8-letter words containing a, t, y, c
- castaway — A castaway is a person who has managed to swim or float to a lonely island or shore after their boat has sunk.
- casualty — A casualty is a person who is injured or killed in a war or in an accident.
- cat yawl — a yawl having the mainmast close to the stem and the after mast on the counter.
- cat-eyed — having eyes resembling those of a cat.
- catagory — Misspelling of category.
- catalyse — If something catalyses a thing or a situation, it makes it active.
- catalyst — You can describe a person or thing that causes a change or event to happen as a catalyst.
- catalyze — If something catalyzes a thing or a situation, it makes it active.
- catchcry — a well-known, frequently used phrase, esp one associated with a particular group, etc
- catchfly — any of several caryophyllaceous plants of the genus Silene that have sticky calyxes and stems on which insects are sometimes trapped
- category — If people or things are divided into categories, they are divided into groups in such a way that the members of each group are similar to each other in some way.
- catenary — the curve assumed by a heavy uniform flexible cord hanging freely from two points. When symmetrical about the y-axis and intersecting it at y = a, the equation is y = a cosh x/a
- catolyte — the part of the electrolyte that surrounds the cathode in an electrolytic cell
- cattleya — any tropical American orchid of the genus Cattleya, cultivated for their purplish-pink or white showy flowers
- cavitary — having or containing cavities
- cemetary — Misspelling of cemetery.
- centaury — any Eurasian plant of the genus Centaurium, esp C. erythraea, having purplish-pink flowers and formerly believed to have medicinal properties: family Gentianaceae
- centiday — One one-hundredth (1/100) of one day; that is, 14 minutes and 24 seconds.
- chanteys — Plural form of chantey.
- chapatty — Archaic spelling of chapatti.
- chastely — refraining from sexual intercourse that is regarded as contrary to morality or religion; virtuous.
- chastity — the state of being chaste; purity
- chattery — to talk rapidly in a foolish or purposeless way; jabber.
- chattily — In a chatty manner.
- chayroot — the root of a chay plant, used to dye textiles a deep-red colour
- cheatery — the act of cheating or deceiving
- chrystal — Obsolete spelling of crystal.
- chupatty — Alternative spelling of chapatti.
- cityward — towards a city
- clackety — A clacking sound suggesting mechanical motion, as of a railway train.
- clattery — (informal) Tending to cause a clatter; noisy and possibly cumbersome.
- clay pit — a pit or mine from which clay is extracted
- clypeate — shaped like a round shield
- coitally — in the manner of coitus
- cometary — a celestial body moving about the sun, usually in a highly eccentric orbit, consisting of a central mass surrounded by an envelope of dust and gas that may form a tail that streams away from the sun.
- compathy — feelings, as happiness or grief, shared with another or others.
- contrary — Ideas, attitudes, or reactions that are contrary to each other are completely different from each other.
- copycats — Plural form of copycat.
- corybant — a wild attendant of the goddess Cybele
- costally — in a costal manner
- costmary — a herbaceous plant, Chrysanthemum balsamita, native to Asia. Its fragrant leaves were used as a seasoning and to flavour ale: family Asteraceae (composites)
- cottagey — of or resembling a cottage
- craftily — skillful in underhand or evil schemes; cunning; deceitful; sly.
- creatify — To edit, rewrite, and/or revise standard text using creative writing tools and techniques.
- cryonaut — a person whose dead body has been preserved by the technique of cryonics.
- cryostat — an apparatus for maintaining a constant low temperature or a vessel in which a substance is stored at a low temperature
- cryptand — (chemistry) any of a class of polycyclic compounds related to the crown ethers, having three chains attached at two nitrogen atoms.
- crystall — Obsolete form of crystal.
- crystals — Plural form of crystal.
- curatory — the office of a curator