10-letter words containing c, y
- dry socket — a painful inflammatory infection of the bone and tissues at the site of an extracted tooth.
- dry-fresco — the technique of painting in watercolors on dry plaster. Also called dry fresco, secco. Compare fresco (def 1).
- dulcifying — Present participle of dulcify.
- dulciloquy — a way of speaking that is mellow and agreeable
- 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.
- dyadically — In a dyadic manner; as a dyad or by means of dyads.
- dynamicist — a person who investigates and researches dynamics
- dynamicity — The condition of being dynamic.
- dyrrachium — a port in W Albania, on the Adriatic. Pop: 86 900 (1991 est)
- dysarthric — Afflicted with, or pertaining to, dysarthria.
- dyschromia — Abnormal alteration of the color of the skin or nails.
- dyscontrol — The inability to control one's behavior.
- dyscrasite — an alloy of antimony and silver
- dysenteric — Of, relating, or pertaining to dysentery.
- dysfluency — disfluency.
- dysgenetic — (genetics) Of, pertaining to, or causing dysgenesis.
- dysgraphic — a person who suffers from dysgraphia
- dyskinetic — difficulty or abnormality in performing voluntary muscular movements.
- dysmorphic — relating to or resulting in misshapenness of parts of the body
- dysplastic — Exhibiting dysplasia.
- dyspractic — relating to or affected by dyspraxia
- dysthymiac — a person who is affected with dysthymia
- dystrophic — Medicine/Medical. pertaining to or caused by dystrophy.
- easy chair — an upholstered armchair for lounging.
- ebulliency — Ebullience.
- ecchymoses — a discoloration due to extravasation of blood, as in a bruise.
- ecchymosis — a discoloration due to extravasation of blood, as in a bruise.
- ecchymotic — a discoloration due to extravasation of blood, as in a bruise.
- ecdysiasts — Plural form of ecdysiast.
- echography — a device that records oceanic depths by means of sonic waves.
- econometry — Econometrics.
- economicly — (nonstandard) alternative spelling of economically.
- ecosystems — a system, or a group of interconnected elements, formed by the interaction of a community of organisms with their environment.
- ectoenzyme — exoenzyme.
- ectomorphy — having a thin body build, roughly characterized by the relative prominence of structures developed from the embryonic ectoderm (contrasted with endomorphic, mesomorphic).
- ectophytes — Plural form of ectophyte.
- ectothermy — (biology) The condition of being ectothermic or warm-blooded; the ability to maintain the body's temperature.
- effeminacy — the state or quality of being effeminate.
- efficacity — efficacy.
- efficiency — the state or quality of being efficient, or able to accomplish something with the least waste of time and effort; competency in performance.
- elasticity — The ability of an object or material to resume its normal shape after being stretched or compressed; stretchiness.
- electively — In an elective manner; by choice.
- embryo sac — the structure within a plant ovule that contains the egg cell: develops from the megaspore and contains the embryo plant and endosperm after fertilization
- embryulcia — the act of forcibly removing a fetus
- emetically — As an emetic; so as to induce vomiting.
- emphysemic — Relating to emphysema.
- encrypters — Plural form of encrypter.
- encrypting — Present participle of encrypt.
- encryption — (cryptography) The process of obscuring information to make it unreadable without special knowledge, key files, and/or passwords. May also apply to electronic signal, hard drive, message, document...
- encyclical — A papal letter sent to all bishops of the Roman Catholic Church.