10-letter words containing n, a, y
- bonus army — a group of 12,000 World War I veterans who massed in Washington, D.C., the summer of 1932 to induce Congress to appropriate moneys for the payment of bonus certificates granted in 1924.
- bonus baby — an athlete who is paid a substantial bonus to sign his or her first professional contract.
- bony bream — an Australian freshwater clupeid fish, Fluvialosa richardsonii
- botany bay — an inlet of the Tasman Sea, on the SE coast of Australia: surrounded by the suburbs of Sydney
- bounty bag — a set of free samples, such as nappies and creams, given to mothers leaving hospital with a new baby
- box canyon — a canyon with vertical or almost vertical walls
- boxing day — Boxing Day is the 26th of December, the day after Christmas Day.
- brachyuran — any decapod crustacean of the group (formerly suborder) Brachyura, which includes the crabs
- bradykinin — a peptide in blood plasma that dilates blood vessels and causes contraction of smooth muscles. Formula: C50H73N15O11
- brandywine — creek in SE Pa. & N Del.: site of a battle (1777) of the Revolutionary War, in which Washington's army failed to check the British advance on Philadelphia
- brilliancy — an instance of brilliance: the brilliancies of Congreve's wit.
- butylation — the introduction of butyl into a compound
- cajolingly — In a cajoling manner.
- call money — money loaned by banks and recallable on demand
- canada day — (in Canada) July 1, the anniversary of the day in 1867 when Canada became the first British colony to receive dominion status: a bank holiday
- canada jay — a large common jay of North America, Perisoreus canadensis, with a grey body, and a white-and-black crestless head
- canal rays — rays of positive ions passing through openings in the cathode of a vacuum tube
- candy cane — A candy cane is a stick of red and white candy with a curve at one end.
- candy corn — a small candy shaped and colored to look like a kernel of corn.
- candy pull — a social gathering at which taffy or molasses candy is made.
- candy-coat — sugarcoat (def 2).
- candyfloss — Candyfloss is a large pink or white mass of sugar threads that is eaten from a stick. It is sold at fairs or other outdoor events.
- candytufts — Plural form of candytuft.
- caney fork — a river in central Tennessee, flowing NW to the Cumberland River. 144 miles (232 km) long.
- cankeredly — spitefully or crabbedly
- cannibally — in the manner of a cannibal
- canon city — a town in central Colorado.
- canonicity — the fact or quality of being canonical
- canorously — In a canorous manner.
- canterbury — a late 18th-century low wooden stand with partitions for holding cutlery and plates: often mounted on casters
- capnomancy — divination by observing smoke patterns
- carbonylic — of, relating to, or characteristic of the carbonyl group.
- cardinally — of prime importance; chief; principal: of cardinal significance.
- carnifying — Present participle of carnify.
- cartomancy — the telling of fortunes with playing cards
- cash money — cash, as distinguished from a check or money order.
- castellany — the office or position of a castellan
- catalysing — Present participle of catalyse.
- catalyzing — Present participle of catalyze.
- catchpenny — designed to have instant appeal, esp in order to sell quickly and easily without regard for quality
- cautionary — A cautionary story or a cautionary note to a story is one that is intended to give a warning to people.
- cavalryman — A cavalryman is a soldier who is in the cavalry, especially one who rides a horse.
- cavalrymen — a soldier in the cavalry.
- centrality — the state or condition of being central
- certainity — Misspelling of certainty.
- certaynely — Archaic spelling of certainly.
- cessionary — a person to whom something is transferred; assignee; grantee
- ceylon tea — a tea from Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)
- chaffingly — in a rallying yet light-hearted manner
- chalcedony — a microcrystalline often greyish form of quartz with crystals arranged in parallel fibres: a gemstone. Formula: SiO2