9-letter words containing a, t, y, c
- cyberchat — Chat that takes place on the Internet, as in a chatroom or via instant messages.
- cybernate — to control (a manufacturing process) with a servomechanism or (of a process) to be controlled by a servomechanism
- cybernaut — a person who is an expert in or uses the internet a lot
- cyclamate — a salt or ester of cyclamic acid. Certain of the salts have a very sweet taste and were formerly used as food additives and sugar substitutes
- cyclepath — a special path for the exclusive use of cyclists
- cymbalist — A musician who plays the cymbals.
- cystidean — any one of the order of fossil echinoderms Cystidea
- cystocarp — a reproductive body in red algae, developed after fertilization and consisting of filaments bearing carpospores
- cystogram — A diagnostic image produced by cystography.
- cytherean — of or relating to Cytherea.
- cytocidal — capable of killing cells.
- cytopathy — a disease or disorder of a cell
- cytopenia — a condition characterized by a deficiency of a type of blood cells
- cytophagy — the ingestion of cells by other cells.
- cytoplasm — the protoplasm of a cell contained within the cell membrane but excluding the nucleus: contains organelles, vesicles, and other inclusions
- cytoplast — the intact cytoplasm of a single cell
- cytosmear — (cytology) A sample of cells, in the form of a smear on a microscope slide, that has been stained ready for diagnostic examination.
- cytotaxis — movement of cells due to external stimulation
- dactylics — Plural form of dactylic.
- dactylist — someone who writes poetry in dactyls
- daly city — city in W Calif.: suburb of San Francisco: pop. 104,000
- daycation — a day trip to a resort, hotel, etc that does not involve staying the night
- daycentre — a building used for daycare or other welfare services
- decastyle — a portico consisting of ten columns
- democraty — Obsolete form of democracy.
- diapyetic — of or pertaining to diapyesis
- dicastery — A term used by the Vatican corresponding to ministry or department as subdivisions of the papal Curia, referring to the administrative departments of the Vatican City State, as well as strictly ecclesiastical departments; more often termed congregation.
- dictatory — dictatorial
- dilatancy — dilating; expanding.
- dubitancy — doubt; uncertainty
- duty call — a visit made for reasons of obligation rather than for social reasons
- dynamitic — relating to dynamite or those who use dynamite for illegal reasons
- dyscratic — having or suffering from dyscrasia
- ecdysiast — stripper (def 3).
- educatory — educative.
- electuary — A medicinal substance mixed with honey or another sweet substance.
- enzymatic — Of, relating to, or caused by enzymes.
- ethically — In an ethical manner.
- eucalypti — Plural form of eucalyptus.
- eucalypts — Plural form of eucalypt.
- eucaryote — Alternative spelling of eukaryote.
- evocatory — evocative
- excitancy — the ability to excite or stimulate
- executary — a person whose job comprises tasks appropriate to a middle-management executive as well as those traditionally carried out by a secretary
- exultancy — Exultance, exultation.
- eye chart — a chart used to test vision from a specified distance: it consists typically of rows of letters of decreasing size
- eye patch — covering for one eye
- facticity — the condition or quality of being a fact; factuality.
- factivity — (of a verb, adjective, or noun phrase) presupposing the truth of an embedded sentence that serves as complement, as realize in I didn't realize that he had left, which presupposes that it is true that he had left.
- factually — of or relating to facts; concerning facts: factual accuracy.