13-letter words containing l, a, r, y
- caryophyllene — (organic compound) A sesquiterpene (containing a cyclobutane ring) found in the essential oils of several plants such as clove and pepper.
- castro valley — a town in W California, near San Francisco Bay.
- casual friday — In some companies, employees are allowed to wear clothes that are more informal than usual on a Friday. This day is known as a casual Friday.
- casualty ward — a ward which temporarily accommodates patients who have been treated in the casualty department and who need to stay in hospital
- categorically — without exceptions or conditions; absolute; unqualified and unconditional: a categorical denial.
- cathartically — of or relating to catharsis.
- cavalry twill — a strong woollen twill fabric used for trousers, etc
- 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.
- charitability — Charitableness.
- 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
- chromatically — In a chromatic manner.
- chromatolysis — the dissolution of stained material, such as chromatin in injured cells
- chromatolytic — relating to chromatolysis
- chromosomally — With reference to chromosomes.
- clairvoyantly — In a clairvoyant way; by means of clairvoyance.
- clarificatory — Of or pertaining to clarification.
- class library — (programming) A library of reusable classes for use with an object-oriented programming system.
- claymore mine — an antipersonnel mine designed to produce a direction-guided, fan-shaped pattern of fragments.
- clearheadedly — In a clearheaded manner.
- climatography — an account of a region's climate
- 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
- coal industry — a branch of commercial enterprise concerned with the discovery and mining of coal
- 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
- colorado ruby — a fire-red form of garnet found in Colorado and other parts of North America
- 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.
- comparability — capable of being compared; having features in common with something else to permit or suggest comparison: He considered the Roman and British empires to be comparable.
- 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.
- conclusionary — conclusory
- confabulatory — the act of confabulating; conversation; discussion.
- conjecturally — of, of the nature of, or involving conjecture; problematical: Theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are highly conjectural.
- connaturality — the quality of being connatural
- considerately — showing kindly awareness or regard for another's feelings, circumstances, etc.: a very considerate critic.
- consimilarity — the condition of being mutually alike
- 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.