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14-letter words containing i, t, y

  • constructively — helping to improve; promoting further development or advancement (opposed to destructive): constructive criticism.
  • consuetudinary — customary or traditional.
  • consultatively — of or relating to consultation; advisory.
  • contact binary — a binary system in which the envelopes of gas surrounding each star are in contact.
  • contact flying — flying an airplane in conditions of good visibility so that the course and altitude can be determined by observing points or objects on the ground; VFR
  • contemporarily — existing, occurring, or living at the same time; belonging to the same time: Newton's discovery of the calculus was contemporary with that of Leibniz.
  • conterminously — having a common boundary; bordering; contiguous.
  • contestability — The property of being contestable or debatable.
  • continentality — the degree to which the climate of a region typifies that of the interior of a large landmass.
  • contour flying — the technique of flying at a constant altitude of less than 22.8 metres (75 feet) above the ground.
  • contractionary — involving or constituting economic contraction
  • contracyclical — (of a policy) stabilizing the economy through countering major fluctuations, such as recessions or booms
  • contributorily — In a contributory manner.
  • controvertibly — In a controvertible manner.
  • contumaciously — stubbornly perverse or rebellious; willfully and obstinately disobedient.
  • contumeliously — insulting display of contempt in words or actions; contemptuous or humiliating treatment.
  • conventionally — conforming or adhering to accepted standards, as of conduct or taste: conventional behavior.
  • convertibility — The quality of being convertible.
  • convincibility — to move by argument or evidence to belief, agreement, consent, or a course of action: to convince a jury of his guilt; A test drive will convince you that this car handles well.
  • cooling system — a system which cools something such as a building or engine
  • copper pyrites — chalcopyrite
  • corpuscularity — the state of being corpuscular
  • correctability — to set or make true, accurate, or right; remove the errors or faults from: The native guide corrected our pronunciation. The new glasses corrected his eyesight.
  • corruptibility — that can or might be corrupted.
  • cosmochemistry — the study of the chemical composition of the celestial bodies
  • country cousin — If you refer to someone as a country cousin, you think that they are unsophisticated because they come from the country.
  • country singer — a singer of country and western music
  • county council — A county council is an organization which runs local government in a county in Britain.
  • county cricket — (in Britain) cricket played between county teams competing in the county cricket championship
  • courtesy light — the interior light in a motor vehicle
  • courtesy title — any of several titles having no legal significance, such as those borne by the children of peers
  • coxcombicality — the quality of being coxcombical
  • credit history — a record of how promptly a person pays back loans, credits, etc, over time
  • cricoarytenoid — A muscle connecting the cricoid cartilage and arytenoid cartilage.
  • cross-modality — the ability to integrate information acquired through separate senses.
  • cross-multiply — to remove fractions from an equation by multiplying each side by the common multiple of the denominators of the fractions of both sides.
  • cross-ply tire — bias-ply tire.
  • cruising yacht — a yacht which is used for holiday trips
  • cryoanesthesia — (pathology) Insensibility resulting from cold.
  • cryoextraction — the surgical removal of a cataract with a cryoprobe.
  • cryoprotective — protecting against damage caused by cryopreservation
  • cryptaesthetic — of or relating to cryptaesthesia
  • cryptanalytics — cryptanalysis (def 1).
  • cryptoanalysis — cryptanalysis.
  • cryptococcosis — a disease affecting both animals and humans caused by the Cryptococcus neoformans fungus
  • cryptographist — the science or study of the techniques of secret writing, especially code and cipher systems, methods, and the like. Compare cryptanalysis (def 2).
  • cryptoporticus — a covered passage, as one underground, lighted on one side.
  • cryptorchidism — a congenital condition in which one or both testicles fail to descend into the scrotum
  • cryptosporidia — Plural form of cryptosporidium.
  • cryptovolcanic — of or relating to a rock structure providing indirect or incomplete evidence of volcanism.
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