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11-letter words containing e, r, y, t

  • buy-to-fret — denoting the practice of buying a property to let to tenants during a period when property values are falling
  • by my certy — assuredly
  • c1 security — Orange Book
  • c2 security — Orange Book
  • caecotrophy — (biology) In certain mammals, especially rabbits and other lagomorphs, the consumption of food pellets which are naturally produced by means of digestion, retention in the caecum, and expulsion through the anus.
  • calefactory — giving warmth
  • calorimetry — measurement of the quantity of heat
  • calyptrogen — a layer of rapidly dividing cells at the tip of a plant root, from which the root cap is formed. It occurs in grasses and many other plants
  • candy store — a shop solely or largely selling confectionery
  • carbonylate — to introduce the carbonyl group into (a compound) through chemical reaction
  • carboxylate — any salt or ester of a carboxylic acid having a formula of the type M(RCOO)x, where M is a metal and R an organic group, or R1COOR2, where R1 and R2 are organic groups
  • cardiectomy — excision of the heart.
  • carry trade — a speculative transaction in which a trader buys the currency of a country with a high rate of interest and sells the currency of a country with a low rate of interest
  • caryopteris — any of various shrubs with small blue or white flowers of the genus Caryopteris, all found in S and E Asia
  • cathode ray — a flow of electrons emanating from a cathode in a vacuum tube and focused into a narrow beam.
  • celebratory — A celebratory meal, drink, or other activity takes place to celebrate something such as a birthday, anniversary, or victory.
  • celery salt — a seasoning made of salt and ground celery seed
  • cell theory — a basic tenet of modern biology, first stated by Matthias Schleiden and Theodor Schwann in 1838–39, that cells are the basic units of structure and function in living organisms.
  • cellularity — pertaining to or characterized by cellules or cells, especially minute compartments or cavities.
  • cementatory — possessing the quality to firmly unite or cement
  • cerargyrite — a soft mineral, AgCl, that is an ore of silver; silver chloride
  • certifiably — capable of being certified.
  • charityware — careware
  • cherrystone — a small or not fully-grown edible clam of the genus Mercenaria, found in the waters off the Atlantic coast of North America
  • chieftainry — the area governed by a chieftain
  • chlorimetry — the methods and procedures used to determine the amount of chlorine present in a preparation
  • chlorophyte — A lower plant of the division Chlorophyta, which comprises the green algae.
  • chondrocyte — A cell that makes up the tissue of cartilage.
  • chronometry — the science or technique of measuring time with extreme accuracy
  • chrysophyte — any of the golden alga species
  • circinately — In a circinate fashion.
  • city center — The city center is the busiest part of a city, where most of the shops and businesses are.
  • city centre — The city centre is the busiest part of a city, where most of the shops and businesses are.
  • city editor — The city editor of a newspaper is the editor who is in charge of local news.
  • city father — You can refer to a member of a city council or city's government as a city father.
  • cleptocracy — Alternative form of kleptocracy.
  • cluster fly — a dipterous fly, Pollenia rudis, that tends to gather in large numbers in attics in the autumn: family Calliphoridae. The larvae are parasitic in earthworms
  • cold turkey — Cold turkey is the unpleasant physical reaction that people experience when they suddenly stop taking a drug that they have become addicted to.
  • cold-turkey — to withdraw from (an addictive substance or a habit) abruptly and completely.
  • colinearity — the state of being arranged in the same linear sequence
  • college try — an enthusiastic attempt that utilizes all one's energy and resources
  • colorimetry — the analysis or measurement of color by means of a colorimeter
  • competitory — competitive.
  • componentry — the components of a machine, vehicle, stereo system, etc.
  • comstockery — immoderate censorship on grounds of immorality
  • concertedly — contrived or arranged by agreement; planned or devised together: a concerted effort.
  • congruently — agreeing; accordant; congruous.
  • contrariety — opposition between one thing and another; disagreement
  • contrayerva — the root of any of several tropical American moraceous plants of the genus Dorstenia, esp D. contrayerva, used as a stimulant and tonic
  • control key — a key on the keyboard of a computer that is used in conjunction with the standard keys in order to initiate a specific function, such as editing
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