12-letter words containing a, c, o, y
- ecologically — the branch of biology dealing with the relations and interactions between organisms and their environment, including other organisms.
- economically — in a thrifty or frugal manner; with economy.
- economy pack — a large pack of goods that is cheaper than a normal-sized pack
- ectrodactyly — the congenital absence of part or all of one or more fingers or toes.
- ectypography — a form of etching or engraving in which the design is produced in relief
- egoistically — In an egoistic manner.
- elocutionary — Of or pertaining to elocution or to public speaking; rhetorical.
- emancipatory — Of or pertaining to emancipation or to an emancipator.
- encyclopedia — An encyclopedia is a book or set of books in which facts about many different subjects or about one particular subject are arranged for reference, usually in alphabetical order.
- enemy action — offensive military action by your military enemy
- enhypostatic — relating to enhypostasia
- entropically — By means of or in relation to entropy.
- epicycloidal — Of or pertaining to an epicycloid.
- episodically — In an episodic manner; in episodes.
- equivocality — The quality of being equivocal.
- equivocatory — Indicating, or characterized by, equivocation.
- esoterically — In an esoteric manner.
- etymological — (not comparable) Of or relating to etymology.
- euphonically — In a euphonic manner.
- euphorically — In a euphoric manner.
- exclusionary — restrictive or elitist
- facilitatory — That serves to facilitate.
- factitiously — In a factitious manner.
- factory acts — laws relating to factories
- factory farm — a farm in which animals are bred and fattened using modern industrial methods
- factory ship — a whaling ship equipped to process killed whales and to transport the oil and by-products.
- factory work — work in a factory
- fallaciously — In a fallacious manner, erroneously, illogically.
- family court — court of domestic relations.
- featurectomy — /fee"ch*r-ek"t*-mee/ The act of removing a feature from a program. Featurectomies come in two flavours, the "righteous" and the "reluctant". Righteous featurectomies are performed because the remover believes the program would be more elegant without the feature, or there is already an equivalent and better way to achieve the same end. (Doing so is not quite the same thing as removing a misfeature.) Reluctant featurectomies are performed to satisfy some external constraint such as code size or execution speed.
- feet of clay — a weakness or hidden flaw in the character of a greatly admired or respected person: He was disillusioned to find that even Lincoln had feet of clay.
- ferrocyanide — a salt of ferrocyanic acid, as potassium ferrocyanide, K 4 Fe(CN) 6 .
- fictionality — State or quality of being fictional.
- film company — a company dedicated to the making of motion pictures
- fire company — a company of firefighters.
- fish factory — a factory where fish is processed
- forensically — pertaining to, connected with, or used in courts of law or public discussion and debate.
- fractionally — pertaining to fractions; comprising a part or the parts of a unit; constituting a fraction: fractional numbers.
- fractography — the study of fractures or cracks in a material, esp metal, in order to predict or identify the cause of a failure in a structure
- free company — a band of free companions.
- frictionally — In terms of friction.
- functionally — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- gametophytic — (botany) Of or pertaining to a gametophyte plant.
- gangliectomy — (medicine) Excision of a ganglion; surgical removal of a mass of tissue.
- geodetically — pertaining to geodesy.
- geologically — of, relating to, or based on geology.
- geosynclinal — Geology. pertaining to a synclinal fold that involves a relatively large part of the earth's surface.
- gerontocracy — government by a council of elders.
- gigantomachy — (in Greek mythology) the struggle between the gods and the giants.
- glycosidases — Plural form of glycosidase.