9-letter words containing a, y, c
- miryachit — A disorder found in Siberia, characterized by a jumping motion.
- mischancy — unlucky; unfortunate
- mobocracy — political control by a mob.
- monocracy — government by only one person; autocracy.
- monomachy — (now rare) A fight or other contest between two people or forces; a duel; single combat. (from 16th c.).
- mordacity — biting or given to biting.
- musically — of, relating to, or producing music: a musical instrument.
- mycenaean — of or relating to the ancient city of Mycenae.
- mycoflora — the fungi characteristic of a particular environment.
- mycophagy — the eating of mushrooms
- mydriatic — pertaining to or producing mydriasis.
- myocardia — the muscular substance of the heart.
- myoclonia — a disease characterized by myoclonus.
- myomantic — of or relating to myomancy
- myopathic — Pertaining to myopathy.
- myristica — (botany) Any member of the genus Myristica of nutmegs.
- namaycush — a lake trout.
- nanny cam — a camera that transmits images to a computer, used to monitor children in another location
- narcology — The study of drug abuse.
- necessary — being essential, indispensable, or requisite: a necessary part of the motor.
- 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
- nomocracy — (politics) A political system under the sovereignty of rational laws and civic rights.
- nyctalgia — night pain that occurs in the sleep.
- nyctalope — a person or animal affected by nyctalopia
- nyctalops — a person affected by nyctalopia
- nystagmic — Exhibiting or pertaining to nystagmus (involuntary eye movement).
- obstinacy — the quality or state of being obstinate; stubbornness.
- occupancy — the act, state, or condition of being or becoming a tenant or of living in or taking up quarters or space in or on something: Continued occupancy of the office depends on a rent reduction.
- ochlagogy — (rare) Manipulation of a mob by use of inflammatory rhetoric, casting opprobrium, and by appeal to the lowest common denominator generally; extreme and wholly unscrupulous demagogy; the practice of an ochlagogue.
- octastyle — having eight columns in the front, as a temple or portico.
- oenomancy — a type of prophecy or foretelling that involves analysing wine and its qualities and characteristics
- officiary — pertaining to or derived from an office, as a title.
- ohmically — By means of ohmic heating, the process by which the passage of an electric current through a conductor releases heat.
- olfactory — of or relating to the sense of smell: olfactory organs.
- oligarchy — a form of government in which all power is vested in a few persons or in a dominant class or clique; government by the few.
- ontically — In an ontic sense.
- optically — of, relating to, or applying optics or the principles of optics.
- oscitancy — yawning, as with drowsiness; gaping.
- osmically — with regard to smell
- outcrafty — to be craftier than
- overcarry — To carry too far, or beyond the proper point.
- pachyderm — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- pachynema — the third stage of prophase in meiosis, during which each chromosome pair separates into sister chromatids with some breakage and crossing over of genes.
- pachytene — the third stage of prophase in meiosis, during which each chromosome pair separates into sister chromatids with some breakage and crossing over of genes.
- 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
- panchayat — an elective village council in India.
- panegyric — a lofty oration or writing in praise of a person or thing; eulogy.
- panically — in a panicky manner
- paralytic — a person affected with paralysis.
- parcenary — joint heirship or coheirship; the undivided holding of land by two or more coheirs.