10-letter words containing e, y, c, a, n
- chemonasty — the nastic movement of a plant in response to a chemical stimulus
- chinaberry — a spreading Asian meliaceous tree, Melia azedarach, widely grown in the US for its ornamental white or purple flowers and beadlike yellow fruits
- choanocyte — any of the flagellated cells in sponges that maintain a flow of water through the body. A collar of protoplasm surrounds the base of the flagellum
- clay stone — argillite.
- claystones — argillite.
- cleromancy — a divination involving dice-throwing or lot-casting
- cluny lace — a strong heavy silk and cotton bobbin lace made at Cluny or elsewhere
- co-payment — payment required of an insured person for that portion of medical expenses not paid by the insurance company; specif., a fixed fee required for each prescription, visit to a doctor, etc.
- coenzyme a — a constituent of biological cells that functions as the agent of acylation in metabolic reactions
- commandery — a manor under the charge of a commander of a religious military order of knights
- commentary — A commentary is a description of an event that is broadcast on radio or television while the event is taking place.
- conjacency — (rare) compactness.
- consectary — a consequence or conclusion
- conveyable — to carry, bring, or take from one place to another; transport; bear.
- conveyance — A conveyance is a vehicle.
- copartnery — copartnership
- copayments — Plural form of copayment.
- corydaline — an alkaloid, C22H27NO4, that is found in the roots of certain plants of the genus Corydalis
- courantyne — a river in N South America, rising in S Guyana and flowing north to the Atlantic, forming the boundary between Guyana and Surinam. Length: 765 km (475 miles)
- covalently — the number of electron pairs that an atom can share with other atoms.
- crazy bone — funny bone
- creakingly — With a creaking sound.
- cyanogenic — having the capability to generate or produce cyanide
- cyanometer — an instrument used for measuring the blueness of the sky
- cyanophyte — a former name for a cyanobacterium
- cyanotypes — Plural form of cyanotype.
- cycle lane — a specially designated and indicated section of the roadway for use by cyclists
- cynghanedd — a complex system of rhyme and alliteration used in Welsh verse
- cysteamine — a drug used to treat cystine excretion or radiation sickness
- cytarabine — a toxic synthetic nucleoside, C 9 H 13 N 3 O 5 , used as an immunosuppressive and cytotoxic agent in the treatment of certain leukemias.
- decadently — In a decadent manner.
- decagynian — having ten pistils or female organs of reproduction and belonging to the order Decagynia
- degeneracy — If you refer to the behaviour of a group of people as degeneracy, you mean that you think it is shocking, immoral, or disgusting.
- dependancy — the state of being dependent; dependence.
- disparency — (proscribed) A significant discrepancy.
- effeminacy — the state or quality of being effeminate.
- encyclical — A papal letter sent to all bishops of the Roman Catholic Church.
- ethnically — Of, pertaining to ethnicity or ethnics.
- exactingly — In an exacting manner.
- executancy — the qualification or skill of an executant
- expectancy — The state of thinking or hoping that something, especially something pleasant, will happen or be the case.
- exuberancy — Archaic form of exuberance.
- fancy dive — any of the series of specified dives executed in fancy diving, as the jackknife or gainer.
- fancy fern — a common fern, Dryopteris austriaca spinulosa, having delicate, lacy leaves and used extensively in floral arrangements.
- fancy-free — free from any emotional tie or influence, especially that of love.
- flatulency — (chiefly, dated) flatulence.
- french way — cunnilingus or fellatio.
- groceryman — a grocer.
- gynarchies — Plural form of gynarchy.
- gynecocrat — gynarchy.