9-letter words containing a, y, c
- honeycake — A cake made with honey, especially as a Rosh Hashanah tradition.
- hyacinths — Plural form of hyacinth.
- hydracids — Plural form of hydracid.
- hydraulic — operated by, moved by, or employing water or other liquids in motion.
- hydrazoic — noting or pertaining to hydrazoic acid; triazoic.
- hydrocast — a process in which water is collected at various depths in a device with bottles clamped together, providing data on differing water characteristics.
- hynagogic — Misspelling of hypnagogic.
- hyperacid — Highly acidic.
- hypercard — A software package by Bill Atkinson for storage and retrieval of information on the Macintosh. It can handle images and is designed for browsing. The powerful customisable interactive user interface allows new applications to be easily constructed by manipulating objects on the screen, often without conventional programming, though the language HyperTalk can be used for more complex tasks.
- hypobaric — (of an anesthetic) having a specific gravity lower than that of cerebrospinal fluid. Compare hyperbaric (def 1).
- hypocaust — a hollow space or system of channels in the floor or walls of some ancient Roman buildings that provided a central heating system by receiving and distributing the heat from a furnace.
- hypocracy — Misspelling of hypocrisy.
- hypomanic — Afflicted with a mild state of mania.
- hypotheca — (microbiology, planktology) The lower or posterior half of the theca of a thecate protist such as a diatom or dinoflagellate.
- hyrcanian — an ancient province of the Persian empire, SE of the Caspian Sea.
- ice yacht — a sailing craft having a cross-shaped frame with a cockpit and runners for travelling over ice
- idiocracy — Government that is based upon abstract theory.
- idiocrasy — idiosyncrasy.
- idyllical — Idyllic.
- iechyd da — a drinking toast; good health; cheers
- imbracery — embracery.
- immanency — remaining within; indwelling; inherent.
- immediacy — the state, condition, or quality of being immediate.
- incapably — In an incapable manner.
- incurably — not curable; that cannot be cured, remedied, or corrected: an incurable disease.
- inerrancy — lack of error; infallibility.
- inexactly — In a manner not exact or precise; inaccurately.
- insectary — a laboratory for the study of live insects, their life histories, effects on plants, reaction to insecticides, etc.
- intestacy — the state or fact of being intestate at death.
- intracity — Within a city.
- intricacy — intricate character or state.
- iowa city — a city in SE Iowa.
- irascibly — easily provoked to anger; very irritable: an irascible old man.
- irritancy — tending to cause irritation; irritating.
- isopycnal — Also, isopycnal [ahy-suh-pik-nl] /ˌaɪ səˈpɪk nl/ (Show IPA). having the same density.
- jackstays — Plural form of jackstay.
- jacky tar — jackatar.
- jerry can — Also called blitz can. Military. a narrow, flat-sided, 5-gallon (19-liter) container for fluids, as fuel.
- jocularly — given to, characterized by, intended for, or suited to joking or jesting; waggish; facetious: jocular remarks about opera stars.
- jonnycake — Alternative spelling of johnnycake.
- jubilancy — (rare) Jubilation.
- judiciary — the judicial branch of government.
- kaczynski — Lech. 1949–2010, Polish politician, president of Poland (2005–10)
- kanamycin — An aminoglycoside antibiotic marketed under the trade name Kantrex.
- karyocyte — (cytology) Any cell that has a nucleus.
- 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
- lace stay — that part of an Oxford shoe into which eyelets and laces are inserted.