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12-letter words containing c, y, p

  • cryoplankton — minute organisms, esp algae, living in ice, snow, or icy water
  • cryopreserve — to preserve (living tissue) at a very low temperature
  • cryptanalyst — the procedures, processes, methods, etc., used to translate or interpret secret writings, as codes and ciphers, for which the key is unknown.
  • cryptanalyze — to study (a cryptogram) for the purpose of discovering the clear meaning; break (a code, cipher, etc.).
  • cryptobiosis — a temporary state in an organism in which metabolic activity is absent or undetectable
  • cryptobiotic — Of or pertaining to cryptobiosis.
  • cryptococcal — of, relating to, or caused by the Cryptococcus neoformans fungus
  • cryptococcus — any fungus of the genus Cryptococcus, some of which cause disease in animals and humans
  • cryptogamian — of or relating to cryptogams
  • cryptogamist — a botanist specializing in the study of cryptogams
  • cryptogamous — Of or pertaining to the cryptogams.
  • cryptography — the science or study of analysing and deciphering codes, ciphers, etc; cryptanalysis
  • cryptolocker — (security)   The best known example of the kind of malware known as ransomware. CryptoLocker encrypts files on your computer and then demands that you send the malware operator money in order to have the files decrypted. According to FBI estimates, CryptoLocker had more than 500,000 victims between September 2013 and May 2014. Around 1.3 percent paid to free their files, earning the malware makers around $3 million. The criminal network was smashed by authorities and security researchers in May 2014 and a tool put online to decryt victim's files for free.
  • cryptologist — cryptography.
  • cryptomerias — Plural form of cryptomeria.
  • cryptomnesia — the reappearance of a suppressed or forgotten memory which is mistaken for a new experience
  • cryptomnesic — of, relating to, or characterized by cryptomnesia
  • cryptomonads — Plural form of cryptomonad.
  • cryptonymous — having a code name or secret name
  • cryptorchids — Plural form of cryptorchid.
  • cryptorchism — failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum.
  • cryptosystem — a system for encoding and decoding secret messages.
  • cryptozygous — having the skull broad and the face narrow.
  • curietherapy — a form of radiation therapy using radium
  • curry powder — Curry powder is a powder made from a mixture of spices. It is used in cooking, especially when making curry.
  • cyberspastic — (humour)   A person suffering from information overload while browsing the Internet or web. Compare webhead.
  • cybertrooper — (in Malaysia) An activist who uses cyberspace.
  • cyclographic — of or relating to a cyclograph
  • cycloheptane — (organic compound) An alicyclic hydrocarbon, C7H14; a volatile inflammable liquid.
  • cyclopentane — a colourless insoluble cycloalkane found in petroleum and used mainly as a solvent. Formula: C5H10
  • cyclopropane — a colourless flammable gaseous hydrocarbon, used in medicine as an anaesthetic; trimethylene. It is a cycloalkane with molecules containing rings of three carbon atoms. Formula: C3H6; boiling pt: –34°C
  • cyclosporine — a drug, produced by a fungus (Tolypocladium inflatum), that suppresses the T cells that reject foreign tissue after an organ transplant without suppressing other cells that fight infections and cancer
  • cymbocephaly — scaphocephaly.
  • cypress knee — one of the woody growths that project above water from the roots of the bald cypress.
  • cypress pine — any coniferous tree of the Australian genus Callitrus, having leaves in whorls and yielding valuable timber: family Cupressaceae
  • cypress vine — a tropical American convolvulaceous climbing plant, Ipomoea pennata, having finely divided compound leaves and scarlet or white tubular flowers
  • cyprinodonts — Plural form of cyprinodont.
  • dactyloscopy — the analysis of fingerprints for the purpose of identification
  • debit policy — a policy for industrial life insurance sold door to door by an agent who collects the premiums.
  • deep ecology — a radical environmental movement and philosophy that regards humans as equal to other organisms within the global ecosystem.
  • depreciatory — tending to depreciate.
  • despotically — of, relating to, or of the nature of a despot or despotism; autocratic; tyrannical.
  • despotocracy — the rule by a despot or despots; the power of despots
  • deuteroscopy — the second time of looking or considering
  • dicarpellary — having two carpels
  • dictyopteran — any insect of the order Dictyoptera, which comprises the cockroaches and mantises
  • disciplinary — of, for, or constituting discipline; enforcing or administering discipline: disciplinary action.
  • display case — glass box, cabinet
  • display hack — (graphics)   A program with the same approximate purpose as a kaleidoscope: to make pretty pictures. Famous display hacks include munching squares, smoking clover, the BSD Unix "rain(6)" program, "worms(6)" on miscellaneous Unixes, and the X "kaleid(1)" program. Display hacks can also be implemented without programming by creating text files containing numerous escape sequences for interpretation by a video terminal; one notable example displayed, on any VT100, a Christmas tree with twinkling lights and a toy train circling its base. The hack value of a display hack is proportional to the aesthetic value of the images times the cleverness of the algorithm divided by the size of the code. Synonym psychedelicware.
  • display pack — an empty box, etc, on a shop shelf, advertising a piece of merchandise that, due to its value or size, is not stored on the shelf. The display pack is normally taken to the till and there exchanged, on payment, for the actual item
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