10-letter words containing c, y
- arctophily — the practice of collecting teddy bears
- arithmancy — divination by the use of numbers, especially by the number of letters in names.
- army corps — a military formation that comprises two or more divisions and additional support arms
- arrhythmic — having irregular rhythm
- articulacy — uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
- articulary — (anatomy) A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes.
- ascendancy — If one group has ascendancy over another group, it has more power or influence than the other group.
- ascendency — the state of being in the ascendant; governing or controlling influence; domination.
- ascomycete — any fungus of the phylum Ascomycota (formerly class Ascomycetes) in which the spores (ascospores) are formed inside a club-shaped cell (ascus). The group includes yeast, penicillium, aspergillus, truffles, and certain mildews
- astacology — the investigation and analysis of crayfish
- astrocytes — Plural form of astrocyte.
- astrocytic — relating to astrocytes or star-shaped neuroglial cells
- astromancy — divination by means of the stars.
- asymmetric — Asymmetric means the same as asymmetrical.
- asymptotic — of or referring to an asymptote
- asynchrony — a lack of synchronism or coincidence in time.
- asyntactic — showing no syntactical rules or regularity
- athermancy — an inability to transmit radiant heat or infrared radiation
- atomically — of, pertaining to, resulting from, or using atoms, atomic energy, or atomic bombs: an atomic explosion.
- atrocity's — the quality or state of being atrocious.
- attendancy — the condition or quality of accompanying or attending
- atypically — not typical; not conforming to the type; irregular; abnormal: atypical behavior; a flower atypical of the species.
- auctionary — of or relating to auctions or auctioneers
- aureomycin — chlortetracycline
- autecology — the ecological study of an individual organism or species
- axenically — in a manner not associated with any other living organism
- axinomancy — prediction of the future using the head of an axe or hatchet
- ayers rock — a conspicuous red monadnock in central Australia, in the SW Northern Territory: tourist attraction. 1143 feet (348 meters) high.
- ayurvedics — a therapeutic system based on the Ayurveda
- aztec lily — a bulbous plant, Sprekelia formosissima, of the amaryllis family, native to Mexico, bearing a large, bright-red flower.
- baby coach — a baby carriage.
- baby-faced — having a smooth round face like a baby's
- back alley — dirty, unprepossessing, sordid, or clandestine: back-alley morals; back-alley political schemes.
- back forty — remote, usually uncultivated acreage on a large piece of land, as on a farm or ranch.
- back story — background information provided, often in narrative form, to give help in understanding something, as the behavior of a character in a film
- back-alley — Back-alley activities are carried out unofficially, secretly, and often illegally.
- backronyms — Plural form of backronym.
- backwardly — In a backward direction.
- backwoodsy — like or of the nature of backwoods
- bankruptcy — Bankruptcy is the state of being bankrupt.
- barleycorn — a grain of barley, or barley itself
- barycenter — (physics) The center of a mass; often specifically, the point at which the gravitational forces exerted by two objects are equal.
- barycentre — a centre of mass, esp of the earth-moon system or the solar system
- bat chayil — (in some congregations) a ceremony of confirmation for a girl of at least Bat Mitzvah age
- bathyscaph — a submersible vessel having a flotation compartment with an observation capsule underneath, capable of reaching ocean depths of over 10 000 metres (about 5000 fathoms)
- battle cry — A battle cry is a phrase that is used to encourage people to support a particular cause or campaign.
- bcs theory — Physics. a general quantum theory of superconductivity that describes many properties of superconducting materials.
- becomingly — that suits or gives a pleasing effect or attractive appearance, as to a person or thing: a becoming dress; a becoming hairdo.
- belly pack — fanny pack.
- bellyaches — Informal. a pain in the abdomen or bowels.