9-letter words containing y, e, t, a
- carpentry — Carpentry is the activity of making and repairing wooden things.
- carrytale — a gossipmonger
- cartooney — Misspelling of cartoony.
- cat's-eye — any of a group of gemstones, esp a greenish-yellow variety of chrysoberyl, that reflect a streak of light when cut in a rounded unfaceted shape
- catalepsy — a state of prolonged rigid posture, occurring for example in schizophrenia or in hypnotic trances
- catalysed — to act upon by catalysis.
- catalyser — Alternative form of catalyzer.
- catalyses — Chemistry. the causing or accelerating of a chemical change by the addition of a catalyst.
- catalyzed — to act upon by catalysis.
- catalyzer — That which catalyzes.
- catalyzes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of catalyze.
- cataplexy — sudden temporary paralysis, brought on by severe shock
- cattleyas — Plural form of cattleya.
- centenary — The centenary of an event such as someone's birth is the 100th anniversary of that event.
- centrally — of or forming the center: the central hut in the village.
- certainly — You use certainly to emphasize what you are saying when you are making a statement.
- certainty — Certainty is the state of being definite or of having no doubts at all about something.
- cetshwayo — ?1826–84, king of the Zulus (1873–79): defeated the British at Isandhlwana (1879) but was overwhelmed by them at Ulundi (1879); captured, he stated his case in London, and was reinstated as ruler of part of Zululand (1883)
- chalybite — siderite (def 1).
- champerty — (formerly) an illegal bargain between a party to litigation and an outsider whereby the latter agrees to pay for the action and thereby share in any proceeds recovered
- cheat day — a day in which a person goes off a dietary regimen: Today’s my cheat day, so I’m eating pizza and ice cream.
- cityscape — an urban landscape; view of a city
- claystone — a compact very fine-grained rock consisting of consolidated clay particles
- coevality — The condition of being coeval.
- cognately — In a way that is cognate.
- connately — In a connate fashion.
- copayment — a fee paid by a subscriber to a service for the use of additional services not covered by the subscription
- copytaker — (esp in a newspaper office) a person employed to type reports as journalists dictate them over the telephone
- cordately — In a cordate form.
- crematory — A crematory is the same as a crematorium.
- cryolathe — an instrument for reshaping the cornea to correct severe nearsightedness or farsightedness: the cornea is removed from the eye, rapidly frozen, reshaped, and reinserted.
- cyanotype — a process of photographic printing, used chiefly in copying architectural and mechanical drawings, that produces a blue line on a white background.
- cyanurate — a salt or ester derived from cyanide
- cybercast — (Internet) A broadcast of audiovisual material over the Internet.
- cyberchat — Chat that takes place on the Internet, as in a chatroom or via instant messages.
- cybernate — to control (a manufacturing process) with a servomechanism or (of a process) to be controlled by a servomechanism
- cybernaut — a person who is an expert in or uses the internet a lot
- cyclamate — a salt or ester of cyclamic acid. Certain of the salts have a very sweet taste and were formerly used as food additives and sugar substitutes
- cyclepath — a special path for the exclusive use of cyclists
- cystidean — any one of the order of fossil echinoderms Cystidea
- cytherean — of or relating to Cytherea.
- cytopenia — a condition characterized by a deficiency of a type of blood cells
- cytosmear — (cytology) A sample of cells, in the form of a smear on a microscope slide, that has been stained ready for diagnostic examination.
- dasymeter — a device for measuring the density of gases
- data type — type
- day-trade — to buy and sell a listed security or commodity on the same day, usually on margin, for a quick profit.
- daycentre — a building used for daycare or other welfare services
- death ray — an imaginary ray capable of killing
- debatably — in a debatable or disputable manner
- decastyle — a portico consisting of ten columns