13-letter words containing c, y, t, o, a
- stereotypical — a process, now often replaced by more advanced methods, for making metal printing plates by taking a mold of composed type or the like in papier-mâché or other material and then taking from this mold a cast in type metal.
- stock buyback — buyback (def 3).
- stock company — Finance. a company or corporation whose capital is divided into shares represented by stock.
- streaky bacon — Streaky bacon is bacon which has stripes of fat between stripes of meat.
- subtropically — in the subtropics
- suffocatingly — to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
- sugar factory — a factory which refines sugar from organic sources into a form that can be used in cooking etc
- syllabication — to syllabify.
- syllogistical — relating to a syllogism
- symbiotically — living in symbiosis, or having an interdependent relationship: Many people feel the relationship between humans and dogs is symbiotic.
- sympathectomy — surgery that interrupts a nerve pathway of the sympathetic or involuntary nervous system.
- sympatholytic — opposing the effects of stimulation of the sympathetic nervous system.
- synaposematic — relating to synaposematism
- tautosyllabic — occurring within the same syllable: The (s) and (t) are tautosyllabic in the word disturb, but not in distaste.
- taxonomically — the science or technique of classification.
- testificatory — related to a person who witnesses or an object used as evidence
- thalassocracy — dominion over the seas, as in exploration, trade, or colonization.
- the secondary — cornerbacks and safeties collectively
- theologically — of, relating to, or involved with theology: a theological student.
- theoretically — of, relating to, or consisting in theory; not practical (distinguished from applied).
- thermodynamic — of or relating to thermodynamics.
- thoracoplasty — the operation removing selected portions of the ribs to collapse part of the underlying lung or an abnormal pleural space, usually in the treatment of tuberculosis.
- to play cupid — If you say that someone is playing cupid, you mean that they are trying to bring two people together to start a romantic relationship.
- to play havoc — If one thing plays havoc with another or wreaks havoc on it, it prevents it from continuing or functioning as normal, or damages it.
- topologically — the study of those properties of geometric forms that remain invariant under certain transformations, as bending or stretching.
- touristically — in a touristic or touristy manner
- tracheophytes — any plant of the former division Tracheophyta, comprising all the vascular plants.
- trachycarpous — having rough-skinned fruit.
- tract society — a society that publishes and distributes religious pamphlets.
- treacherously — characterized by faithlessness or readiness to betray trust; traitorous.
- tricarboxylic — pertaining to a molecule that contains three carboxyl groups.
- tropical year — year (def 4b).
- trust company — a company or corporation organized to exercise the functions of a trustee, but usually engaging also in other banking and financial activities.
- tympanic bone — (in mammals) a bone of the skull, supporting the tympanic membrane and enclosing part of the tympanum or middle ear.
- type locality — Biology. the locality in which a type specimen was collected.
- typographical — of or relating to typography.
- typologically — the doctrine or study of types or prefigurative symbols, especially in scriptural literature.
- uncomfortably — causing discomfort or distress; painful; irritating.
- uncustomarily — according to or depending on custom; usual; habitual.
- velocity head — the velocity of a fluid expressed in terms of the head or static pressure required to produce that velocity. It equals ρν/2 where ρ is the density of the fluid and ν is the velocity. In hydrology the density of water can be written 1/G where G is the gravitational constant
- victory medal — a round bronze medal awarded to all those who served in the armed forces of the U.S. during World War I.
- vindicatorily — in a vindicatory manner
- wacky tobacky — marijuana.
- wholistically — Alternative form of holistically.
- wood hyacinth — bluebell (def 2).
- yellow jacket — any of several paper wasps of the family Vespidae, having black and bright yellow bands.
- you can't win — an expression of resignation after an unsuccessful attempt to overcome difficulties
- yuppification — The act or process of yuppifying.
- zygodactylous — Also, zygodactylous. (of a bird) having the toes of each foot arranged in pairs, with two toes in front and two behind.
- zymotechnical — relating to the technology of fermentation