13-letter words containing s, t, e, y
- bisectionally — from a bisectional point of view
- bittersweetly — in a bittersweet manner
- blarney stone — a stone in Blarney Castle, in the SW Republic of Ireland, said to endow whoever kisses it with the gift of the gab and skill in flattery
- body snatcher — (formerly) a person who robbed graves and sold the corpses for dissection
- bouncy castle — A bouncy castle is a large object filled with air, often in the shape of a castle, which children play on at a fairground or other outdoor event.
- brachypterous — having very short or incompletely developed wings
- buckeye state — Ohio (used as a nickname).
- butcher's boy — a boy doing deliveries for a butcher and perhaps also learning the butchery trade, esp in the past
- butler's tray — a tray resting on or attached to an X-shaped, often folding stand, on which are kept drink bottles and glasses
- butterflyfish — any small tropical marine percoid fish of the genera Chaetodon, Chelmon, etc, that has a deep flattened brightly coloured or strikingly marked body and brushlike teeth: family Chaetodontidae
- by contraries — contrary to what is expected
- by its nature — If you say that something has a particular characteristic by its nature or by its very nature, you mean that things of that type always have that characteristic.
- candy striper — a volunteer worker in a hospital
- candy-striped — (esp of clothing fabric) having narrow coloured stripes on a white background
- candy-striper — a person, often a teenager, who works as a volunteer in a hospital.
- carbohydrates — foods which contain carbohydrate
- castro valley — a town in W California, near San Francisco Bay.
- cayenne-whist — a seaport in and the capital of French Guiana.
- cement slurry — Cement slurry is a mixture of Portland cement, water, and additives.
- centrosomally — In a centrosomal way.
- cerynean stag — a stag living in Arcadia, captured by Hercules as one of his labors.
- cesky terrier — a sturdy long-bodied short-legged variety of terrier with a wavy grey or light brown coat
- chastity belt — a locking beltlike device with a loop designed to go between a woman's legs in order to prevent her from having sexual intercourse
- chemistry set — equipment and chemicals that enable a child to do experiments
- 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.
- chimney stack — A chimney stack is the brick or stone part of a chimney that is above the roof of a building.
- chimney swift — a North American swift, Chaetura pelagica, that nests in chimneys and similar hollows
- chimneybreast — the wall or walls that surround the base of a chimney or fireplace
- cholecystitis — inflammation of the gall bladder, due to bacterial infection or the presence of gallstones
- chrysanthemum — A chrysanthemum is a large garden flower with many long, thin petals.
- chrysophilite — a person who loves gold
- chrysotherapy — gold therapy.
- circumspectly — watchful and discreet; cautious; prudent: circumspect behavior.
- city chambers — (in Scotland) the municipal building of a city; town hall
- 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
- clandestinely — characterized by, done in, or executed with secrecy or concealment, especially for purposes of subversion or deception; private or surreptitious: Their clandestine meetings went undiscovered for two years.
- clandestinity — secrecy; the quality of being clandestine
- class society — a society in which class distinctions are influential
- closed system — a region that is isolated from its surroundings by a boundary that admits no transfer of matter or energy across it.
- coextensively — To the same extent.
- company store — a retail store operated by a company for the convenience of the employees, who are required to buy from the store.
- consecutively — following one another in uninterrupted succession or order; successive: six consecutive numbers, such as 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
- considerately — showing kindly awareness or regard for another's feelings, circumstances, etc.: a very considerate critic.
- constellatory — Astronomy. any of various groups of stars to which definite names have been given, as Ursa Major, Ursa Minor, Boötes, Cancer, Orion. the section of the heavens occupied by such a group.
- constituently — serving to compose or make up a thing; component: the constituent parts of a motor.
- constrainedly — forced, compelled, or obliged: a constrained confession.
- consumptively — In a consumptive manner.
- contentiously — tending to argument or strife; quarrelsome: a contentious crew.
- contrastively — tending to contrast; contrasting. contrastive colors.