12-letter words containing c, i, t, y, a
- precipitancy — the quality or state of being precipitant.
- prelatically — in the manner of a prelate
- prickly heat — a cutaneous eruption accompanied by a prickling and itching sensation, due to an inflammation of the sweat glands.
- principality — a state ruled by a prince, usually a relatively small state or a state that falls within a larger state such as an empire.
- pro-activity — serving to prepare for, intervene in, or control an expected occurrence or situation, especially a negative or difficult one; anticipatory: proactive measures against crime.
- prophylactic — defending or protecting from disease or infection, as a drug.
- prostacyclin — a prostaglandin, C 2 0 H 3 2 O 5 , that specifically inhibits the formation of blood clots.
- prototypical — the original or model on which something is based or formed.
- psammophytic — relating to psammophytes
- psychiatrist — a physician who practices psychiatry.
- psychoactive — of or relating to a substance having a profound or significant effect on mental processes: a psychoactive drug.
- psychopathic — of, relating to, or affected with psychopathy.
- ptyalectasis — spontaneous or surgical dilatation of a salivary duct.
- punditocracy — influential media pundits collectively.
- pyromagnetic — (formerly) thermomagnetic (def 1).
- quasicrystal — a form of solid matter whose atoms are arranged like those of a crystal but assume patterns that do not exactly repeat themselves.
- quixotically — In a quixotic manner.
- quizzicality — The state or condition of being quizzical.
- racing yacht — a yacht used in sailing races
- reachability — to get to or get as far as in moving, going, traveling, etc.: The boat reached the shore.
- recreatively — to refresh by means of relaxation and enjoyment, as restore physically or mentally.
- refractivity — the power to refract.
- renunciatory — an act or instance of relinquishing, abandoning, repudiating, or sacrificing something, as a right, title, person, or ambition: the king's renunciation of the throne.
- resyndicated — a group of individuals or organizations combined or making a joint effort to undertake some specific duty or carry out specific transactions or negotiations: The local furniture store is individually owned, but is part of a buying syndicate.
- retractively — in a retractive manner
- rhetorically — used for, belonging to, or concerned with mere style or effect.
- rhythmically — periodic, as motion, or a drumbeat.
- romantically — of, relating to, or of the nature of romance; characteristic or suggestive of the world of romance: a romantic adventure.
- saccharinity — of the nature of or resembling that of sugar: a powdery substance with a saccharine taste.
- sadistically — pertaining to or characterized by sadism; deriving pleasure or sexual gratification from extreme cruelty: a sadistic psychopath.
- safety chain — a chain on the fastening of a bracelet, watch, etc, to ensure that it cannot open enough to fall off accidentally
- sanctifiedly — in a sanctified manner
- sanity check — (programming) 1. Checking code (or anything else, e.g. a Usenet posting) for completely stupid mistakes. Implies that the check is to make sure the author was sane when it was written; e.g. if a piece of scientific software relied on a particular formula and was giving unexpected results, one might first look at the nesting of parentheses or the coding of the formula, as a "sanity check", before looking at the more complex I/O or data structure manipulation routines, much less the algorithm itself. Compare reality check. 2. A run-time test, either validating input or ensuring that the program hasn't screwed up internally (producing an inconsistent value or state).
- satisfactory — giving or affording satisfaction; fulfilling all demands or requirements: a satisfactory solution.
- satyromaniac — a lascivious man; lecher.
- scatteringly — in a scattering manner
- schizothymia — the condition of being schizoid or introverted. It encompasses elements of schizophrenia but does not involve the same depth of psychological disturbance
- scintigraphy — the process of producing a scintigram.
- scissiparity — reproduction by one cell splitting into two
- scratchingly — in a scratching manner, with a scratching action
- scripturally — (sometimes initial capital letter) of, relating to, or in accordance with sacred writings, especially the Scriptures.
- scrutability — capable of being understood by careful study or investigation.
- security van — an armoured van used to transport money or other valuables
- semantically — of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols: semantic change; semantic confusion.
- semimystical — somewhat mystical; having a mystical quality to a partial degree
- silk factory — plant where silk fabric is produced
- socratically — of or relating to Socrates or his philosophy, followers, etc., or to the Socratic method.
- spermaphytic — able to produce seeds
- sphericality — the state of being a sphere
- stackability — capable of being stacked, especially easily: stackable chairs.