9-letter words containing a, t, y, c
- sanctuary — a sacred or holy place.
- satyrical — Classical Mythology. one of a class of woodland deities, attendant on Bacchus, represented as part human, part horse, and sometimes part goat and noted for riotousness and lasciviousness.
- satyricon — a satirical novel, interspersed with verse, written in the 1st century a.d. by Petronius, extant in fragments.
- scatology — the study of or preoccupation with excrement or obscenity.
- schmaltzy — of, relating to, or characterized by schmaltz.
- secretary — a person, usually an official, who is in charge of the records, correspondence, minutes of meetings, and related affairs of an organization, company, association, etc.: the secretary of the Linguistic Society of America.
- sequacity — following with smooth or logical regularity.
- sociality — social nature or tendencies as shown in the assembling of individuals in communities.
- specialty — a special or distinctive quality, mark, state, or condition.
- stagnancy — not flowing or running, as water, air, etc.
- statocyst — (in certain invertebrates) a sense organ consisting of a sac enclosing sensory hairs and particles of sand, lime, etc., that functions in maintaining equilibrium, serving to indicate position in space.
- staunchly — firm or steadfast in principle, adherence, loyalty, etc., as a person: a staunch Republican; a staunch friend.
- stockyard — an enclosure with pens, sheds, etc., connected with a slaughterhouse, railroad, market, etc., for the temporary housing of cattle, sheep, swine, or horses.
- stoically — impassive; characterized by a calm, austere fortitude befitting the Stoics: a stoical sufferer.
- story arc — a continuing storyline in a television series that gradually unfolds over several episodes
- strychnia — Pharmacology. a colorless, crystalline poison, C 2 1 H 2 2 N 2 O 2 , obtained chiefly by extraction from the seeds of nux vomica, formerly used as a central nervous system stimulant.
- subcavity — a cavity within a larger cavity
- sybaritic — (usually lowercase) pertaining to or characteristic of a sybarite; characterized by or loving luxury or sensuous pleasure: to wallow in sybaritic splendor.
- sycophant — a self-seeking, servile flatterer; fawning parasite.
- sympatico — simpatico
- sympatric — originating in or occupying the same geographical area.
- synanthic — relating to synanthy
- syncopate — Music. to place (the accents) on beats that are normally unaccented. to treat (a passage, piece, etc.) in this way.
- syncytial — a multinucleate mass of cytoplasm that is not separated into cells.
- syndactyl — having certain digits joined together.
- syndicate — a group of individuals or organizations combined or making a joint effort to undertake some specific duty or carry out specific transactions or negotiations: The local furniture store is individually owned, but is part of a buying syndicate.
- syntactic — of or relating to syntax: syntactic errors in English; the syntactic rules for computer source code.
- systaltic — rhythmically contracting.
- tabby cat — feline with striped fur
- tachylyte — a black, glassy form of basalt, readily fusible and of a high luster.
- tachyonic — characteristic of a tachyon
- tachypnea — excessively rapid respiration.
- tactfully — having or manifesting tact: a tactful person; a tactful reply.
- tacticity — stereoregularity.
- tactilely — in a tactile manner
- tactility — of, pertaining to, endowed with, or affecting the sense of touch.
- tactually — of or relating to the sense of touch.
- tea caddy — a small box, can, or chest for holding tea leaves.
- teachably — in a teachable manner
- teacherly — characteristic of or pertaining to a teacher; pedagogic.
- telically — in a purposeful manner
- tetrarchy — any ruler of a fourth part, division, etc.
- thackeray — William Makepeace [meyk-pees] /ˈmeɪkˌpis/ (Show IPA), 1811–63, English novelist, born in India.
- the fancy — those who follow a particular sport, esp prize fighting
- theocracy — a form of government in which God or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler, the God's or deity's laws being interpreted by the ecclesiastical authorities.
- theocrasy — a mixture of religious forms and deities by worshipers.
- theomachy — a battle with or among the gods.
- theomancy — divination or prophecy by an oracle or by people directly inspired by a god
- thylacine — a wolflike marsupial, Thylacinus cynocephalus, of Tasmania, tan-colored with black stripes across the back: probably extinct.
- tick away — time: pass