12-letter words containing o, n, l, y
- bonnyclabber — clotted or curdled milk
- bunny boiler — a person, esp a woman, who is considered to be emotionally unstable and likely to be dangerously vengeful
- bye-election — a special election, not held at the time of a general election, to fill a vacancy in Parliament.
- byelorussian — Byelorussian means belonging or relating to Byelorussia or to its people or culture.
- caliginosity — darkness
- calumniatory — of, involving, or using calumny; slanderous; defamatory.
- calumniously — in a calumnious manner
- cantillatory — involving chanting or incantation
- carbon cycle — the circulation of carbon between living organisms and their surroundings. Carbon dioxide from the atmosphere is synthesized by plants into plant tissue, which is ingested and metabolized by animals and converted to carbon dioxide again during respiration and decay
- carnot cycle — an idealized reversible heat-engine cycle giving maximum efficiency and consisting of an isothermal expansion, an adiabatic expansion, an isothermal compression, and an adiabatic compression back to the initial state
- carolina bay — any of the shallow, usually marshy, oval depressions found in the coastal plains of the eastern U.S. that are heavily forested and have rich soil.
- cartoonishly — in a cartoonish manner
- cationically — in a cationic manner
- censoriously — In a censorious manner.
- ceremonially — of, relating to, or characterized by ceremony; formal; ritual: a ceremonial occasion.
- chirurgeonly — in the manner of a surgeon
- chlorenchyma — plant tissue consisting of parenchyma cells that contain chlorophyll
- chlorohydrin — any of a class of organic compounds containing a hydroxyl group and a chlorine atom
- cholinolytic — capable of blocking the action of acetylcholine and related compounds.
- chrysophanol — (organic compound) A chemical compound found in rhubarb.
- chylomicrons — Plural form of chylomicron.
- city council — a municipal body having legislative and administrative powers, such as passing ordinances and appropriating funds.
- clairvoyance — the alleged power of perceiving things beyond the natural range of the senses
- clairvoyancy — the faculty of clairvoyance
- clairvoyants — Plural form of clairvoyant.
- clangorously — In a clangorous manner; ringingly.
- clap eyes on — to catch sight of
- clayton fern — a tall fern, Osmunda claytoniana, of eastern North America and eastern Asia, having an interruption of growth in the center of some fronds.
- clergyperson — a member of the clergy
- coincidently — in a coincident manner
- coincidingly — So as to coincide.
- collinearity — lying in the same straight line.
- comfortingly — In a comforting manner.
- commandingly — being in command: a commanding officer.
- commensality — eating together at the same table.
- 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.
- 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.