a teapot in order to keep the tea hot.