10-letter words containing c, e, t, y
- seismicity — the frequency, intensity, and distribution of earthquakes in a given area.
- septectomy — excision of part or all of a septum, especially the nasal septum.
- shellycoat — a mythical creature dressed in shells who haunts rivers and streams
- siderocyte — an erythrocyte that contains iron in forms other than hematin.
- societally — noting or pertaining to large social groups, or to their activities, customs, etc.
- sociometry — the measurement of attitudes of social acceptance or rejection through expressed preferences among members of a social grouping.
- solenocyte — a type of long, narrow, flagellated cell that functions in excretion of nitrogenous wastes and occurs in a variety of organisms, including certain annelids and mollusks.
- speciality — specialty.
- speciosity — the quality or state of being specious.
- spectrally — of or relating to a specter; ghostly; phantom.
- sphericity — a spherical state or form.
- spherocyte — an abnormal blood cell
- sporocytes — a diploid cell in certain spore-bearing plants, as liverworts, that produces four haploid spores through meiosis; a spore mother cell.
- spycatcher — a person who works in counterintelligence to detect enemy espionage activities
- starchedly — in a starched manner
- stem duchy — (in medieval Germany) any of the independent duchies corresponding in part to areas of tribal settlement and preserving some elements of tribal social structure.
- stercorary — a weatherproof place where dung is stored
- sterically — of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- sticky end — a single-stranded end of DNA or RNA having a nucleotide base sequence complementary to that of another strand, enabling the two strands to be connected by base pairing: produced in the laboratory with the use of restriction enzymes for genetic engineering purposes.
- stickybeak — a busybody; meddler.
- street cry — the cry of a street hawker
- stringency — stringent character or condition: the stringency of poverty.
- strychnine — Pharmacology. a colorless, crystalline poison, C 2 1 H 2 2 N 2 O 2 , obtained chiefly by extraction from the seeds of nux vomica, formerly used as a central nervous system stimulant.
- subacutely — in a subacute manner
- subjectify — to make subjective.
- subpotency — a condition of reduced potency, as of a medication.
- subsociety — a subdivision of a society
- syncopated — marked by syncopation: syncopated rhythm.
- syncretism — the attempted reconciliation or union of different or opposing principles, practices, or parties, as in philosophy or religion.
- syncretist — the attempted reconciliation or union of different or opposing principles, practices, or parties, as in philosophy or religion.
- syncretize — to combine or attempt to combine the characteristic teachings, beliefs, or practices of (differing systems of religion or philosophy)
- syndicated — a group of individuals or organizations combined or making a joint effort to undertake some specific duty or carry out specific transactions or negotiations: The local furniture store is individually owned, but is part of a buying syndicate.
- synergetic — working together; cooperative.
- syngenetic — relating to syngenesis
- synthetics — You can refer to synthetic clothing, fabric, or materials as synthetics.
- systematic — having, showing, or involving a system, method, or plan: a systematic course of reading; systematic efforts.
- tachometry — any of various instruments for measuring or indicating velocity or speed, as of a machine, a river, or the blood.
- tachymeter — any of several instruments for rapidly determining distances, directions, and differences of elevation.
- tachymetry — any of several instruments for rapidly determining distances, directions, and differences of elevation.
- tachypneic — excessively rapid respiration.
- tachypnoea — excessively rapid respiration.
- tachytelic — of or relating to evolution at a rate faster than the standard for a given group of plants or animals.
- tactlessly — lacking tact; showing no tact; undiplomatic; offendingly blunt: a tactless remark.
- technology — the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life, society, and the environment, drawing upon such subjects as industrial arts, engineering, applied science, and pure science.
- terramycin — a broad-spectrum antibiotic, oxytetracycline, used in treating various infections
- texas city — a city in SE Texas, on Galveston Bay.
- theotechny — the introduction of a divine force or being into a piece of literature, often used to bring resolution to a situation
- thucydides — c460–c400 b.c, Greek historian.
- thymectomy — surgical removal of the thymus gland.
- ticket day — (on the London Stock Exchange) the day on which selling brokers receive from buying brokers the names of investors who have made purchases during the previous account