12-letter words containing l, a, r, y
- crystal ball — If you say that someone, especially an expert, looks into a crystal ball, you mean that they are trying to predict the future. Crystal balls are traditionally used by fortune-tellers.
- crystal form — a symmetrical set of planes in space, associated with a crystal, having the same symmetry as the crystal class
- crystal lake — a town in NE Illinois.
- crystal meth — crystal methamphetamine, a concentrated and highly potent form of methamphetamine with dangerous side effects
- crystalising — Present participle of crystalise.
- crystallised — Simple past tense and past participle of crystallise.
- crystallites — Plural form of crystallite.
- crystallitis — the formation of a crystallite or crystallites
- crystallized — Crystallized fruits and sweets are covered in sugar which has been melted and then allowed to go hard.
- crystallizer — A crystallizer is a vessel or stage in which a crystal grows from a liquid.
- crystallizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crystallize.
- crystalloids — Plural form of crystalloid.
- curly-haired — having hair that forms curls
- cyberathlete — a professional player of computer games
- cyberloafing — (informal) The use of computers by employees for purposes unrelated to work.
- cybernetical — of or relating to cybernetics
- cyberreality — A reality created in cyberspace.
- cyberstalker — (Internet) A stalker who operates online.
- cyclographic — of or relating to a cyclograph
- cyclopropane — a colourless flammable gaseous hydrocarbon, used in medicine as an anaesthetic; trimethylene. It is a cycloalkane with molecules containing rings of three carbon atoms. Formula: C3H6; boiling pt: –34°C
- cylinder saw — crown saw.
- cytoanalyzer — an electronic optical device for screening smears of cells suspected of being malignant.
- d'oyly carte — Richard. 1844–1901, British impresario noted for his productions of the operettas of Gilbert and Sullivan
- dairy cattle — cows raised mainly for their milk
- daredeviltry — reckless daring; venturesome boldness.
- day labourer — an unskilled worker hired and paid by the day
- daydreamlike — resembling a daydream
- deambulatory — a place for walking often with a covering overhead
- decoratively — In a decorative manner.
- decreasingly — In a decreasing manner.
- deflationary — A deflationary economic policy or measure is one that is intended to or likely to cause deflation.
- degenerately — In a degenerate manner.
- delaware bay — an inlet of the Atlantic at the mouth of the Delaware river
- delay screen — (in a cathode-ray tube) a sensitized screen with a phosphorescent coating that retains the image formed by the electron beam for an appreciable time.
- delayed drop — a parachute descent with the opening of the parachute delayed, usually for a predetermined period
- deliberately — carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional: a deliberate lie.
- delivery van — a small van used esp for delivery rounds
- delray beach — a city in SE Florida.
- delta rhythm — the normal electrical activity of the cerebral cortex during deep sleep, occurring at a frequency of 1 to 4 hertz and detectable with an electroencephalograph
- demonstrably — capable of being demonstrated or proved.
- deregulatory — Of or pertaining to deregulation.
- derivability — The condition of being derivable.
- derivatively — derived.
- derogatively — lessening; belittling; derogatory.
- derogatorily — tending to lessen the merit or reputation of a person or thing; disparaging; depreciatory: a derogatory remark.
- desirability — worth having or wanting; pleasing, excellent, or fine: a desirable apartment.
- despairingly — given to despair or hopelessness.
- determinably — In a determinable way.
- dicarboxylic — containing two carboxyl groups in the molecule
- dicarpellary — having two carpels