13-letter words containing c, r, e, s, y
- hypsometrical — Of or pertaining to hypsometry.
- ideal crystal — a crystal in which there are no defects or impurities
- incredulously — not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical.
- indescribably — not describable; too extraordinary for description: a scene of indescribable confusion; indescribable euphoria.
- indiscernibly — In a way that cannot be discerned.
- instructively — In an instructive manner.
- intransigency — a person who refuses to agree or compromise, as in politics.
- isometrically — of, relating to, or having equality of measure.
- jockey shorts — Jockey shorts are a type of men's underpants.
- keratinocytes — Plural form of keratinocyte.
- keratomycosis — Fungal infection of the cornea.
- laryngoscopes — Plural form of laryngoscope.
- literacy test — an examination to determine whether a person meets the literacy requirements for voting, serving in the armed forces, etc.; a test of one's ability to read and write.
- livery colors — the principal tinctures of a coat of arms, usually one color and one metal, used for liveries, standards, etc.
- lysergic acid — a crystalline solid, C 16 H 16 N 2 O 2 , obtained from ergot or synthesized: used in the synthesis of LSD.
- marcus garvey — Marcus (Moziah) [moh-zahy-uh] /moʊˈzaɪ ə/ (Show IPA), 1887–1940, Jamaican black-rights activist in the U.S. (1916–27): advocated emigration of black Americans to Africa.
- master policy — a single policy covering a group of people, typically employees of a company, issued to an employer.
- megasporocyte — a diploid cell in plants that undergoes meiosis to create four haploid megaspores.
- merry dancers — the aurora borealis
- metric system — a decimal system of weights and measures, adopted first in France but now widespread, universally used in science, mandatory for use for all purposes in a large number of countries, and favored for use in most (as in the U.S.). The basic units are the meter (39.37 inches) for length and the gram (15.432 grains) for mass or weight. Derived units are the liter (0.908 U.S. dry quart, or 1.0567 U.S. liquid quart) for capacity, being the volume of 1000 grams of water under specified conditions; the are (119.6 square yards) for area, being the area of a square 10 meters on a side; and the stere (35.315 cubic feet) for volume, being the volume of a cube 1 meter on a side, the term “stere,” however, usually being used only in measuring firewood. Names for units larger and smaller than these are formed from the above names by the use of the following prefixes: kilo-, 1000; hecto-, 100; deka-, 10; deci-, 0.1; centi-, 0.01; milli-, 0.001. To these are often added: tera-, one trillion; giga-, one billion; mega-, one million. With the addition of basic physical units it is now officially known by the French name Le Système International d'Unités (abbreviation SI, ) or in English as the International System of Units.
- microanalyses — Plural form of microanalysis.
- microaneurysm — An extremely small aneurysm.
- micropayments — Plural form of micropayment.
- mixed crystal — a crystal consisting of a solid solution of two or more distinct compounds
- mollycoddlers — Plural form of mollycoddler.
- moneychangers — Plural form of moneychanger.
- monkey tricks — mischievous behaviour or acts, such as practical jokes
- monosymmetric — zygomorphic.
- motorbicycles — Plural form of motorbicycle.
- musicotherapy — the treatment of mental disorders with music
- myrmecophiles — Plural form of myrmecophile.
- nanochemistry — (chemistry) The synthesis, analysis and characterization of chemical compounds at the nanoscale.
- nondescriptly — in a nondescript manner
- nonhysterical — not hysterical or funny
- norway spruce — a European spruce, Picea abies, having shiny, dark-green needles, grown as an ornamental.
- obstetrically — (medicine) In terms of obstetrics.
- obstructively — In an obstructive manner.
- onychorrhexis — (pathology) fingernail and toenail brittleness and breakage, such as may be due to excessive strong soap and water exposure, nail polish remover, hypothyroidism, anemia, anorexia nervosa or bulimia, or after oral retinoid therapy.
- orchesography — a written study of dancing
- oystercatcher — any of several long-billed wading birds of the genus Haematopus that have chiefly black-and-white plumage and that feed on oysters, clams, mussels, etc.
- palaeocrystic — consisting of former glacial formation
- parasynthetic — the formation of a word by the addition of a derivational suffix to a phrase or compound, as of greathearted, which is great heart plus -ed.
- parsley sauce — a white sauce containing chopped parsley
- pascal celery — any of several large, dark-green varieties of celery with firm, crisp stalks
- pastry cutter — a cutter that is used to cut pastry into shapes
- pay structure — a collection of pay grades or bands, which set out the different levels of pay for workers in a certain profession, etc
- peirastically — in a peirastic manner
- perissodactyl — having an uneven number of toes or digits on each foot.
- perspectively — a technique of depicting volumes and spatial relationships on a flat surface. Compare aerial perspective, linear perspective.
- petrophysical — relating to the analysis of the constitution and characteristics of rocks