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17-letter words containing c, y

  • sympathetic magic — magic predicated on the belief that one thing or event can affect another at a distance as a consequence of a sympathetic connection between them.
  • synchronistically — coincidence in time; contemporaneousness; simultaneousness.
  • synchronous motor — a synchronous machine that acts as a motor.
  • synchronous orbit — an orbit in which the orbital period of a satellite is identical to the spin period of the central body
  • synchronous speed — the speed at which an alternating-current machine must operate to generate electromotive force at a given frequency.
  • synthetic biology — the application of computer science techniques to create artificial biological systems
  • synthetic phonics — a method of teaching people to read by training them to pronounce sounds associated with particular letters in isolation and then blend them together
  • take into custody — to arrest
  • tay-sachs disease — a rare fatal hereditary disease, occurring chiefly in infants and children, especially of eastern European Jewish origin, characterized by a red spot on the retina, gradual blindness, and paralysis.
  • temporary account — A temporary account is an account which is closed out at the end of the year.
  • tenancy agreement — property rental contract
  • tenancy in common — a holding of property, usually real, by two or more persons with each owning an undivided share and with no right of survivorship.
  • terminal capacity — The terminal capacity is the volume which can be stored in a terminal (= building or area with tanks).
  • terminal velocity — Physics. the velocity at which a falling body moves through a medium, as air, when the force of resistance of the medium is equal in magnitude and opposite in direction to the force of gravity. the maximum velocity of a body falling through a viscous fluid.
  • tertiary consumer — a carnivore at the topmost level in a food chain that feeds on other carnivores; an animal that feeds only on secondary consumers.
  • the barbary coast — a historic name for the Mediterranean coast of North Africa: a centre of piracy against European shipping from the 16th to the 19th centuries
  • the black country — the formerly heavily industrialized region of central England, northwest of Birmingham
  • the buckeye state — a nickname for Ohio
  • the factory floor — all the workers in a factory
  • the olympic flame — the flame that is symbolically lit at the site of the ancient Olympics in Olympia and transported by relay to the place where the Olympic Games are to be held. It is used to ignite a fire in a cauldron that will burn throughout the Games
  • the olympic torch — a torch that is symbolically lit at the site of the ancient Olympics in Olympia and transported by relay to the place where the Olympic Games are to be held. It is used to ignite a fire in a cauldron that will burn throughout the Games
  • the varsity match — a sporting fixture between Oxford and Cambridge university rugby teams
  • thermoelectricity — electricity generated by heat or temperature difference, as in a thermocouple.
  • thermoperiodicity — the effect on an organism of rhythmic fluctuations in temperature.
  • to get psyched up — to prepare mentally
  • to lick your lips — If you lick your lips, you move your tongue across your lips as you think about or taste something pleasant.
  • to push your luck — If you say that someone is pushing their luck, you think they are taking a bigger risk than is sensible, and may get into trouble.
  • to risk your neck — If you say that someone is risking their neck, you mean they are doing something very dangerous, often in order to achieve something.
  • to show your face — If you show your face somewhere, you go there and see people, although you are not welcome, are rather unwilling to go, or have not been there for some time.
  • top-security wing — a wing of a prison, mental hospital, etc that has a very high level of precautions against escape
  • trackless trolley — trolley bus.
  • transatlantically — crossing or reaching across the Atlantic: a transatlantic liner.
  • transitory action — an action that can be brought in any country regardless of where it originated
  • trichloroethylene — a colorless, poisonous liquid, C 2 HCl 3 , used chiefly as a degreasing agent for metals and as a solvent, especially in dry cleaning, for fats, oils, and waxes. Abbreviation: TCE.
  • trick photography — photography that creates an illusion
  • turbidity current — a turbid, dense current of sediments in suspension moving along the slope and bottom of a lake or ocean.
  • tympanic membrane — eardrum.
  • tyrant flycatcher — flycatcher (def 2).
  • uncompassionately — having or showing compassion: a compassionate person; a compassionate letter.
  • uncomprehendingly — to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive: He did not comprehend the significance of the ambassador's remark.
  • unconformity trap — An unconformity trap is a hydrocarbon trap where the closure is made by an unconformity (= a formation of rock layers which represents a gap in the geological record).
  • unconscientiously — governed by conscience; controlled by or done according to one's inner sense of what is right; principled: She's a conscientious judge, who does not let personal prejudices influence her decisions.
  • unconventionality — disregard for convention; the state or quality of being inconsistent with customs, rules, etc.; originality.
  • unify corporation — (company)   Developers of the Unify relational database. At one time, before Sybase, they were a competitor of Oracle, et al.
  • unix to unix copy — (networking, messaging)   (uucp) A Unix utility program and protocol that allows one Unix system to send files to another via a serial line which may be a cable going directly from one machine's serial port to another's or may involve a modem at each end of a telephone line. Software is also available to allow uucp to work over Ethernet though there are better alternatives in this case, e.g. FTP or rcp for file transfer, SMTP for electronic mail or NNTP for news. The term is now also used to describe the large international network which uses UUCP to pass Usenet news and electronic mail, also known as "UUCPNET". See also cu, uuencode.
  • unselfconsciously — in an unselfconscious manner
  • unsympathetically — in a manner that is not characterized by feeling or showing sympathy
  • varix lymphaticus — a similar condition affecting an artery or lymphatic vessel
  • vascular cylinder — stele (sense 3)
  • vasovagal syncope — a faint brought on by excessive activity of the vagus nerve, causing the heart to slow and the blood pressure to fall. It can be caused by fear, choking, or stomach cramps and has no lasting effects
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