11-letter words that end in y
- arbitrarity — The quality or state of being arbitrary.
- archaeology — Archaeology is the study of the societies and peoples of the past by examining the remains of their buildings, tools, and other objects.
- archaically — marked by the characteristics of an earlier period; antiquated: an archaic manner; an archaic notion.
- archeometry — the branch of archaeology that deals with the dating of archaeological specimens through specific techniques, as radiocarbon dating and amino-acid dating.
- arcticology — the scientific study of the Polar Regions.
- aristocracy — The aristocracy is a class of people in some countries who have a high social rank and special titles.
- aromaticity — the property of certain planar cyclic conjugated molecules, esp benzene, of behaving like unsaturated molecules and undergoing substitution reactions rather than addition as a result of delocalization of electrons in the ring
- arrestingly — attracting or capable of attracting attention or interest; striking: an arresting smile.
- arrhenotoky — a form of parthenogenesis which produces only male offspring
- art gallery — a place where works of art are displayed
- art history — study of art through the ages
- art therapy — a type of psychotherapy that encourages the expression of emotions through artistic activities such as painting, drawing, or sculpture; psychotherapy based on the belief that the creative process involved in the making of art is healing and life-enhancing.
- arteriotomy — the surgical cutting of an artery or a cut made in an artery
- arthrectomy — surgical excision of a joint
- arthropathy — a disease of a joint
- arthroscopy — the use of an arthroscope to diagnose an injury to or disease of a joint or to perform minor surgery on a joint.
- articularly — of or relating to the joints.
- arty-crafty — affectedly artistic, esp in a homespun or rural style
- arum family — the plant family Araceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having numerous tiny flowers on a fleshy spike above or sheathed by a large spathe, and including the anthurium, calla lily, jack-in-the-pulpit, and philodendron.
- ascendantly — in an ascendant manner
- ascendingly — moving upward; rising.
- ascetically — a person who dedicates his or her life to a pursuit of contemplative ideals and practices extreme self-denial or self-mortification for religious reasons.
- aseptically — in a non-putrefying manner
- assentingly — in a concurring or complying manner
- assertively — confidently aggressive or self-assured; positive: aggressive; dogmatic: He is too assertive as a salesman.
- assessingly — So as to assess.
- assiduously — constant; unremitting: assiduous reading.
- assyriology — the study of the culture, history, and archaeological remains of ancient Assyria
- astatically — unstable; unsteady.
- astral body — Astronomy. a star, planet, comet, or other heavenly body.
- astringency — An astringent taste.
- astrobotany — the branch of botany that investigates the possibility that plants grow on other planets
- astrography — The art of describing or delineating the stars; a description or mapping of the heavens.
- atherectomy — the removal of plaque from an artery by means of a tiny rotating cutting blade inserted through a catheter.
- atrabiliary — Of or relating to black bile.
- atrociously — extremely or shockingly wicked, cruel, or brutal: an atrocious crime.
- attentively — while giving attention; observantly: Please listen attentively.
- attentivity — The quality of being attentive; attentiveness.
- attractancy — the capacity of a pheromone to attract
- attuitively — in an attuitive manner
- atypicality — the quality or condition of being atypical
- audaciously — extremely bold or daring; recklessly brave; fearless: an audacious explorer.
- auricularly — In an auricular manner.
- austromancy — Soothsaying, or prediction of events, from observation of the winds or cloud formations.
- authenticly — Alternative spelling of authentically.
- autocephaly — the state of being autocephalous.
- autochthony — pertaining to autochthons; aboriginal; indigenous (opposed to heterochthonous).
- autosomally — in the manner of an autosome
- avuncularly — in the manner of an uncle
- axisymmetry — any symmetry formed around an axis