12-letter words containing a, c, r, o, y
- decoratively — In a decorative manner.
- denunciatory — characterized by or given to denunciation.
- depreciatory — tending to depreciate.
- despotocracy — the rule by a despot or despots; the power of despots
- dicarboxylic — containing two carboxyl groups in the molecule
- dictyopteran — any insect of the order Dictyoptera, which comprises the cockroaches and mantises
- discordantly — disagreeable to the ear; dissonant; harsh.
- dollarocracy — a state in which private wealth determines the base of political power
- draconically — (often lowercase) Draconian.
- duty of care — the legal obligation to safeguard others from harm while they are in your care, using your services, or exposed to your activities
- dynamometric — Relating to dynamometry.
- 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
- elocutionary — Of or pertaining to elocution or to public speaking; rhetorical.
- emancipatory — Of or pertaining to emancipation or to an emancipator.
- entropically — By means of or in relation to entropy.
- equivocatory — Indicating, or characterized by, equivocation.
- esoterically — In an esoteric manner.
- euphorically — In a euphoric manner.
- exclusionary — restrictive or elitist
- facilitatory — That serves to facilitate.
- 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
- 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.
- ferrocyanide — a salt of ferrocyanic acid, as potassium ferrocyanide, K 4 Fe(CN) 6 .
- 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.
- gerontocracy — government by a council of elders.
- grand canyon — a gorge of the Colorado River in N Arizona. over 200 miles (320 km) long; 1 mile (1.6 km) deep.
- granulocytes — Plural form of granulocyte.
- granulocytic — Of, or pertaining to, granulocytes.
- grass hockey — field hockey.
- gymnocarpous — (of a fungus or lichen) having the apothecium open and attached to the surface of the thallus.
- gynaecocracy — Alternative form of gynecocracy.
- gyromagnetic — of or relating to the magnetic properties of a rotating charged particle.
- harmonically — pertaining to harmony, as distinguished from melody and rhythm.
- heterodactyl — having the first and fourth toes directed backward, and the second and third forward, as in trogons.
- hexacarbonyl — (inorganic chemistry) Any compound having six carbonyl groups.
- hidrocystoma — An adenoma of the sweat glands.
- hire company — a company that hires things out to people
- historically — of, pertaining to, treating, or characteristic of history or past events: historical records; historical research.
- horrifically — causing horror.