11-letter words containing a, c, y, l
- counterplay — a positive or aggressive action by the defending side, esp in chess
- cow parsley — a common Eurasian umbelliferous hedgerow plant, Anthriscus sylvestris, having umbrella-shaped clusters of white flowers
- cracklingly — With a crackling sound.
- craftsmanly — Befitting a craftsman.
- crapulosity — the quality of being crapulous or crapulent
- crapulously — In a crapulous manner.
- crazy quilt — If you describe something as a crazy quilt of other things, you mean that it is a mixture of those things without any pattern or order.
- criminality — the state or quality of being criminal
- criticality — the state of being critical
- cryptically — mysterious in meaning; puzzling; ambiguous: a cryptic message.
- crystal set — an early form of radio receiver having a crystal detector to demodulate the radio signals but no amplifier, therefore requiring earphones
- crystal tea — a bog shrub, Ledum palustre, of the heath family, found from the North Temperate Zone to the Arctic Circle, having leaves that are rust-colored and hairy beneath with rolled margins, and dense clusters of white flowers.
- crystalised — Simple past tense and past participle of crystalise.
- crystalized — Simple past tense and past participle of crystalize.
- crystalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crystalize.
- crystallike — a clear, transparent mineral or glass resembling ice.
- crystalline — A crystalline substance is in the form of crystals or contains crystals.
- crystallise — to form into crystals; cause to assume crystalline form.
- crystallite — any of the minute rudimentary or imperfect crystals occurring in many glassy rocks
- crystallize — If you crystallize an opinion or idea, or if it crystallizes, it becomes fixed and definite in someone's mind.
- crystallog. — crystallography
- crystalloid — resembling or having the appearance or properties of a crystal or crystalloid
- culpability — guilt or blame that is deserved; blameworthiness.
- customarily — according to custom; usually
- cutaneously — In a cutaneous way.
- cyclazocine — an opiate antagonist used to inhibit the effects of morphine or heroin
- cycle track — a special path created for cyclists to use
- cyclebabble — (jargon) Advertising raw clock speed, instead of bus speed. A Tandy Color Computer ran at exactly the same speed, but clock speed was specified as bus speed, 0.895 MHz, leaving the impression that it was 4 times slower. Actually it ran a little faster with a more efficient instruction set. If the actual clock rate had been specified on a CoCo 3, it would have been 14.32 MHz, although the bus speed was still 0.895 MHz. That high speed also generated video, color, and hidden refresh timing. 100 MHz computers are running at bus speeds of around 25 MHz.
- cyclicality — the property or characteristic of being cyclical
- cyclization — the process by which the atoms of a compound become a closed ring
- cycloalkane — any saturated hydrocarbon similar to an alkane but having a cyclic molecular structure and the general formula CnH2n
- cycloalkene — (organic chemistry) Any unsaturated alicyclic hydrocarbon.
- cyclobutane — (uncountable, organic compound) A simple alicyclic hydrocarbon, C4H8; a light inflammable gas.
- cyclohexane — a colourless insoluble flammable liquid cycloalkane with a pungent odour, made by hydrogenation of benzene and used as a paint remover and solvent. Formula: C6H12
- cyclolignan — (organic chemistry) Any lignan having an additional ring.
- cyclopaedia — (archaic) The circle or compass of the arts and sciences (originally, of the seven so-called liberal arts and sciences); circle of human knowledge.
- cycloplegia — paralysis of the muscles that adjust the shape of the lens of the eye, resulting in loss of ability to focus
- cyclostylar — (architecture) Of or pertaining to a cyclostyle (a circular group of columns without a core).
- cyclothymia — a condition characterized by periodical swings of mood between excitement and depression, activity and inactivity
- cylindrical — Something that is cylindrical is in the shape of a cylinder.
- cynicalness — The state or quality of being cynical.
- cystoplasty — (surgery) Repair to the urinary bladder.
- cytoclastic — destructive to cells.
- cytological — Of, or relating to cytology or cytologists.
- cytomegalic — of or relating to a disease characterized by enlarged cells
- cytoplasmic — the cell substance between the cell membrane and the nucleus, containing the cytosol, organelles, cytoskeleton, and various particles.
- dactylogram — a fingerprint
- dactylology — the method of using manual sign language, as in communicating with deaf people
- dactylonomy — The use of one's fingers to express numbers.
- deacetylate — to remove the acetyl group from (an organic compound).