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13-letter words containing c, a, o, n, y

  • black economy — The black economy consists of the buying, selling, and producing of goods or services that goes on without the government being informed, so that people can avoid paying tax on them.
  • body snatcher — (formerly) a person who robbed graves and sold the corpses for dissection
  • bouncy castle — A bouncy castle is a large object filled with air, often in the shape of a castle, which children play on at a fairground or other outdoor event.
  • boundary scan — The use of scan registers to capture state from device input and output pins. IEEE Standard 1149.1-1990 describes the international standard implementation (sometimes called JTAG after the Joint Test Action Group which began the standardisation work).
  • boynton beach — a city in SE Florida.
  • bronchography — radiography of the bronchial tubes after the introduction of a radiopaque medium into the bronchi
  • buoyancy tank — an enclosed air-filled section of a boat, ship or hovercraft designed to keep it afloat and prevent it from sinking
  • buoyant force — the law that a body immersed in a fluid is buoyed up by a force (buoyant force) equal to the weight of the fluid displaced by the body.
  • by contraries — contrary to what is expected
  • cacophonously — In a cacophonous manner.
  • café coronary — a fatal choking condition brought on when food, dentures, etc. lodge in a person's throat while he or she is eating: it is often misinterpreted as a heart attack
  • canary yellow — Something that is canary yellow is a light yellow in colour.
  • carbonylation — the introduction of a carbonyl group into a compound through chemical reaction
  • carboxylation — a chemical reaction that introduces a carboxyl group into a molecule or compound, forming a carboxylic acid or a carboxylate
  • cariogenicity — conducive to the production or promotion of dental caries: the cariogenic factors in sweets.
  • carnivorously — In a carnivorous manner.
  • carolina lily — a bulbous lily, Lilium michauxii, of the southeastern U.S., having large, spotted, orange-red flowers with recurved petals.
  • caryophyllene — (organic compound) A sesquiterpene (containing a cyclobutane ring) found in the essential oils of several plants such as clove and pepper.
  • catatonically — in a catatonic or exceedingly rigid manner
  • caution money — a sum of money deposited as security for good conduct, against possible debts, etc
  • centrosomally — In a centrosomal way.
  • chemotaxonomy — the taxonomy of species of organisms based on biochemical characteristics
  • chlamydomonas — a green, fresh water alga of the class Chlorophyceae that is flagellate and made up of a single cell
  • 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
  • chylification — the process of turning into chyle
  • chymification — the process of turning into chyme
  • cinco de mayo — May 5, anniversary of the victory of Mexico over French forces at Puebla in 1862: observed by Mexicans and Mexican-Americans
  • city dionysia — (in ancient Athens) the chief festival in honor of Dionysus, celebrated in early spring and notable for the performance of dithyrambs, tragedies, comedies, and satyr plays.
  • clairvoyantly — In a clairvoyant way; by means of clairvoyance.
  • claymore mine — an antipersonnel mine designed to produce a direction-guided, fan-shaped pattern of fragments.
  • close company — a company under the control of its directors or fewer than five independent participants
  • close harmony — a type of singing in which all the parts except the bass lie close together and are confined to the compass of a tenth
  • coal industry — a branch of commercial enterprise concerned with the discovery and mining of coal
  • cockney bream — a young snapper fish
  • collisionally — in the manner of a collision or collisions
  • combinability — capable of combining or being combined.
  • come in handy — If something comes in handy, it is useful in a particular situation.
  • commensurably — In a commensurable manner; so as to be commensurable.
  • commissionary — Of, relating to, or conferring a commission.
  • common canary — See under canary (def 1).
  • common prayer — the liturgy of public services of the Church of England, esp Morning and Evening Prayer
  • communicatory — inclined to communicate or impart; talkative: He isn't feeling very communicative today.
  • companionably — possessing the qualities of a good companion; pleasant to be with; congenial.
  • companionways — Plural form of companionway.
  • company grade — military rank applying to army officers below major, as second and first lieutenants and captains.
  • company store — a retail store operated by a company for the convenience of the employees, who are required to buy from the store.
  • company union — an unaffiliated union of workers usually restricted to a single business enterprise
  • company woman — a female employee whose allegiance to her employer comes before personal beliefs or loyalty to fellow workers.
  • complainingly — In a complaining manner; peevishly.
  • complaisantly — (archaic) In a complaisant manner; obligingly.
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