12-letter words containing l, y
- clitorectomy — (surgery) the surgical procedure to remove all or part of the clitoris; female circumcision.
- closed cycle — a heat engine in which the working substance is continuously circulated and does not need replenishment
- clubbability — The quality of being clubbable.
- clytemnestra — the wife of Agamemnon, whom she killed on his return from the Trojan War
- coachability — a large, horse-drawn, four-wheeled carriage, usually enclosed.
- cockeysville — a town in N Maryland.
- coffee royal — café royale.
- cogitatively — In a cogitative manner.
- cohesibility — the nature of being cohesible
- coincidently — in a coincident manner
- coincidingly — So as to coincide.
- collaterally — In collateral relation; not lineally.
- collectively — formed by collection.
- collectivity — the quality or state of being collective
- collegiality — the sharing of authority among colleagues
- collegiately — in a collegiate way
- collinearity — lying in the same straight line.
- colloquially — characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing; informal.
- collywobbles — an upset stomach
- colporrhaphy — (surgery) suturing of a defect in the wall of the vagina.
- columbus day — Oct 12, a legal holiday in most states of the US: the date of Columbus' landing in the West Indies (Caribbean) in 1492
- come-all-you — a street ballad, especially in England.
- comfortingly — In a comforting manner.
- commandingly — being in command: a commanding officer.
- commensality — eating together at the same table.
- commercially — of, relating to, or characteristic of commerce.
- commodiously — In a commodious manner.
- communicably — capable of being easily communicated or transmitted: communicable information; a communicable disease.
- compellingly — in a way that demands attention and interest
- complacently — pleased, especially with oneself or one's merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied: The voters are too complacent to change the government.
- compressedly — in a compressed manner
- compulsatory — compulsory
- compulsively — compelling; compulsory.
- compulsivity — compulsiveness
- compulsorily — required; mandatory; obligatory: compulsory education.
- concealingly — in a concealing manner
- conceptually — pertaining to concepts or to the forming of concepts.
- concessively — in a concessive manner
- conchoidally — In a conchoidal manner.
- conciliatory — When you are conciliatory in your actions or behaviour, you show that you are willing to end a disagreement with someone.
- conclusively — serving to settle or decide a question; decisive; convincing: conclusive evidence.
- concordantly — agreeing; harmonious.
- concurrently — occurring or existing simultaneously or side by side: concurrent attacks by land, sea, and air.
- concurringly — In a concurring manner; concurrently.
- conductively — In a conductive manner.
- coney island — an island off the S shore of Long Island, New York: site of a large amusement park
- conformality — (mathematics) The condition (of a map) of being conformal.
- conformingly — In a way that conforms.
- confoundedly — bewildered; confused; perplexed.
- congeniality — agreeable, suitable, or pleasing in nature or character: congenial surroundings.