13-letter words containing o, y, s
- by yourselves — if you are by yourselves, or all by yourselves, you are alone
- cacophonously — In a cacophonous manner.
- calvary cross — a Latin cross with a representation of three steps beneath it
- carbohydrates — foods which contain carbohydrate
- carnivorously — In a carnivorous manner.
- cassel yellow — a lemon-yellow color.
- castro valley — a town in W California, near San Francisco Bay.
- centrosomally — In a centrosomal way.
- ceremoniously — If someone does something ceremoniously, they do it in an extremely formal way.
- cerumenolysis — (medicine) The process of softening cerumen (earwax) for removal.
- charley horse — People sometimes refer to a cramp in the muscles of their leg or arm as a charley horse.
- chicago style — a style of jazz flourishing in Chicago especially in the early 1920s, constituting a direct offshoot of New Orleans style, and differing from its predecessor chiefly in the diminished influence of native folk sources, the greater tension of its group improvisation, the increased emphasis on solos, and the regular use of the tenor saxophone as part of the ensemble.
- child custody — custody (def 4).
- child-custody — custody (def 4).
- chinese money — funny money (def 3).
- chlamydomonas — a green, fresh water alga of the class Chlorophyceae that is flagellate and made up of a single cell
- chlamydospore — a thick-walled asexual spore of many fungi: capable of surviving adverse conditions
- cholecystitis — inflammation of the gall bladder, due to bacterial infection or the presence of gallstones
- chromatolysis — the dissolution of stained material, such as chromatin in injured cells
- chromosomally — With reference to chromosomes.
- chrysocarpous — bearing golden-yellow fruit.
- chrysophenine — a bright yellow dye derived from stilbene, used chiefly for dyeing leather and textiles.
- chrysophilite — a person who loves gold
- chrysotherapy — gold therapy.
- chylophyllous — having fleshy leaves, as certain desert plants.
- city dionysia — (in ancient Athens) the chief festival in honor of Dionysus, celebrated in early spring and notable for the performance of dithyrambs, tragedies, comedies, and satyr plays.
- civic society — an organization founded to promote the interests of a local community
- civil society — the elements such as freedom of speech, an independent judiciary, etc, that make up a democratic society
- class society — a society in which class distinctions are influential
- close company — a company under the control of its directors or fewer than five independent participants
- 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
- closed system — a region that is isolated from its surroundings by a boundary that admits no transfer of matter or energy across it.
- cloud physics — the science of the physical properties and processes of clouds.
- co-presidency — the state or act of being co-president
- coal industry — a branch of commercial enterprise concerned with the discovery and mining of coal
- cocarboxylase — thiamine pyrophosphate
- coextensively — To the same extent.
- collisionally — in the manner of a collision or collisions
- colostomy bag — a bag that is attached to the surgical opening from the colon onto the surface of the body and into which faecal matter passes
- commensurably — In a commensurable manner; so as to be commensurable.
- commissionary — Of, relating to, or conferring a commission.
- companionways — Plural form of companionway.
- company store — a retail store operated by a company for the convenience of the employees, who are required to buy from the store.
- compendiously — of or like a compendium; containing the substance of a subject, often an exclusive subject, in a brief form; concise: a compendious history of the world.
- complaisantly — (archaic) In a complaisant manner; obligingly.
- concessionary — A concessionary price is a special price which is lower than the normal one and which is often given to old people, students, and the unemployed.
- conchylaceous — Of or relating to shells; resembling a shell.
- conclusionary — conclusory
- condylomatous — Relating to condyloma.
- confessionary — of or relating to confession, especially auricular confession of sins.