12-letter words containing c, e, t, y
- balletically — in a balletic fashion; gracefully
- bathetically — in a bathetic fashion
- bathypelagic — of, relating to, or inhabiting the lower depths of the ocean between approximately 1000 and 4000 metres
- bathyscaphes — Plural form of bathyscaphe.
- battery acid — acid used in batteries, esp car batteries
- beatifically — bestowing bliss, blessings, happiness, or the like: beatific peace.
- beauty cream — a cosmetic cream
- betws-y-coed — a village in N Wales, in Conwy county borough, on the River Conwy: noted for its scenery. Pop: 534 (2001)
- bicycle path — a path designed for bicyclists
- bio-security — the precautions taken to protect against the spread of lethal or harmful organisms and diseases
- biochemistry — Biochemistry is the study of the chemical processes that happen in living things.
- biosynthetic — of, relating to, or characterized by biosynthesis, the formation of chemical compounds by a living organism, or a laboratory process modeled after these reactions in living organisms.
- black beauty — a Biphetamine capsule.
- blastomycete — any of a genus (Blastomyces) of yeastlike imperfect fungi that cause diseases in people and animals
- block system — the system whereby a railway is divided up into separate sections of track where only one train can travel at a time
- body-centred — (of a crystal) having a lattice point at the centre of each unit cell as well as at the corners
- book society — book club.
- bossier city — city in NW La., on the Red River opposite Shreveport: pop. 56,000
- bradykinetic — slowness of movement, as found, for example, in Parkinson's disease.
- by my certie — assuredly
- by the score — If things happen or exist by the score, they happen or exist in large numbers.
- bye-election — a special election, not held at the time of a general election, to fill a vacancy in Parliament.
- cafe society — people, esp intellectuals and artists who meet in cafés
- calculatedly — in a calculated manner
- calumet city — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- calycanthemy — the abnormal development of the calyx of a flower into a structure resembling a corolla
- caméra stylo — the use of the camera as a means of personal expression, esp as practised by some directors of the New Wave
- candy stripe — a pattern of bright stripes of one color against a plain background, used chiefly in fabrics.
- capacitively — (physics, electronics) In relation to or in terms of capacitance.
- capital levy — a tax on capital or property as contrasted with a tax on income
- carbohydrate — Carbohydrates are substances, found in certain kinds of food, that provide you with energy. Foods such as sugar and bread that contain these substances can also be referred to as carbohydrates.
- carboxylated — Simple past tense and past participle of carboxylate.
- carey street — (formerly) the street in which the London bankruptcy court was situated
- carnot cycle — an idealized reversible heat-engine cycle giving maximum efficiency and consisting of an isothermal expansion, an adiabatic expansion, an isothermal compression, and an adiabatic compression back to the initial state
- carry a tune — to be able to sing in tune
- carry permit — a license to carry a handgun on one's person.
- carry weight — to be important, influential, etc.
- case history — A person's case history is the record of past events or problems that have affected them, especially their medical history.
- cash payment — an immediate payment in cash
- caste system — the division of Hindu society into four major hereditary classes
- categorially — in a manner relating to or involving categories
- categoricity — The quality of being categorical.
- cathode rays — a stream of electrons emitted from the surface of a cathode in a valve
- catty-corner — Something that is catty-corner or kitty-corner from another thing is placed or arranged diagonally from it.
- celebreality — a television genre that is unscripted and involves either the day-to-day documentation of a celebrity’s life or competitive challenges that a celebrity or celebrities must perform
- cellulolytic — relating to or causing the hydrolysis of the complex carbohydrate cellulose
- centennially — As part of a centennial.
- central city — the principal municipality of a metropolitan area, surrounded by suburbs and smaller towns; esp., the crowded, industrial, often blighted area
- cephalometry — measurement of the dimensions of the human head by radiography: used mainly in orthodontics
- cerebropathy — A hypochondriacal condition verging upon insanity, occurring in those whose brains have been unduly taxed.