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13-letter words containing e, a, r, l, y

  • centrifugally — Away from a centre or axis.
  • centripetally — Towards a centre or axis.
  • centrosomally — In a centrosomal way.
  • century plant — an agave, Agave americana, native to tropical America but naturalized elsewhere, having very large spiny greyish leaves and greenish flowers on a tall fleshy stalk. It blooms only once in its life, after 10 to 30 years (formerly thought to flower after a century)
  • channel ferry — a ship that shuttles across the English Channel between the UK and the continent
  • charcoal grey — a very dark grey colour
  • chargeability — that may or should be charged: chargeable duty.
  • charles lyell — Sir Charles, 1797–1875, English geologist.
  • charley horse — People sometimes refer to a cramp in the muscles of their leg or arm as a charley horse.
  • cherry laurel — a Eurasian rosaceous evergreen shrub, Prunus laurocerasus, having glossy aromatic leaves, white flowers, and purplish-black fruits
  • chlamydospore — a thick-walled asexual spore of many fungi: capable of surviving adverse conditions
  • chlorargyrite — a mineral, the naturally occurring form of silver chloride, formed in the oxidation process of silver
  • claymore mine — an antipersonnel mine designed to produce a direction-guided, fan-shaped pattern of fragments.
  • clearheadedly — In a clearheaded manner.
  • close harmony — a type of singing in which all the parts except the bass lie close together and are confined to the compass of a tenth
  • cocarboxylase — thiamine pyrophosphate
  • coldheartedly — Alternative spelling of cold-heartedly.
  • collate-rally — security pledged for the payment of a loan: He gave the bank some stocks and bonds as collateral for the money he borrowed.
  • collaterality — the state of being collateral
  • commensurably — In a commensurable manner; so as to be commensurable.
  • commerciality — commercial quality or character; ability to produce a profit: Distributors were concerned about the film's commerciality compared with last year's successful pictures.
  • comparatively — in a comparative manner
  • complementary — Complementary things are different from each other but make a good combination.
  • complimentary — If you are complimentary about something, you express admiration for it.
  • conjecturally — of, of the nature of, or involving conjecture; problematical: Theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are highly conjectural.
  • considerately — showing kindly awareness or regard for another's feelings, circumstances, etc.: a very considerate critic.
  • constellatory — Astronomy. any of various groups of stars to which definite names have been given, as Ursa Major, Ursa Minor, Boötes, Cancer, Orion. the section of the heavens occupied by such a group.
  • constrainedly — forced, compelled, or obliged: a constrained confession.
  • contrastively — tending to contrast; contrasting. contrastive colors.
  • cooperatively — working or acting together willingly for a common purpose or benefit.
  • copyrightable — the exclusive right to make copies, license, and otherwise exploit a literary, musical, or artistic work, whether printed, audio, video, etc.: works granted such right by law on or after January 1, 1978, are protected for the lifetime of the author or creator and for a period of 70 years after his or her death.
  • core analysis — Core analysis is the process of studying a sample of rock in a laboratory.
  • correlatively — so related that each implies or complements the other.
  • cotemporality — The state or characteristic of existing or occurring during the same period of time.
  • counterplayer — a person who makes a counterplay
  • courtesy call — a formal visit
  • cradle scythe — cradle (def 4b).
  • creditability — bringing or deserving credit, honor, reputation, or esteem.
  • creepy-crawly — You can refer to insects as creepy-crawlies when they give you a feeling of fear or disgust. This word is mainly used by children.
  • crustaceology — The branch of zoology dealing with crustaceans.
  • cryogenically — in a cryogenic manner
  • cryptoclimate — the climate of a small area, as of confined spaces such as caves or houses (cryptoclimate) of plant communities, wooded areas, etc. (phytoclimate) or of urban communities, which may be different from that in the general region.
  • crystal clear — Water that is crystal clear is absolutely clear and transparent like glass.
  • crystal pleat — one of a series of fine, permanently pressed pleats of varying widths, usually in a sheer fabric
  • crystal-clear — absolutely clear; transparent; lucid.
  • curly bracket — a punctuation mark { }, also used as a symbol in maths
  • curvilinearly — In a curvilinear way.
  • cyanoacrylate — a substance with an acrylate base, usually sold in the form of a quick-setting highly adhesive glue
  • cyberslacking — (informal) Use of the Internet during work hours for unrelated tasks.
  • cyberstalkers — Plural form of cyberstalker.
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