14-letter words containing c, r, y, i
- christmasberry — toyon.
- chromodynamics — a theory that describes how gluons and their forces bind quarks together to form protons, neutrons, etc.
- chronicle play — a drama based on a historical subject
- ciliary muscle — the smooth muscle in the ciliary body, the action of which affects the accommodation of the eye.
- cinametography — Misspelling of cinematography.
- cinematography — Cinematography is the technique of making films for the cinema.
- circumgyration — the act of rolling, turning, or travelling about
- circumgyratory — characterized by circumgyration
- circumlocutory — a roundabout or indirect way of speaking; the use of more words than necessary to express an idea.
- circumnutatory — relating to circumnutation
- circumrotatory — Turning, rolling, or whirling round.
- cisnormativity — (LGBT, neologism) The assumption that all human beings are cisgender, i.e. have a gender identity which matches the sex they were assigned at birth.
- clairaudiently — in a clairaudient manner
- classificatory — the act of classifying.
- clavicytherium — a kind of harpsichord
- climate canary — a human being or other living organism whose lack of health indicates environmental problems, reminiscent of the way in which live canaries were once used to detect the presence of poisonous gas in coal mines
- clinopyroxenes — Plural form of clinopyroxene.
- clitoridectomy — the surgical removal of the clitoris: a form of female circumcision, esp practised as a religious or ethnic rite
- closed primary — a primary in which only members of a particular party may vote
- cocktail party — A cocktail party is a party, usually held in the early evening, where cocktails or other alcoholic drinks are served. People often dress quite formally for them.
- coevolutionary — of or relating to coevolution
- coloristically — In terms of, or in relation to, color; in a coloristic way.
- comfortability — (of clothing, furniture, etc.) producing or affording physical comfort, support, or ease: a comfortable chair; comfortable shoes.
- commissurotomy — the incision of a band of commissures, especially of mitral fibers, to correct mitral stenosis.
- community card — (in certain card games) a card that every player can use to form a hand in combination with the cards that he or she alone has been dealt
- community care — help available to persons living in their own homes, rather than services provided in residential institutions
- comprehensibly — capable of being comprehended or understood; intelligible.
- compromisingly — In a compromising manner.
- concentrically — having a common center, as circles or spheres.
- conciliatorily — tending to conciliate: a conciliatory manner; conciliatory comments.
- confirmability — the quality of being confirmable
- conformability — Conformableness.
- coniferophytes — Plural form of coniferophyte.
- conquerability — the state or quality of being surmountable
- conservatively — disposed to preserve existing conditions, institutions, etc., or to restore traditional ones, and to limit change.
- conspiratorily — In a conspiratory manner.
- constructively — helping to improve; promoting further development or advancement (opposed to destructive): constructive criticism.
- consuetudinary — customary or traditional.
- contact binary — a binary system in which the envelopes of gas surrounding each star are in contact.
- contemporarily — existing, occurring, or living at the same time; belonging to the same time: Newton's discovery of the calculus was contemporary with that of Leibniz.
- conterminously — having a common boundary; bordering; contiguous.
- contour flying — the technique of flying at a constant altitude of less than 22.8 metres (75 feet) above the ground.
- contractionary — involving or constituting economic contraction
- contracyclical — (of a policy) stabilizing the economy through countering major fluctuations, such as recessions or booms
- contributorily — In a contributory manner.
- controvertibly — In a controvertible manner.
- convertibility — The quality of being convertible.
- copolymerizing — Present participle of copolymerize.
- copper cyanide — a creamy-white, highly poisonous, water-insoluble powder, CuCN, used chiefly in electroplating and in organic synthesis.
- copper pyrites — chalcopyrite