11-letter words containing a, c, e, t, y
- hyperactive — unusually or abnormally active: a company's hyperactive growth; the child's hyperactive imagination.
- hyperacuity — an extreme acuteness (of the senses)
- hyperdactyl — having an excessive number of fingers or toes
- hyperstatic — redundant (def 5b).
- hypocentral — (geology) Of or pertaining to the hypocentre of an earthquake.
- hypothecary — of or relating to a hypothec.
- hypothecate — to pledge to a creditor as security without delivering over; mortgage.
- identically — similar or alike in every way: The two cars are identical except for their license plates.
- imprecatory — to invoke or call down (evil or curses), as upon a person.
- incertainty — (obsolete) Uncertainty.
- incessantly — continuing without interruption; ceaseless; unending: an incessant noise.
- ineluctably — incapable of being evaded; inescapable: an ineluctable destiny. Synonyms: inevitable, unavoidable, irrevocable, unpreventable, unstoppable, inexorable. Antonyms: certain, sure, fated.
- ineptocracy — (countable, pejorative) A government characterized by incompetent leaders.
- interagency — made up of, involving, or representing two or more government agencies: interagency cooperation.
- intercalary — interpolated; interposed.
- intricately — having many interrelated parts or facets; entangled or involved: an intricate maze.
- keratectomy — excision of part of the cornea.
- keratolytic — the loosening or shedding of the horny layer of the epidermis.
- keratoscopy — an instrument, as Placido's disk, for determining the symmetry of the curvature of the cornea.
- kinetically — pertaining to motion.
- kleptocracy — a government or state in which those in power exploit national resources and steal; rule by a thief or thieves.
- lackey moth — a bombycid moth, Malacosoma neustria, whose brightly striped larvae live at first in a communal web often on fruit trees, of which they may become a pest
- laminectomy — the surgical removal of part of the posterior arch of a vertebra to provide access to the spinal canal, as for the excision of a ruptured disk.
- laparectomy — excision of strips of the abdominal wall and suturing of the wounds so as to correct laxity of the abdominal muscles.
- law society — association of lawyers
- league city — a town in S Texas.
- legacy duty — estate tax; inheritance tax
- leptodactyl — leptodactylous
- liberty cap — a soft, conical cap given to a freed slave in ancient Rome at manumission of his servitude, used as a symbol of liberty, especially since the 18th century.
- lieutenancy — the office, authority, incumbency, or jurisdiction of a lieutenant.
- lucratively — In a lucrative manner, profitably.
- lycanthrope — a person affected with lycanthropy.
- lythraceous — belonging to the Lythraceae, the loosestrife family of plants.
- macrophytes — Plural form of macrophyte.
- macrosystem — A programming system in which small constructs (macros) represent groups of machine instructions.
- maledictory — a curse; imprecation.
- malefactory — villainous
- master copy — an original copy, stencil, tape, etc, from which duplicates are made
- matchlessly — In a matchless manner.
- meiotically — Pertaining to, or during, meiosis.
- melanocytes — Plural form of melanocyte.
- melanocytic — Of or pertaining to melanocytes.
- meritocracy — an elite group of people whose progress is based on ability and talent rather than on class privilege or wealth.
- metaphysics — metaphysics.
- metapsychic — relating to metapsychics
- methacrylic — denoting a type of acid
- metonymical — having the nature of metonymy.
- mimetically — In a mimetic manner.
- multiagency — involving multiple agencies
- myelopathic — any disorder of the spinal cord or of bone marrow.