10-letter words containing y, a, t
- chlamydate — (of some molluscs) possessing a mantle
- 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
- chocolatey — a preparation of the seeds of cacao, roasted, husked, and ground, often sweetened and flavored, as with vanilla.
- chromatype — a procedure in photography that uses photographic paper that is made reactive to light by the use of a salt of chromium
- city break — a short holiday spent in a city
- city-state — a state consisting of a sovereign city and its dependencies. Among the most famous are the great independent cities of the ancient world, such as Athens, Sparta, Carthage, Thebes, Corinth, and Rome
- cityscapes — Plural form of cityscape.
- clay court — a tennis court with a playing surface topped by a layer of crushed shale, brick, or stone
- clay eater — (in the South Atlantic States) a term used to refer to a poor, uneducated person from a rural area.
- clay stone — argillite.
- claymation — the techniques of animation applied to clay models
- claystones — argillite.
- clearstory — clerestory
- cloth yard — a medieval unit of measure for cloth, fixed at 37 inches by Edward VI of England: also used as a length for longbow arrows
- 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.
- coactivity — acting together.
- cocatalyst — a substance that acts in tandem with another as a catalyst
- coequality — The condition of being coequal.
- comicality — the quality of being comical
- commentary — A commentary is a description of an event that is broadcast on radio or television while the event is taking place.
- commonalty — the ordinary people as distinct from those with authority, rank, or title, esp when considered as a political and social unit or estate of the realm
- compactify — to make or become compact
- compatibly — capable of existing or living together in harmony: the most compatible married couple I know.
- condylarth — any of the primitive ungulate mammals of the extinct order Condylarthra, from the Paleocene and Eocene epochs, having a slender body, low-crowned teeth, and five-toed feet, each toe ending in a small hoof.
- consectary — a consequence or conclusion
- constantly — not changing or varying; uniform; regular; invariable: All conditions during the three experiments were constant.
- contrarily — in a perverse or obstinate manner
- copartnery — copartnership
- copayments — Plural form of copayment.
- copulatory — to engage in sexual intercourse.
- copycatted — Simple past tense and past participle of copycat.
- cordiality — warmth of feeling
- cortically — Anatomy. of, pertaining to, resembling, or consisting of cortex.
- corybantic — frenzied; agitated; unrestrained.
- cosmolatry — the worship of the cosmos
- cotylosaur — any of various members of the extinct order of primitive and massive reptiles known as Cotylosauria, which lived between the Carboniferous and Triassic ages
- countryman — Your countrymen are people from your own country.
- 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)
- courtyards — Plural form of courtyard.
- covalently — the number of electron pairs that an atom can share with other atoms.
- cowboy hat — a wide-brimmed hat as worn by cowboys
- craniotomy — any surgical incision into the skull, esp to expose the brain for neurosurgery
- creatively — having the quality or power of creating.
- creativity — creative ability; artistic or intellectual inventiveness
- creaturely — creatural.
- creditably — bringing or deserving credit, honor, reputation, or esteem.
- critically — inclined to find fault or to judge with severity, often too readily.
- cruciality — involving an extremely important decision or result; decisive; critical: a crucial experiment.
- cryostasis — the deep-freezing of human bodies or other organisms at death; cryonics.
- cryostatic — of or relating to a cryostat