10-letter words containing d, y, c
- inverclyde — a council area of W central Scotland: created in 1996 from part of Strathclyde region. Administrative centre: Greenock. Pop: 83 050 (2003 est). Area: 162 sq km (63 sq miles)
- iridectomy — excision of part of the iris.
- irradiancy — Alternative form of irradiance.
- isocyanide — a compound containing an isocyano group.
- isodynamic — pertaining to or characterized by equality of force, intensity, or the like.
- judicatory — of or relating to judgment or the administration of justice; judiciary: judicatory power.
- judicially — pertaining to judgment in courts of justice or to the administration of justice: judicial proceedings; the judicial system.
- keypunched — Simple past tense and past participle of keypunch.
- lackadaisy — alas
- land yacht — a wind-driven vehicle with a mast and sails, having three wheels, a single seat, and a steering wheel, used especially on beaches and other sandy areas.
- lardy cake — a rich sweet cake made of bread dough, lard, sugar, and dried fruit
- low comedy — comedy that depends on physical action, broadly humorous or farcical situations, and often bawdy or vulgar jokes.
- lycopodium — any erect or creeping, mosslike, evergreen plant of the genus Lycopodium, as the club moss or ground pine.
- mack daddy — a prominent or successful pimp
- mcreynolds — James Clark, 1862–1946, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1914–41.
- mediocracy — government or rule by a mediocre person or group.
- mediocrely — In a mediocre way.
- mediocrity — the state or quality of being mediocre.
- mendicancy — the practice of begging, as for alms.
- metecdysis — the period following the moult (ecdysis) of an arthropod, when the new cuticle is forming
- midcentury — Occurring around the center or middle of the century.
- modacrylic — designating or of any of various synthetic fibers that resist combustion, made from long-chain polymers composed primarily of acrylonitrile modified by other polymers: used in making fabrics, carpets, etc.
- monohydric — (especially of alcohols and phenols) monohydroxy.
- murray cod — a large Australian freshwater fish, Maccullochella peeli, chiefly of the Murray and Darling rivers
- mydriatics — Plural form of mydriatic.
- myocardial — the muscular substance of the heart.
- myocardium — the muscular substance of the heart.
- mythicized — Simple past tense and past participle of mythicize.
- new comedy — Greek comedy arising toward the end of the 4th century b.c. that employed stock characters and plots drawn from contemporary bourgeois life, the formulas of which were adopted by later Roman writers for the comic stage.
- nondynamic — pertaining to or characterized by energy or effective action; vigorously active or forceful; energetic: the dynamic president of the firm.
- nose candy — cocaine.
- octaploidy — the fact of having or containing eight groups or sets of chromosomes
- old comedy — Greek comedy of the 5th century b.c., which derived from fertility rites in honor of Dionysus and combined robust humor with biting personal and political satire.
- only child — sb without siblings
- paddywhack — Informal. a spanking.
- pdsa cycle — Plan, Do, See, Approve (from Japan).
- peroxyacid — an acid derived from hydrogen peroxide and containing the –O–O– group, as peroxysulfuric acid, H 2 S 2 O 8 .
- phylloclad — cladophyll
- piccadilly — one of the main streets of London, running from Piccadilly Circus to Hyde Park Corner
- piece-dyed — dyed after weaving (opposed to yarn-dyed).
- play cupid — If you say that someone is playing cupid, you mean that they are trying to bring two people together to start a romantic relationship.
- polyandric — polyandrous.
- polydactyl — having many or several digits.
- polydeuces — Greek name of Pollux.
- polyhedric — resembling a polyhedron
- polyhydric — (especially of alcohols and phenols) polyhydroxy.
- precedency — precedence.
- predictory — predictive.
- presidency — the office, function, or term of office of a president.
- psyched up — psychologically prepared