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11-letter words containing c, a, y, e, n

  • melanocytes — Plural form of melanocyte.
  • melanocytic — Of or pertaining to melanocytes.
  • mercenarily — In a mercenary way, for selfish reason of profit or gain.
  • mesenchymal — Of or pertaining to the mesenchyme.
  • metonymical — having the nature of metonymy.
  • multiagency — involving multiple agencies
  • necessarily — by or of necessity; as a matter of compulsion or requirement: You don't necessarily have to attend.
  • nematocysts — A specialized cell in the tentacles of a jellyfish or other coelenterate, containing a barbed or venomous coiled thread that can be projected in self-defense or to capture prey.
  • neurocytoma — A nervous system tumor primarily derived from nervous tissue, in contrast to the gliomas.
  • news agency — a business organization that gathers news for transmittal to its subscribers. Compare press association.
  • not exactly — not at all; by no means
  • numerically — of or relating to numbers; of the nature of a number.
  • nyckelharpa — an old-time Swedish stringed musical instrument, similar to the hurdy-gurdy but sounded with a bow instead of a wheel.
  • oneirically — In an oneiric fashion.
  • oneiromancy — divination through dreams.
  • oxygen acid — oxyacid.
  • pancake day — Christian calendar: Shrove Tuesday
  • panegyrical — a lofty oration or writing in praise of a person or thing; eulogy.
  • panegyricon — a collection of sermons
  • para-cymene — a colorless liquid, C 1 0 H 1 4 , derived from benzene, found in various essential oils, and obtained as a by-product of papermaking.
  • parenchymal — Botany. the fundamental tissue of plants, composed of thin-walled cells able to divide.
  • patsy clinePatsy (Virginia Patterson Hensley) 1932–63, U.S. country singer.
  • peace envoy — someone sent on a mission to end conflict or bring peace
  • peachy keen — peachy (def 2).
  • peachy-keen — peachy (def 2).
  • pecan patty — a praline made with pecans.
  • pectinately — in a pectinate manner
  • pecuniarily — of or relating to money: pecuniary difficulties.
  • penny black — the first adhesive postage stamp, issued in Britain in 1840; an imperforate stamp bearing the profile of Queen Victoria on a dark background
  • pentacyclic — having five rings of atoms
  • pentadactyl — having five digits on each hand or foot.
  • pentahydric — (especially of alcohols and phenols) pentahydroxy.
  • pertinacity — the quality of being pertinacious; persistence.
  • phycophaein — a brownish pigment which is found in seaweed
  • platycnemia — (in the shinbone) the state of being laterally flattened.
  • play-centre — a regular meeting of small children arranged by their parents or a welfare agency to give them an opportunity of supervised creative play
  • polynuclear — having many nuclei.
  • polyvalence — Chemistry. having more than one valence.
  • preachingly — in a preaching manner, with preaching
  • predynastic — of, relating to, or belonging to a time or period before the first dynasty of a nation, especially the period in Egypt before c3200 b.c.
  • presanctify — to sanctify ahead of an event
  • presynaptic — being or occurring on the transmitting end of a discharge across a synapse.
  • prosenchyma — the tissue characteristic of the woody and bast portions of plants, consisting typically of long, narrow cells with pointed ends.
  • reactionary — of, pertaining to, marked by, or favoring reaction, especially extreme conservatism or rightism in politics; opposing political or social change.
  • reluctantly — unwilling; disinclined: a reluctant candidate.
  • sarcenchyme — the connective tissue of some sponges
  • scenography — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
  • scent spray — perfume that comes in an aerosol bottle
  • schenectady — a city in E New York, on the Mohawk River.
  • scrapepenny — a person who is stingy; a miser
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