9-letter words containing a, y, c, k
- key scarf — any of various scarf joints in which the overlapping parts are keyed together.
- kirkcaldy — a city in SE Fife, in E Scotland, on the Firth of Forth.
- kritarchy — Rule by judges.
- kyriarchy — A system of
- lady luck — the personification of luck as a lady bringing good or bad fortune: Lady Luck was against us and we lost the game.
- lady muck — an ordinary woman behaving or being treated as if she were aristocratic
- latchkeys — Plural form of latchkey.
- lay clerk — lay vicar.
- lock away — put in prison
- lucky bag — a bag of mixed sweets, intended for children; the bag is transparent, so that you do not know exactly what it contains
- lyre back — a back of a chair or the like having a pierced splat in the form of a lyre, often with metal rods representing strings.
- nicky-tam — a strap or string secured round a trouser leg below the knee, formerly worn esp by farm workers to keep the trouser bottoms clear of dirt
- pack-year — a measure of the amount of cigarettes a person has smoked over an extended period, equal to one packet of 20 every day for one year
- piggyback — on the back or shoulders: The little girl rode piggyback on her father.
- plasticky — made of or resembling plastic
- play back — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- pony pack — a tray of usually one dozen growing plants that can be bought from a nursery for transplanting: a pony pack of tomato plants.
- rackingly — in a racking manner
- skiascopy — retinoscope.
- slack-key — a style of Hawaiian popular music played on an acoustic guitar with strings tuned to notes lower than standard guitar tuning for more bass resonance.
- sock away — to strike or hit hard.
- stockyard — an enclosure with pens, sheds, etc., connected with a slaughterhouse, railroad, market, etc., for the temporary housing of cattle, sheep, swine, or horses.
- sway-back — an excessive downward curvature of the spinal column in the dorsal region, especially of horses.
- thackeray — William Makepeace [meyk-pees] /ˈmeɪkˌpis/ (Show IPA), 1811–63, English novelist, born in India.
- tick away — time: pass
- trafficky — (of a street, area, town, etc) busy with motor vehicles
- tuck away — to put into a small, close, or concealing place: Tuck the money into your wallet.
- warlockry — witchcraft
- yale lock — a type of cylinder lock using a flat serrated key
- yardstick — a stick a yard long, commonly marked with subdivisions, used for measuring.
- yokkaichi — a city on S Honshu, in central Japan.