12-letter words containing n, y, s
- cockeyedness — the condition of being cockeyed
- commensality — eating together at the same table.
- compensatory — Compensatory payments involve money paid as compensation.
- concessively — in a concessive manner
- conclusively — serving to settle or decide a question; decisive; convincing: conclusive evidence.
- coney island — an island off the S shore of Long Island, New York: site of a large amusement park
- confiscatory — involving confiscation
- conscionably — being in conformity with one's conscience; just.
- consecratory — That consecrates.
- consensually — formed or existing merely by consent: a consensual transaction.
- consentingly — in a consenting manner
- consequently — Consequently means as a result.
- conservatory — A conservatory is a room with glass walls and a glass roof, which is attached to a house. People often grow plants in a conservatory.
- considerably — to a noteworthy or marked extent; much; noticeably; substantially; amply.
- consignatory — a cosignatory
- consistently — agreeing or accordant; compatible; not self-contradictory: His views and actions are consistent.
- conspectuity — vision or sight
- conspiratory — the act of conspiring.
- constabulary — In Britain and some other countries, a constabulary is the police force of a particular area.
- constituency — A constituency is an area for which someone is elected as the representative in a parliament or government.
- consultatory — Formed by, or resulting from, consultation; advisory.
- consummately — to bring to a state of perfection; fulfill.
- consummatory — to bring to a state of perfection; fulfill.
- contagiously — capable of being transmitted by bodily contact with an infected person or object: contagious diseases.
- contiguously — touching; in contact.
- continuously — uninterrupted in time; without cessation: continuous coughing during the concert.
- convulsively — of the nature of or characterized by convulsions or spasms.
- conway's law — (project, humour) The rule (presumably formulated by Melvin Conway) that the organisation of software and the organisation of the software team will be congruent; originally stated as "If you have four groups working on a compiler, you'll get a 4-pass compiler".
- corn whiskey — a whisky made from maize
- coscinomancy — a form of divination involving the interpretation of the movement of a sieve suspended by shears
- counterstyle — an opposing style
- countertypes — Plural form of countertype.
- country risk — the risk associated with an overseas investment due to the conditions prevailing in the country in which it is made
- country seat — A country seat is a large house with land in the country which is owned by someone who also owns a house in a town.
- cranioplasty — Surgical repair of a defect or deformity in the skull.
- cryptanalyst — the procedures, processes, methods, etc., used to translate or interpret secret writings, as codes and ciphers, for which the key is unknown.
- cryptomnesia — the reappearance of a suppressed or forgotten memory which is mistaken for a new experience
- cryptomnesic — of, relating to, or characterized by cryptomnesia
- cryptomonads — Plural form of cryptomonad.
- cryptonymous — having a code name or secret name
- crystalising — Present participle of crystalise.
- cyanogenesis — the release by certain plants, such as cherry laurel, of hydrogen cyanide, esp after wounding or invasion by pathogens
- cyanohydrins — Plural form of cyanohydrin.
- cybercasting — the broadcasting of news, entertainment, etc., using the Internet, specifically the World Wide Web.
- cyberfriends — Plural form of cyberfriend.
- cybersurfing — The practice of using and browsing the Internet, especially as a habitual pastime.
- cycloalkanes — Cycloalkanes are molecules which contain only carbon-hydrogen bonds, with the carbon atoms joined in a ring.
- cyclogenesis — the formation and development of a low-pressure storm system
- cyclosporine — a drug, produced by a fungus (Tolypocladium inflatum), that suppresses the T cells that reject foreign tissue after an organ transplant without suppressing other cells that fight infections and cancer
- cyclostyling — Present participle of cyclostyle.