12-letter words containing s, e, y, n
- chinese copy — an exact copy of an original
- chronosystem — A pattern of events and transitions over the course of a person's life.
- clap eyes on — to catch sight of
- clergyperson — a member of the clergy
- clytemnestra — the wife of Agamemnon, whom she killed on his return from the Trojan War
- 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
- 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.
- consistently — agreeing or accordant; compatible; not self-contradictory: His views and actions are consistent.
- conspectuity — vision or sight
- constituency — A constituency is an area for which someone is elected as the representative in a parliament or government.
- consummately — to bring to a state of perfection; fulfill.
- convulsively — of the nature of or characterized by convulsions or spasms.
- corn whiskey — a whisky made from maize
- counterstyle — an opposing style
- countertypes — Plural form of countertype.
- 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.
- cryptomnesia — the reappearance of a suppressed or forgotten memory which is mistaken for a new experience
- cryptomnesic — of, relating to, or characterized by cryptomnesia
- cyanogenesis — the release by certain plants, such as cherry laurel, of hydrogen cyanide, esp after wounding or invasion by pathogens
- 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
- cylinder saw — crown saw.
- cypress knee — one of the woody growths that project above water from the roots of the bald cypress.
- cypress pine — any coniferous tree of the Australian genus Callitrus, having leaves in whorls and yielding valuable timber: family Cupressaceae
- cypress vine — a tropical American convolvulaceous climbing plant, Ipomoea pennata, having finely divided compound leaves and scarlet or white tubular flowers
- cytogenetics — the branch of genetics that correlates the structure, number, and behaviour of chromosomes with heredity and variation
- cytokinetics — (biology) The study of cytokinesis.
- cytoskeleton — a network of fibrous proteins that governs the shape and movement of a biological cell
- daniel shays — Daniel, 1747–1825, American Revolutionary War soldier: leader of a popular insurrection (Shays' Rebellion) in Massachusetts 1786–87.
- de-intensify — to make intense or more intense.
- decreasingly — In a decreasing manner.
- delay screen — (in a cathode-ray tube) a sensitized screen with a phosphorescent coating that retains the image formed by the electron beam for an appreciable time.
- delusionally — In a delusional way.
- demonstrably — capable of being demonstrated or proved.
- demulsifying — to break down (an emulsion) into separate substances incapable of re-forming the emulsion that was broken down.
- demystifying — Present participle of demystify.