11-letter words containing n, a, y
- crystalline — A crystalline substance is in the form of crystals or contains crystals.
- cut-and-try — marked by a procedure of trial and error; empirical: Many scientific advances are achieved with a cut-and-try approach.
- cutaneously — In a cutaneous way.
- cyanic acid — colourless poisonous volatile liquid acid
- cyanidation — (metallurgy) The extraction of gold or silver from their ores using the cyanide process.
- cyano group — the univalent group CN; cyanogen.
- cyanohydrin — any of a class of organic compounds containing a cyanide group and a hydroxyl group bound to the same carbon atom
- cybernation — the use of computers to control and carry out operations, as in manufacturing
- cyclazocine — an opiate antagonist used to inhibit the effects of morphine or heroin
- cyclization — the process by which the atoms of a compound become a closed ring
- cycloalkane — any saturated hydrocarbon similar to an alkane but having a cyclic molecular structure and the general formula CnH2n
- cycloalkene — (organic chemistry) Any unsaturated alicyclic hydrocarbon.
- cyclobutane — (uncountable, organic compound) A simple alicyclic hydrocarbon, C4H8; a light inflammable gas.
- cyclohexane — a colourless insoluble flammable liquid cycloalkane with a pungent odour, made by hydrogenation of benzene and used as a paint remover and solvent. Formula: C6H12
- cyclolignan — (organic chemistry) Any lignan having an additional ring.
- cylindrical — Something that is cylindrical is in the shape of a cylinder.
- cymophanous — lustrous; brilliant
- cynicalness — The state or quality of being cynical.
- cystadenoma — Hidrocystoma.
- cytokeratin — Either of several forms of keratin found in the intracytoplasmic cytoskeleton of epithelial tissue.
- cytopharynx — the gullet of a protozoan.
- dactylonomy — The use of one's fingers to express numbers.
- daemonology — the study of demons or of beliefs about demons.
- daffynition — A form of pun involving the reinterpretation of an existing word, on the basis that it sounds like another word or phrase.
- daily dozen — gymnastic setting-up exercises (originally twelve) done daily
- daily grind — everyday work routine
- daimyo bond — a bearer bond issued in Japan and the eurobond market by the World Bank
- daisy chain — A daisy chain is a string of daisies that have been joined together by their stems to make a necklace.
- dandy brush — a brush with stiff, short bristles that is used for grooming animals, especially horses.
- dandy fever — (in the West Indies) dengue.
- dandy-brush — a stiff brush used for grooming a horse
- dangerously — full of danger or risk; causing danger; perilous; risky; hazardous; unsafe.
- dangleberry — a blue huckleberry (Gaylussacia frondosa), native to E North America
- dark energy — unobserved energy whose existence is proposed to account for the observed acceleration in the expansion of the universe
- dauntlessly — In a dauntless manner.
- day jasmine — a West Indian shrub, Cestrum diurnum, of the nightshade family, having clusters of white flowers that are very fragrant by day.
- day nursery — A day nursery is a place where children who are too young to go to school can be left all day while their parents are at work.
- day student — a student at a college or secondary school who does not reside in a facility provided by the school
- day trading — the practice of buying and selling shares on the same day, often via the internet, in order to make a quick profit
- day-neutral — (of plants) having an ability to mature and bloom that is not affected by day length
- daydreaming — indulgence in daydreams
- deadeningly — in a deadening manner
- deadenylase — (enzyme) Any enzyme that catalyzes a deadenylation reaction.
- deadenylate — (biochemistry, genetics) To remove an adenylate group from a protein; especially to activate an enzyme by this means.
- deadly sins — the sins of pride, covetousness, lust, envy, gluttony, anger, and sloth
- deafeningly — to make deaf: The accident deafened him for life.
- decennially — Every ten years.
- declinatory — a plea that has the aim of demonstrating that the accused is exempt from legal authority and punishment
- degradingly — that degrades; debasing; humiliating: degrading submission.
- dehydrating — Present participle of dehydrate.