10-letter words containing c, i, t, y
- patriarchy — a form of social organization in which the father is the supreme authority in the family, clan, or tribe and descent is reckoned in the male line, with the children belonging to the father's clan or tribe.
- patricliny — patrocliny.
- patrocliny — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the paternal parent (opposed to matrocliny).
- patronymic — (of family names) derived from the name of a father or ancestor, especially by the addition of a suffix or prefix indicating descent.
- pearl city — a city on S Oahu, in central Hawaii.
- peptolytic — causing the hydrolysis of peptides.
- periphytic — the community of tiny organisms, as protozoans, hydras, insect larvae, and snails, that lives on the surfaces of rooted aquatic plants.
- pernickety — persnickety.
- phagocytic — any cell, as a macrophage, that ingests and destroys foreign particles, bacteria, and cell debris.
- phatically — in a phatic manner
- phenotypic — the observable constitution of an organism.
- photically — in a photic manner, by way of photic processes
- phycobiont — the algae component of a lichen.
- physiatric — physical medicine.
- physiocrat — one of a school of political economists who followed Quesnay in holding that an inherent natural order properly governed society, regarding land as the basis of wealth and taxation, and advocating a laissez-faire economy.
- phytogenic — of plant origin.
- phytotoxic — of or relating to phytotoxin.
- pinocytose — (of a cell) to take within by means of pinocytosis.
- plant city — a city in W Florida.
- plasticity — the quality or state of being plastic.
- playacting — to engage in make-believe.
- playscript — the manuscript of a play, especially as prepared for use by actors in rehearsals.
- poetically — possessing the qualities or charm of poetry: poetic descriptions of nature.
- polyactine — the spicule of a polyactinal sponge
- polyatomic — pertaining to a molecule containing more than two atoms.
- polyclitus — flourished c450–c420 b.c, Greek sculptor.
- polycrotic — having multiple beats or peaks
- polycystic — containing many cysts
- polyethnic — inhabited by or consisting of people of many ethnic backgrounds.
- polymastic — a person with a polymastic condition
- polymathic — a person of great learning in several fields of study; polyhistor.
- polyprotic — (of an acid) having two or more transferable protons.
- ponca city — a city in N Oklahoma.
- preciosity — fastidious or carefully affected refinement, as in language, style, or taste.
- predictory — predictive.
- premycotic — relating to the early phase of mycosis fungoides
- privy coat — a mail shirt worn under ordinary clothing as a defense against swords or daggers.
- proclivity — natural or habitual inclination or tendency; propensity; predisposition: a proclivity to meticulousness.
- procryptic — serving to conceal an animal from predators.
- prototypic — the original or model on which something is based or formed.
- psychiatry — the practice or science of diagnosing and treating mental disorders.
- psychicist — a psychic
- pyromantic — divination by fire, or by forms appearing in fire.
- pyrrhicist — a person who dances the pyrrhic
- pythogenic — originating from filth or putrescence.
- queen city — Toronto.
- rachiotomy — (surgery) The surgical procedure of cutting, or making an incision in a vertebra.
- radicality — the quality or state of being radical
- radiolytic — the dissociation of molecules by ionizing radiation.
- rapid city — a city in SW South Dakota.