13-letter words containing c, o, n, e, y
- gynodioecious — having female flowers on one plant and hermaphrodite flowers on another plant of the same species.
- gynomonoecism — the condition of having female flowers and also flowers that have a pistil and stamen on the same plant
- gyrofrequency — the frequency of rotation of an electron or other charged particle in a magnetic field, directly proportional to the charge of the particle and to the field strength and inversely proportional to the mass of the particle.
- hackney coach — hackney (def 1).
- haemodynamics — a branch of physiology that deals with the circulation of the blood
- holy alliance — a league formed by the principal sovereigns of Europe in 1815 with the professed object of promoting Christian brotherhood but the practical object of repressing democratic revolutions and institutions. The English and Turkish rulers and Pope Pius VII did not join the league.
- honey creeper — any of several small, usually brightly colored birds, related to the tanagers and wood warblers, of tropical and semitropical America.
- honey stomach — the crop of an ant, bee, or other hymenopterous insect, serving as a reservoir for honeydew and nectar, especially the enlarged crop of a honeybee in which nectar is acted on by enzymes to form honey.
- honeycreepers — Plural form of honeycreeper.
- honor society — (in a college, university, or secondary school) a student society that admits members on the basis of academic merit and, sometimes, worthwhile contributions in extracurricular activities.
- horned scully — a tapered block of concrete with projecting steel rails, placed under water to tear holes in the bottoms of boats.
- human ecology — ecology (def 4).
- hydrokinetics — the branch of hydrodynamics that deals with the laws governing liquids or gases in motion.
- hypercyanotic — blueness or lividness of the skin, as from imperfectly oxygenated blood.
- hyperfunction — abnormally increased function, especially of glands or other organs.
- hyperromantic — extremely or excessively romantic
- hypertonicity — Physiology. of or relating to hypertonia.
- hyposecretion — a diminished secretion.
- hypothecating — Present participle of hypothecate.
- hypothecation — to pledge to a creditor as security without delivering over; mortgage.
- iceland poppy — any of various widely cultivated arctic poppies, esp Papaver nudicaule, with white or yellow nodding flowers
- ichneumon fly — any of numerous wasplike insects of the family Ichneumonidae, the larvae of which are parasitic on caterpillars and immature stages of other insects.
- iconic memory — the temporary persistence of visual impressions after the stimulus has been removed
- impecuniosity — having little or no money; penniless; poor.
- impecuniously — In an impecunious manner.
- incompetently — not competent; lacking qualification or ability; incapable: an incompetent candidate.
- inconceivably — not conceivable; unimaginable; unthinkable.
- incongruently — not congruent.
- inconsciently — in an inconscient manner
- inconsistency — the quality or condition of being inconsistent.
- incontestably — incapable of being contested; not open to dispute; incontrovertible: incontestable proof.
- incontinently — immediately; at once; straightaway.
- inconveniency — inconvenience.
- inconvertibly — In an inconvertible manner.
- incorporeally — In an incorporeal manner.
- incredulously — not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical.
- indolebutyric — as in indolebutyric acid, a synthetic plant growth regulator
- inductothermy — the production of fever by means of electromagnetic induction.
- inter-company — a number of individuals assembled or associated together; group of people.
- intercondylar — Anatomy. the smooth surface area at the end of a bone, forming part of a joint.
- interlocutory — of the nature of, pertaining to, or occurring in conversation: interlocutory instruction.
- intoxicatedly — In an intoxicated fashion; drunkenly.
- john wycliffe — John, c1320–84, English theologian, religious reformer, and Biblical translator.
- joint tenancy — a holding of property, either real or personal, by two or more persons with each sharing the undivided interest, the entire tenancy passing to the survivor or survivors.
- jolly balance — a spring balance used for determining the density of a sample by comparison of its weight in air and water.
- keratinocytes — Plural form of keratinocyte.
- laryngectomee — someone who has had a laryngectomy
- laryngoscopes — Plural form of laryngoscope.
- low frequency — any frequency between 30 and 300 kilohertz. Abbreviation: LF.
- mango chutney — chutney which contains or is made from the fruit mango