10-letter words containing c, u, y
- dusty deck — Old software (especially applications) which one is obliged to remain compatible with, or to maintain. DP types call this "legacy code", a term hackers consider smarmy and excessively reverent. The term implies that the software in question is a holdover from card-punch days. Used especially when referring to old scientific and number crunching software, much of which was written in Fortran and very poorly documented but is believed to be too expensive to replace. See fossil; compare crawling horror.
- dyrrachium — a port in W Albania, on the Adriatic. Pop: 86 900 (1991 est)
- dysfluency — disfluency.
- ebulliency — Ebullience.
- embryulcia — the act of forcibly removing a fetus
- eponychium — (anatomy) cuticle (thickened layer of skin on fingernails and toenails).
- equivocacy — Equivocalness.
- eucalyptol — a colourless oily liquid with a camphor-like odour and a spicy taste; it is obtained from eucalyptus oil and used in perfumery and as a flavouring. Formula: C10H18O
- eucalyptus — A fast-growing evergreen Australasian tree that has been widely introduced elsewhere . It is valued for its timber, oil, gum, and resin, and as an ornamental tree.
- eucaryotic — Alternative spelling of eukaryotic.
- eukaryotic — (biology) Having complex cells in which the genetic material is organized into membrane-bound nuclei.
- eurhythmic — Harmonious.
- euroclydon — a stormy wind from the north or northeast that occurs in the Levant, which caused the ship in which St Paul was travelling to be wrecked (Acts 27:14)
- eurybathic — (of an aquatic organism) able to live at different depths
- euryhygric — able to withstand a wide range of humidity
- eurythmics — A rhythmic interpretation of music with graceful, free-style dance movements.
- excusatory — Serving to make an excuse.
- executancy — the qualification or skill of an executant
- exuberancy — Archaic form of exuberance.
- eye colour — the colour of a person's eyes
- factiously — given to faction; dissentious: A factious group was trying to undermine the government.
- factuality — of or relating to facts; concerning facts: factual accuracy.
- fancifully — characterized by or showing fancy; capricious or whimsical in appearance: a fanciful design of butterflies and flowers.
- fiducially — accepted as a fixed basis of reference or comparison: a fiducial point; a fiducial temperature.
- flatulency — (chiefly, dated) flatulence.
- fluohydric — (chemistry) hydrofluoric.
- forcefully — full of force; powerful; vigorous; effective: a forceful plea for peace.
- four-cycle — noting or pertaining to an internal-combustion engine in which a complete cycle in each cylinder requires four strokes, one to draw in air or an air-fuel mixture, one to compress it, one to ignite it and do work, and one to scavenge the cylinder.
- fuck buddy — Slang: Vulgar. a person with whom one has a sexual but not a romantic relationship.
- fundectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of the fundus of an organ, such as the uterus or the stomach.
- funduscopy — Ophthalmoscopic examination of the fundus of the eye.
- furry dice — two oversized dice covered with fake fur and hung in a car as a decoration
- gay-lussac — Joseph Louis [joh-zuh f loo-ee,, -suh f;; French zhaw-zef lwee] /ˈdʒoʊ zəf ˈlu i,, -səf;; French ʒɔˈzɛf lwi/ (Show IPA), 1778–1850, French chemist and physicist.
- glycosuria — excretion of glucose in the urine, as in diabetes.
- godoy cruz — a city in Mendoza province, W Argentina.
- gracefully — characterized by elegance or beauty of form, manner, movement, or speech; elegant: a graceful dancer; a graceful reply.
- graciously — pleasantly kind, benevolent, and courteous.
- gunnysacks — Plural form of gunnysack.
- honeybunch — honey (def 6, 7).
- hyacinthus — a youth loved but accidentally killed by Apollo: from the youth's blood sprang the hyacinth.
- hyaluronic — Of or pertaining to hyaluronic acid or its derivatives.
- hydraulics — the science that deals with the laws governing water or other liquids in motion and their applications in engineering; practical or applied hydrodynamics.
- hydromulch — to spread mulch on (a field, garden, etc.) in a stream of water propelled through a hose.
- hyoscyamus — the dried leaves, with or without the tops, of the henbane, Hyoscyamus niger, containing the alkaloids hyoscyamine and scopolamine, used in medicine.
- hyperacute — sharp or severe in effect; intense: acute sorrow; an acute pain.
- hypercubes — Plural form of hypercube.
- hypocausts — Plural form of hypocaust.
- immaculacy — free from spot or stain; spotlessly clean: immaculate linen.
- impudicity — immodesty.
- in custody — Someone who is in custody or has been taken into custody has been arrested and is being kept in prison until they can be tried in a court.