11-letter words containing e, c, t, y
- stony-faced — having a rigid, expressionless face.
- strathclyde — a region in SW Scotland. 5300 sq. mi. (13,727 sq. km).
- strumectomy — excision of part or all of a goiter.
- sub-society — an organized group of persons associated together for religious, benevolent, cultural, scientific, political, patriotic, or other purposes.
- subcategory — a subordinate category or a division of a category.
- subliteracy — below average literacy
- succulently — full of juice; juicy.
- suspectedly — so as to arouse suspicion
- syllabicate — to syllabify.
- symmetrical — characterized by or exhibiting symmetry; well-proportioned, as a body or whole; regular in form or arrangement of corresponding parts.
- sympathetic — characterized by, proceeding from, exhibiting, or feeling sympathy; sympathizing; compassionate: a sympathetic listener.
- synanthetic — relating to synanthesis
- syncopative — relating to syncopation
- synergistic — pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling synergy: a synergistic effect.
- synesthetic — a sensation produced in one modality when a stimulus is applied to another modality, as when the hearing of a certain sound induces the visualization of a certain color.
- syntax-case — (language) A macro system for Scheme by R. Kent Dybvig <[email protected]>. It is superior to the low-level system described in the Revised^4 Report (R4RS). Pattern variables are ordinary identifiers with essentially the same status as lexical variable names and macro keywords. The syntax is modified to recognise and handle references to pattern variables. Version 2.1 works with Chez Scheme and the Macintosh port runs under MacGambit 2.0
- synthetical — of, pertaining to, proceeding by, or involving synthesis (opposed to analytic).
- systematics — the study of systems or of classification.
- tacheometry — the measurement of distance, etc, using a tacheometer
- tachysterol — an isomer of ergosterol, C28H44O, formed during the production of calciferol by the irradiation of ergosterol
- tally clerk — a person, esp on a wharf or dock or in an airport, who checks the count of goods being loaded or unloaded
- technically — belonging or pertaining to an art, science, or the like: technical skill.
- technocracy — a theory and movement, prominent about 1932, advocating control of industrial resources, reform of financial institutions, and reorganization of the social system, based on the findings of technologists and engineers.
- telodynamic — pertaining to the transmission of mechanical power over considerable distances, as by means of endless cables on pulleys.
- temple city — a town in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- tenaciously — holding fast; characterized by keeping a firm hold (often followed by of): a tenacious grip on my arm; tenacious of old habits.
- tephromancy — the seeking of the future using ashes
- term policy — a policy whose period of coverage is in excess of one year, usually paying a reduced premium rate, as in fire insurance.
- terry-cloth — the loop formed by the pile of a fabric when left uncut.
- tetracyclic — (of a compound) containing four rings in its molecular structure
- tetradactyl — a four-toed animal
- tetrahydric — (especially of alcohols and phenols) tetrahydroxy.
- the academy — the public park near Athens where Plato taught and founded a school for the study of philosophy
- the country — the outlying area or area furthest from the finish of a sports ground or racecourse
- the regency — in England, the period (1811-20) during which George, Prince of Wales, acted as regent
- thermically — in a thermic manner
- thiocyanate — a salt or ester of thiocyanic acid, as sodium thiocyanate, NaSCN.
- thrombocyte — platelet.
- tickety-boo — fine; OK.
- to a nicety — with precision
- tooth decay — dental caries.
- totipotency — (of a cell or part) having the potential for developing in various specialized ways in response to external or internal stimuli.
- touch-ready — (of software) ready to work on touch-screen computers and devices
- tracheotomy — the operation of cutting into the trachea.
- trade cycle — the recurrent fluctuation between boom and depression in the economic activity of a capitalist country
- tragicomedy — a dramatic or other literary composition combining elements of both tragedy and comedy.
- trolley car — a streetcar propelled electrically by current taken by means of a trolley from a conducting wire strung overhead or running beneath a slot between the tracks.
- truculently — fierce; cruel; savagely brutal.
- trypanocide — a drug or substance that kills trypanosomes
- turkey cock — the male of the turkey.