11-letter words containing e, c, t, y
- ineptocracy — (countable, pejorative) A government characterized by incompetent leaders.
- infectivity — infectious.
- infecundity — not fecund; unfruitful; barren.
- insectology — entomology.
- insincerity — the quality of being insincere; lack of sincerity; hypocrisy; deceitfulness.
- interagency — made up of, involving, or representing two or more government agencies: interagency cooperation.
- intercalary — interpolated; interposed.
- intercounty — conducted between or involving two or more counties
- intricately — having many interrelated parts or facets; entangled or involved: an intricate maze.
- invectively — In an invective manner.
- jejunectomy — excision of part or all of the jejunum.
- jersey city — a seaport in NE New Jersey, opposite New York City.
- keratectomy — excision of part of the cornea.
- keratolytic — the loosening or shedding of the horny layer of the epidermis.
- keratoscopy — an instrument, as Placido's disk, for determining the symmetry of the curvature of the cornea.
- kinetically — pertaining to motion.
- kleptocracy — a government or state in which those in power exploit national resources and steal; rule by a thief or thieves.
- lackey moth — a bombycid moth, Malacosoma neustria, whose brightly striped larvae live at first in a communal web often on fruit trees, of which they may become a pest
- laminectomy — the surgical removal of part of the posterior arch of a vertebra to provide access to the spinal canal, as for the excision of a ruptured disk.
- laparectomy — excision of strips of the abdominal wall and suturing of the wounds so as to correct laxity of the abdominal muscles.
- law society — association of lawyers
- league city — a town in S Texas.
- lecythiform — (biology, mycology) shaped like a bowling pin, a flask, or a bottle.
- legacy duty — estate tax; inheritance tax
- leptodactyl — leptodactylous
- leschetizky — Theodor [tey-uh-dawr,, -dohr,, thee-] /ˈteɪ əˌdɔr,, -ˌdoʊr,, ˈθi-/ (Show IPA), 1830–1915, Polish pianist and composer.
- liberty cap — a soft, conical cap given to a freed slave in ancient Rome at manumission of his servitude, used as a symbol of liberty, especially since the 18th century.
- lieutenancy — the office, authority, incumbency, or jurisdiction of a lieutenant.
- lucratively — In a lucrative manner, profitably.
- lucy stoner — a person who advocates the retention of the maiden name by married women. Compare Stone (def 5).
- lycanthrope — a person affected with lycanthropy.
- lymphocytes — Plural form of lymphocyte.
- lythraceous — belonging to the Lythraceae, the loosestrife family of plants.
- macrophytes — Plural form of macrophyte.
- macrosystem — A programming system in which small constructs (macros) represent groups of machine instructions.
- maledictory — a curse; imprecation.
- malefactory — villainous
- master copy — an original copy, stencil, tape, etc, from which duplicates are made
- matchlessly — In a matchless manner.
- meiotically — Pertaining to, or during, meiosis.
- melanocytes — Plural form of melanocyte.
- melanocytic — Of or pertaining to melanocytes.
- meritocracy — an elite group of people whose progress is based on ability and talent rather than on class privilege or wealth.
- metaphysics — metaphysics.
- metapsychic — relating to metapsychics
- methacrylic — denoting a type of acid
- metonymical — having the nature of metonymy.
- metoposcopy — the prediction of a person's fortune, or the reading of a person's character, through the examination of the forehead or face
- mexico city — a city in and the capital of Mexico, in the central part. About 7400 feet (2255 meters) above sea level.
- microphytes — Plural form of microphyte.