15-letter words containing c, y
- tertiary sector — The tertiary sector consists of industries which provide a service, such as transport and finance.
- the confederacy — the league of Southern states that seceded from the U.S. in 1860 & 1861; Ala., Ark., Fla., Ga., La., Miss., N.C., S.C., Tenn., Tex., & Va.
- the paralympics — a sporting event, modelled on the Olympic Games, held solely for disabled competitors
- the-city-of-god — Latin De Civitate Dei. a work in 22 books (a.d. 413–26) by St. Augustine of Hippo, expounding an early Christian view of society and history.
- theatre company — an organization that produces theatrical performances
- therapeutically — of or relating to the treating or curing of disease; curative.
- thermochemistry — the branch of chemistry dealing with the relationship between chemical action and heat.
- thiocyanic acid — an unstable acid, HSCN, known chiefly in the form of its salts.
- thraco-phrygian — a hypothetical branch of Indo-European implying a special genetic affinity between the meagerly attested Thracian and Phrygian languages.
- thymidylic acid — a nucleotide consisting of thymine, deoxyribose, and a phosphate group. It is a constituent of DNA
- thyrocalcitonin — calcitonin
- thyroid extract — the powdered preparation made from the thyroid gland of certain animals, used to treat hypothyroidism
- to carry weight — If a person or their opinion carries weight, they are respected and are able to influence people.
- to fly the coop — If you say that someone has flown the coop, you mean that they have left a place or situation that limits their freedom.
- to part company — If two or more people part company, they go in different directions after going in the same direction together.
- to the contrary — opposite in nature or character; diametrically or mutually opposed: contrary to fact; contrary propositions.
- tocodynamometer — tokodynamometer.
- toxic psychosis — a psychosis resulting from the toxic effect of chemicals, drugs, or certain intrinsic metabolic states.
- trading company — a company that is owned by the people who have bought shares in that company
- training agency — (in Britain, formerly) an organization providing training and retraining for adult workers
- transactionally — the act of transacting or the fact of being transacted.
- tray classifier — A tray classifier is a tank for leaching from a dispersed solid, in which pulp at the bottom of the tank is raked (= moved to the exit) while solvent is forced toward the bottom of the tank.
- tricotyledonous — having three cotyledons.
- tubal pregnancy — pregnancy that grows in fallopian tube
- turk's-cap lily — either of two lilies, Lilum martagon or L. superbum, having nodding flowers with the perianth segments rolled backward.
- turkish cypriot — denoting ethnically Turkish inhabitants of Cyprus
- turnkey project — a complete project usually including many major units of plant completed under one overall contract, such as a chemical works or power station complex
- tychonic system — a model for planetary motion devised by Tycho Brahe in which the earth is stationary and at the center of the planetary system, the sun and moon revolve around the earth, and the other planets revolve around the sun.
- typographically — of or relating to typography.
- ultramicroscopy — the use of the ultramicroscope.
- umbrella policy — An umbrella policy is a policy that provides excess limits and gives additional excess coverage over the normal limits and coverage of liability policies.
- unacceptability — capable or worthy of being accepted.
- unaesthetically — offensive to the aesthetic sense; lacking in beauty or sensory appeal; unpleasant, as an object, design, arrangement, etc.: an unaesthetic combination of colors.
- unanticipatedly — in an unanticipated or unexpected manner
- unapostolically — in an unapostalic manner
- unceremoniously — discourteously abrupt; hasty; rude: He made an unceremonious departure in the middle of my speech.
- unchallengeably — in a way that cannot be challenged; in an unchallengeable manner
- uncomplainingly — in an unresentful or resigned manner
- uncomplaisantly — in an uncomplaisant manner
- uncomplementary — forming a complement; completing.
- uncomplimentary — of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering: a complimentary remark.
- unconditionally — not limited by conditions; absolute: an unconditional promise.
- unconstrainedly — in an unconfined manner
- uncooperatively — in an uncooperative or unhelpful manner
- uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted
- under secretary — an official who is subordinate to a principal secretary, as in the U.S. cabinet: Under Secretary of the Treasury.
- under-frequency — Also, frequence. the state or fact of being frequent; frequent occurrence: We are alarmed by the frequency of fires in the neighborhood.
- under-secretary — UK ministerial position
- ungrammatically — in an ungrammatical manner
- unidiomatically — in a way that is not idiomatic