13-letter words containing c, e, t, y
- electrotypist — an electrotyper
- embryogenetic — embryogenic
- emergency tax — the tax a person pays on their income when it is not yet clear what tax band they should be assigned to
- encephalotomy — The dissection of the brain.
- encyclopedist — A person who writes, edits, or contributes to an encyclopedia.
- endolymphatic — (anatomy) Pertaining to, or containing, endolymph.
- endosymbiotic — Of or pertaining to endosymbiosis.
- energetically — In an energetic manner.
- enigmatically — Acting in a manner that suggests an enigma.
- enzymatically — In terms of, or by using, enzymes.
- epicondylitis — A painful inflammation of tendons surrounding an epicondyle.
- epileptically — In an epileptic manner; with, or as if with, epilepsy.
- epinastically — in an epinastic manner
- epistemically — In a manner that pertains to knowledge.
- equinoctially — In an equinoctial manner; relative to the equinox.
- escort agency — an agency where people, esp young women, may be hired to accompany someone for entertainment, etc
- estate agency — business that sells property
- estrous cycle — the regular female reproductive cycle of most placental mammals that is under hormonal control and includes a period of heat, followed by ovulation and complex changes of the uterine lining
- ethchlorvynol — A sedative and hypnotic drug used to treat insomnia.
- ethologically — In an ethological manner.
- ethyl acetate — a colourless volatile flammable fragrant liquid ester, made from acetic acid and ethanol: used in perfumes and flavourings and as a solvent for plastics, etc. Formula: CH3COOC2H5
- ethyl alcohol — ethanol, alcohol
- etiologically — In an etiological manner; determined on an etiological basis.
- eudicotyledon — any plant belonging to one of the two major groups of flowering plants, comprising over 60 per cent of all plants, normally having net-veined leaves and two cotyledons in the seed
- exceptionally — To a greater degree than normal; unusually.
- excludability — The ability to be excluded.
- excoriatingly — So as to excoriate.
- executive pay — the money that an executive of an organization gets as wages or salary
- executive toy — a novelty item, such as a Newton's cradle, on the desk of a corporate executive
- exothermicity — (chemistry, physics) The release of heat during an exothermic reaction.
- explicability — The state of being explicable.
- explicatively — in an explicative or explanatory manner
- extrasystolic — Relating to extrasystole, the premature contraction of the heart.
- extrinsically — In an extrinsic manner.
- face validity — the extent to which a psychological test appears to measure what it is intended to measure
- factory price — the price quoted for manufactured goods for pickup at the gate of a factory, before certain handling, shipping, and similar costs.
- factory-fresh — coming directly from the factory; brand new
- facultatively — In a facultative manner.
- family credit — (formerly, in Britain) a means-tested allowance paid to low-earning families with one or more dependent children and one or both parents in work: replaced by Working Families' Tax Credit in 1999
- fish hatchery — a facility where fish eggs are hatched and the fry raised, especially to stock lakes, streams, and ponds.
- fluorescently — In a fluorescent manner; using fluorescence.
- flying picket — (in industrial disputes) a member of a group of pickets organized to be able to move quickly from place to place
- flying tackle — a tackle made by hurling one's body through the air at the player carrying the ball.
- food security — an economic and social condition of ready access by all members of a household to nutritionally adequate and safe food: a household with high food security.
- french pastry — fine, rich, or fancy dessert pastry, especially made from puff paste and filled with cream or fruit preparations.
- french system — a method of spinning in which fibers of extremely short-staple wool are not twisted before being spun.
- futurity race — a race for two-year-old horses in which the entries are selected before birth
- galactic year — the duration of a complete rotation of the Milky Way, approximately 200 million years.
- genotypically — With reference to a genotype.
- geometrically — of or relating to geometry or to the principles of geometry.