11-letter words containing c, a, d, y
- drastically — acting with force or violence; violent.
- dry cleaner — a business that dry-cleans garments, draperies, etc.
- dry compass — a compass having a compass card mounted on pivots.
- dry-cleanse — to dry-clean.
- dry-dockage — the act or fact of placing a ship in a dry dock.
- dynamic ram — dynamic random-access memory
- dynamically — Of a dynamic nature; variable or constantly changing nature.
- dynasticism — a system of government in which the rulers are all drawn from the same family
- dyscalculia — Severe difficulty in making arithmetical calculations, as a result of brain disorder.
- dysharmonic — relating to abnormal bone development
- dyspathetic — characterized by dyspathy
- dyspeptical — (archaic) dyspeptic.
- edaphically — In terms of soil conditions.
- edificatory — intended or serving to edify.
- educability — capable of being educated.
- eidetically — In an eidetic way.
- elucidatory — Serving to elucidate.
- enchantedly — As if enchanted.
- endemically — In an endemic manner.
- equity card — a card proving membership of an actors' trade union
- eye dialect — nonstandard respelling of words to suggest dialectal or informal pronunciation
- fancy dance — Also called pan-Indian dancing. a fast Native American powwow dance that features jumping and twirling, with participants wearing bright colors and flying feathers and ribbons.
- fancy dress — a costume for a ball, masquerade, etc., chosen to please the fancy, usually a costume characteristic of a particular period or place, class of persons, or historical or fictitious character.
- fancy goods — small decorative gifts; knick-knacks
- fiduciarily — Law. a person to whom property or power is entrusted for the benefit of another.
- fraudulency — characterized by, involving, or proceeding from fraud, as actions, enterprise, methods, or gains: a fraudulent scheme to evade taxes.
- gamma decay — type of radioactivity in which an unstable atomic nucleus dissipates energy by gamma emission, producing gamma rays.
- garden city — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- geodynamics — (used with a singular verb) the science dealing with dynamic processes or forces within the earth.
- glycosidase — (enzyme) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a glycoside.
- gonadectomy — (surgery) The procedure to remove an ovary or testis.
- grand duchy — a territory ruled by a grand duke or grand duchess.
- hadley cell — an atmospheric convection pattern in which a current of hot equatorial air rises, divides, cools as it moves toward the poles, descends, and warms as it returns to the equator
- hairy-faced — having a face covered with hair.
- heavy crude — a type of crude oil that does not flow easily and has greater viscosity and specific density than other types of crude
- hedonically — of, characterizing, or pertaining to pleasure: a hedonic thrill.
- hemodynamic — the branch of physiology dealing with the forces involved in the circulation of the blood.
- hexadactyly — Sexdactyly.
- homicidally — In a homicidal manner.
- hue and cry — Early English Law. the pursuit of a felon or an offender with loud outcries or clamor to give an alarm.
- hydnocarpic — of or relating to hydnocarpic acid
- hydrocarbon — any of a class of compounds containing only hydrogen and carbon, as an alkane, methane, CH 4 , an alkene, ethylene, C 2 H 4 , an alkyne, acetylene, C 2 H 2 , or an aromatic compound, benzene, C 6 H 6 .
- hydrocorals — any colonial marine animal of the hydrozoan order Stylasterina having a calcareous skeleton resembling that of the true corals.
- hydrocyanic — of or derived from hydrocyanic acid.
- hydromancer — One who practices hydromancy.
- hydropathic — Relating to hydropathy.
- hydrostatic — of or relating to hydrostatics.
- hyperdactyl — having an excessive number of fingers or toes
- hypoacidity — acidity in a lesser degree than is usual or normal, as of the gastric juice.
- hypodynamic — diminished strength; adynamia.