12-letter words containing a, l, c, y
- colporrhaphy — (surgery) suturing of a defect in the wall of the vagina.
- columbus day — Oct 12, a legal holiday in most states of the US: the date of Columbus' landing in the West Indies (Caribbean) in 1492
- come-all-you — a street ballad, especially in England.
- commandingly — being in command: a commanding officer.
- commensality — eating together at the same table.
- commercially — of, relating to, or characteristic of commerce.
- communicably — capable of being easily communicated or transmitted: communicable information; a communicable disease.
- complacently — pleased, especially with oneself or one's merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied: The voters are too complacent to change the government.
- compulsatory — compulsory
- concealingly — in a concealing manner
- conceptually — pertaining to concepts or to the forming of concepts.
- conchoidally — In a conchoidal manner.
- conciliatory — When you are conciliatory in your actions or behaviour, you show that you are willing to end a disagreement with someone.
- concordantly — agreeing; harmonious.
- coney island — an island off the S shore of Long Island, New York: site of a large amusement park
- conformality — (mathematics) The condition (of a map) of being conformal.
- congeniality — agreeable, suitable, or pleasing in nature or character: congenial surroundings.
- congenitally — of or relating to a condition present at birth, whether inherited or caused by the environment, especially the uterine environment.
- connaturally — In a connatural manner.
- connubiality — of marriage or wedlock; matrimonial; conjugal: connubial love.
- conscionably — being in conformity with one's conscience; just.
- consensually — formed or existing merely by consent: a consensual transaction.
- considerably — to a noteworthy or marked extent; much; noticeably; substantially; amply.
- constabulary — In Britain and some other countries, a constabulary is the police force of a particular area.
- consultatory — Formed by, or resulting from, consultation; advisory.
- consummately — to bring to a state of perfection; fulfill.
- contagiously — capable of being transmitted by bodily contact with an infected person or object: contagious diseases.
- contextually — of, relating to, or depending on the context.
- continuality — of regular or frequent recurrence; often repeated; very frequent: continual bus departures.
- contractedly — in a shortened manner
- controllably — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
- conviviality — friendly; agreeable: a convivial atmosphere.
- conway's law — (project, humour) The rule (presumably formulated by Melvin Conway) that the organisation of software and the organisation of the software team will be congruent; originally stated as "If you have four groups working on a compiler, you'll get a 4-pass compiler".
- coordinately — of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.
- corporeality — the state or quality of being corporeal; bodily existence
- cosmetically — a powder, lotion, lipstick, rouge, or other preparation for beautifying the face, skin, hair, nails, etc.
- cotemporally — At the same time.
- cotyledonary — the primary or rudimentary leaf of the embryo of seed plants.
- countability — the fact of being countable
- counterrally — an opposing rally
- country lane — a narrow country road, often bordered by hedges
- courageously — possessing or characterized by courage; brave: a courageous speech against the dictator.
- cranioplasty — Surgical repair of a defect or deformity in the skull.
- crape myrtle — an oriental lythraceous shrub, Lagerstroemia indica, cultivated in warm climates for its pink, red, or white flowers
- craveability — (especially of a food) having qualities that engender an intense desire for more: All too often, salt, sugar, fat, and “crunch” make a food craveable.
- crossability — the quality of being crossable
- crumble away — disintegrate
- crushability — to press or squeeze with a force that destroys or deforms.
- cryoplankton — minute organisms, esp algae, living in ice, snow, or icy water
- cryosurgical — of or relating to cryosurgery