9-letter words containing a, t, y, c
- cetshwayo — ?1826–84, king of the Zulus (1873–79): defeated the British at Isandhlwana (1879) but was overwhelmed by them at Ulundi (1879); captured, he stated his case in London, and was reinstated as ruler of part of Zululand (1883)
- chalybite — siderite (def 1).
- champerty — (formerly) an illegal bargain between a party to litigation and an outsider whereby the latter agrees to pay for the action and thereby share in any proceeds recovered
- chantilly — a town in N France, near the Forest of Chantilly formerly famous for lace and porcelain. Pop: 10 902 (1999)
- chatoyant — having changeable lustre; twinkling
- cheat day — a day in which a person goes off a dietary regimen: Today’s my cheat day, so I’m eating pizza and ice cream.
- chirality — the configuration or handedness (left or right) of an asymmetric, optically active chemical compound
- chishtiya — a Sufi order of the Indian subcontinent.
- chocolaty — a preparation of the seeds of cacao, roasted, husked, and ground, often sweetened and flavored, as with vanilla.
- city hall — The city hall is the building which a city council uses as its main offices.
- city plan — the developmental plan for a city or town arrived at through the process of city planning.
- cityscape — an urban landscape; view of a city
- clamantly — urgently
- claystone — a compact very fine-grained rock consisting of consolidated clay particles
- claytonia — any low-growing North American succulent portulacaceous plant of the genus Claytonia
- climatory — Having to do with climate.
- clonality — The fact or condition of being genetically identical, as to a parent, sibling, or other biological source.
- clothyard — (historical) An old unit of measure for cloth, 36 or 37 inches.
- coastally — In a coastal manner.
- coevality — The condition of being coeval.
- cognately — In a way that is cognate.
- compacity — Any of several technical measures of compactness, especially, in a granular medium (e.g. sand), the volume fraction that is filled.
- compactly — joined or packed together; closely and firmly united; dense; solid: compact soil.
- concavity — the state or quality of being concave
- connately — In a connate fashion.
- constancy — Constancy is the quality of staying the same even though other things change.
- contranym — A word that has two opposing meanings, such as 'cleave' (“come together” or “split apart”).
- contrasty — (of a photograph or subject) having sharp gradations in tone, esp between light and dark areas
- contumacy — obstinate and wilful rebelliousness or resistance to authority; insubordination; disobedience
- copayment — a fee paid by a subscriber to a service for the use of additional services not covered by the subscription
- copypasta — (Internet slang) A block of text which has been copied and pasted from somewhere else.
- copytaker — (esp in a newspaper office) a person employed to type reports as journalists dictate them over the telephone
- cordately — In a cordate form.
- countably — in a countable manner
- courtyard — A courtyard is an open area of ground which is surrounded by buildings or walls.
- crayonist — (dated) An artist who uses crayons.
- crazy top — a disease of cotton, corn, etc., characterized by abnormal branching and small, misshapen leaves in the upper part of the plant, caused by water shortage, organic deficiencies in the soil, or unknown causes.
- crematory — A crematory is the same as a crematorium.
- cryolathe — an instrument for reshaping the cornea to correct severe nearsightedness or farsightedness: the cornea is removed from the eye, rapidly frozen, reshaped, and reinserted.
- cryostats — Plural form of cryostat.
- cryptadia — a collection of things to be kept hidden
- cryptical — mysterious in meaning; puzzling; ambiguous: a cryptic message.
- cryptogam — (in former plant classification schemes) any organism that does not produce seeds, including algae, fungi, mosses, and ferns
- crystall- — crystallo-
- culpatory — expressing blame
- customary — Customary is used to describe things that people usually do in a particular society or in particular circumstances.
- custumary — Obsolete form of customary.
- cyanotype — a process of photographic printing, used chiefly in copying architectural and mechanical drawings, that produces a blue line on a white background.
- cyanurate — a salt or ester derived from cyanide
- cybercast — (Internet) A broadcast of audiovisual material over the Internet.