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13-letter words containing a, t, o, r, y

  • chronotherapy — an endeavour to readjust the body clock to enable a person to waken earlier by going to sleep later and later every day until the required waking hour is achieved
  • chrysotherapy — gold therapy.
  • clairvoyantly — In a clairvoyant way; by means of clairvoyance.
  • clarificatory — Of or pertaining to clarification.
  • climatography — an account of a region's climate
  • coal industry — a branch of commercial enterprise concerned with the discovery and mining of coal
  • coldheartedly — Alternative spelling of cold-heartedly.
  • collate-rally — security pledged for the payment of a loan: He gave the bank some stocks and bonds as collateral for the money he borrowed.
  • collaterality — the state of being collateral
  • commemoratory — commemorative (def 1).
  • commerciality — commercial quality or character; ability to produce a profit: Distributors were concerned about the film's commerciality compared with last year's successful pictures.
  • communicatory — inclined to communicate or impart; talkative: He isn't feeling very communicative today.
  • company store — a retail store operated by a company for the convenience of the employees, who are required to buy from the store.
  • comparability — capable of being compared; having features in common with something else to permit or suggest comparison: He considered the Roman and British empires to be comparable.
  • comparatively — in a comparative manner
  • complementary — Complementary things are different from each other but make a good combination.
  • complimentary — If you are complimentary about something, you express admiration for it.
  • concert party — a musical entertainment popular in the early 20th century, esp one at a British seaside resort
  • concretionary — formed by concretion; consisting of concreted matter or masses.
  • confabulatory — the act of confabulating; conversation; discussion.
  • confectionary — a place where confections are kept or made
  • confraternity — a group of men united for some particular purpose, esp Christian laymen organized for religious or charitable service; brotherhood
  • conjecturally — of, of the nature of, or involving conjecture; problematical: Theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are highly conjectural.
  • connaturality — the quality of being connatural
  • considerately — showing kindly awareness or regard for another's feelings, circumstances, etc.: a very considerate critic.
  • consimilarity — the condition of being mutually alike
  • constellatory — Astronomy. any of various groups of stars to which definite names have been given, as Ursa Major, Ursa Minor, Boötes, Cancer, Orion. the section of the heavens occupied by such a group.
  • constrainedly — forced, compelled, or obliged: a constrained confession.
  • contractility — capable of contracting or causing contraction.
  • contractually — of, relating to, or secured by a contract.
  • contradictory — If two or more facts, ideas, or statements are contradictory, they state or imply that opposite things are true.
  • contragravity — (scifi) antigravity.
  • contrastingly — to compare in order to show unlikeness or differences; note the opposite natures, purposes, etc., of: Contrast the political rights of Romans and Greeks.
  • contrastively — tending to contrast; contrasting. contrastive colors.
  • controversary — (obsolete) controversial.
  • conventionary — (of a form of tenure) fixed by convention as opposed to custom
  • cooperatively — working or acting together willingly for a common purpose or benefit.
  • cooperativity — an interaction between structural units within a molecule or between molecules in an assemblage that enables the system to respond more sharply to an external change than would isolated units
  • copyrightable — the exclusive right to make copies, license, and otherwise exploit a literary, musical, or artistic work, whether printed, audio, video, etc.: works granted such right by law on or after January 1, 1978, are protected for the lifetime of the author or creator and for a period of 70 years after his or her death.
  • cornish pasty — A Cornish pasty is a small pie with meat and vegetables inside.
  • correlatively — so related that each implies or complements the other.
  • corroboratory — Serving to corroborate or strengthen.
  • costimulatory — Of or pertaining to co-stimulation.
  • costume party — A costume party or costume ball is a party at which the guests try to look like famous people or people from history, from stories, or from particular professions.
  • cotemporality — The state or characteristic of existing or occurring during the same period of time.
  • counterplayer — a person who makes a counterplay
  • country dance — a type of folk dance in which couples are arranged in sets and perform a series of movements, esp facing one another in a line
  • country-dance — a dance of rural English origin in which the dancers form circles or squares or in which they face each other in two rows.
  • courtesy call — a formal visit
  • courtesy card — a privilege card
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