9-letter words containing c, a, y, e, n
- cyan blue — a moderate greenish-blue to bluish-green color.
- cyanamide — a white or colourless crystalline soluble weak dibasic acid, which can be hydrolysed to urea. Formula: H2NCN
- cyanotype — a process of photographic printing, used chiefly in copying architectural and mechanical drawings, that produces a blue line on a white background.
- cyanurate — a salt or ester derived from cyanide
- cybernate — to control (a manufacturing process) with a servomechanism or (of a process) to be controlled by a servomechanism
- cybernaut — a person who is an expert in or uses the internet a lot
- cyberwand — (hardware, virtual reality) A virtual reality controller. The CyberWand costs $99, or $765 with optional Polhemus sensor. It is basically the handle of a flight control system without the base. The controller's four buttons and 2-D hat sensor track six degrees of movement.
- cyclamens — Plural form of cyclamen.
- cyclopean — of, relating to, or resembling the Cyclops
- cyllenian — of or relating to Mount Cyllene in Arcadia, Greece, or to the god Hermes, reputed to have been born there.
- cymophane — a yellow or green opalescent variety of chrysoberyl
- cyrenaica — a region and former province (1951–63) of E Libya: largely desert; settled by the Greeks in about 630 bc; ruled successively by the Egyptians, Romans, Arabs, Turks, and Italians. Area: 855 370 sq km (330 258 sq miles)
- cystidean — any one of the order of fossil echinoderms Cystidea
- cytherean — of or relating to Cytherea.
- cytopenia — a condition characterized by a deficiency of a type of blood cells
- day-clean — the time after first dawn when the sun begins to shine; clear daybreak
- daybeacon — an unlighted navigational beacon used as a daymark.
- daycentre — a building used for daycare or other welfare services
- de lancey — James, 1703–60, American jurist and politician in New York.
- decadency — the act or process of falling into an inferior condition or state; deterioration; decay: Some historians hold that the fall of Rome can be attributed to internal decadence.
- decennary — decade (sense 2)
- dry-clean — to clean (garments, draperies, rugs, etc.) with a liquid other than water, as benzine or gasoline.
- ear candy — Slang. pleasant, melodic pop music.
- enzymatic — Of, relating to, or caused by enzymes.
- excitancy — the ability to excite or stimulate
- exultancy — Exultance, exultation.
- eye candy — sb, sth attractive
- faineancy — Synonym of faineance.
- generalcy — the office or tenure of a general.
- genically — by a genic process
- gynaeceum — (among the ancient Greeks) the part of a dwelling used by women.
- gynaecoid — Characteristic of a woman.
- hackneyed — let out, employed, or done for hire.
- hercynian — denoting a period of mountain building in Europe in the late Palaeozoic
- hesitancy — hesitation; indecision or disinclination.
- honeycake — A cake made with honey, especially as a Rosh Hashanah tradition.
- immanency — remaining within; indwelling; inherent.
- 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.
- jerry can — Also called blitz can. Military. a narrow, flat-sided, 5-gallon (19-liter) container for fluids, as fuel.
- jonnycake — Alternative spelling of johnnycake.
- machinery — an assemblage of machines or mechanical apparatuses: the machinery of a factory.
- mccartney — (Sir) (James) Paul, born 1942, English singer, songwriter, and bass guitarist for the Beatles.
- mendacity — the quality of being mendacious; untruthfulness; tendency to lie.
- mercenary — working or acting merely for money or other reward; venal.
- mesocrany — the state of having a medium breadth of skull
- mycenaean — of or relating to the ancient city of Mycenae.
- necessary — being essential, indispensable, or requisite: a necessary part of the motor.