9-letter words containing c, r, a, y
- pyritical — relating to pyrites
- pyroceram — a strong heat-resistant glass which has been heat-treated so that it is made up of microscopic crystalline domains
- pyroclast — a piece of lava ejected from a volcano
- pyromancy — divination by fire, or by forms appearing in fire.
- rackingly — in a racking manner
- radectomy — excision of part or all of the root of a tooth.
- radically — with regard to origin or root.
- rally car — a car that has been specially designed or modified to be used in motor rallies
- rancidity — having a rank, unpleasant, stale smell or taste, as through decomposition, especially of fats or oils: rancid butter.
- rascality — rascally or knavish character or conduct.
- raucously — harsh; strident; grating: raucous voices; raucous laughter.
- ready-cut — (of wood, tiles, glass, etc) cut to size before being sold
- recreancy — cowardly or craven.
- recusancy — the state of being recusant.
- recyclate — material that is recyclable
- relevancy — the condition of being relevant, or connected with the matter at hand: Some traditional institutions of the media lack relevance in this digital age.
- revocably — that may be revoked.
- rifamycin — an antibiotic which can be synthesized artificially or naturally and is used in the treatment of infections such as tuberculosis and leprosy
- sacrality — sacredness
- sanctuary — a sacred or holy place.
- sarcology — the branch of anatomy dealing with the soft or fleshy body parts.
- satyrical — Classical Mythology. one of a class of woodland deities, attendant on Bacchus, represented as part human, part horse, and sometimes part goat and noted for riotousness and lasciviousness.
- satyricon — a satirical novel, interspersed with verse, written in the 1st century a.d. by Petronius, extant in fragments.
- say grace — say prayer before meal
- scapulary — scapular1 .
- scaringly — to fill, especially suddenly, with fear or terror; frighten; alarm.
- scholarly — of, like, or befitting a scholar: scholarly habits.
- scraggily — lean or thin; scrawny.
- scrape by — If someone scrapes by, they earn just enough money to live on with difficulty.
- scrapyard — A scrapyard is a place where old machines such as cars or ships are destroyed and where useful parts are saved.
- scrub jay — a crestless jay, Aphelocoma coerulescens, of the western and southern U.S. and Mexico, having blue and grayish plumage.
- secondary — next after the first in order, place, time, etc.
- secretary — a person, usually an official, who is in charge of the records, correspondence, minutes of meetings, and related affairs of an organization, company, association, etc.: the secretary of the Linguistic Society of America.
- secularly — of or relating to worldly things or to things that are not regarded as religious, spiritual, or sacred; temporal: secular interests.
- sergeancy — the position or rank of a sergeant
- spray can — a small can whose contents are in aerosol form. Compare aerosol bomb.
- stockyard — an enclosure with pens, sheds, etc., connected with a slaughterhouse, railroad, market, etc., for the temporary housing of cattle, sheep, swine, or horses.
- story arc — a continuing storyline in a television series that gradually unfolds over several episodes
- strychnia — 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.
- supremacy — the state of being supreme.
- surrogacy — the state of being a surrogate or surrogate mother.
- sybaritic — (usually lowercase) pertaining to or characteristic of a sybarite; characterized by or loving luxury or sensuous pleasure: to wallow in sybaritic splendor.
- sympatric — originating in or occupying the same geographical area.
- synsacrum — a dorsal ridge of bone in the pelvic region of birds, formed by the fusion of certain thoracic, lumbar, sacral, and caudal vertebrae.
- teacherly — characteristic of or pertaining to a teacher; pedagogic.
- tetrarchy — any ruler of a fourth part, division, etc.
- thackeray — William Makepeace [meyk-pees] /ˈmeɪkˌpis/ (Show IPA), 1811–63, English novelist, born in India.
- theocracy — a form of government in which God or a deity is recognized as the supreme civil ruler, the God's or deity's laws being interpreted by the ecclesiastical authorities.
- theocrasy — a mixture of religious forms and deities by worshipers.
- timocracy — a form of government in which love of honor is the dominant motive of the rulers.