12-letter words containing t, r, i, c, y
- by my certie — assuredly
- cachinnatory — Pertaining to loud or immoderate laughter.
- calumniatory — of, involving, or using calumny; slanderous; defamatory.
- candy stripe — a pattern of bright stripes of one color against a plain background, used chiefly in fabrics.
- cantillatory — involving chanting or incantation
- capitulatory — the act of capitulating.
- car industry — the industry concerned with the manufacture and selling of automobiles
- carotid body — a small mass of cells and nerve endings adjacent to the carotid sinus that, in response to chemical changes in the blood, adjusts the respiratory rate.
- carry permit — a license to carry a handgun on one's person.
- carry weight — to be important, influential, etc.
- cartoonishly — in a cartoonish manner
- case history — A person's case history is the record of past events or problems that have affected them, especially their medical history.
- categorially — in a manner relating to or involving categories
- categoricity — The quality of being categorical.
- celebreality — a television genre that is unscripted and involves either the day-to-day documentation of a celebrity’s life or competitive challenges that a celebrity or celebrities must perform
- central city — the principal municipality of a metropolitan area, surrounded by suburbs and smaller towns; esp., the crowded, industrial, often blighted area
- cervicectomy — (medicine) Surgical removal of the cervix.
- chalcopyrite — a widely distributed yellow mineral consisting of a sulphide of copper and iron in tetragonal crystalline form: the principal ore of copper. Formula: CuFeS2
- charity sale — a sale in aid of charity
- charity shop — A charity shop is a shop that sells used goods cheaply and gives its profits to a charity.
- charity toss — a free shot given as a penalty for a foul
- charity work — unpaid work, usually fundraising, done in aid of a charity
- christianity — Christianity is a religion that is based on the teachings of Jesus Christ and the belief that he was the son of God.
- christophany — an appearance or emergence of Christ following his crucifixion
- chromaticity — the quality of a colour or light with reference to its purity and its dominant wavelength
- churchianity — loyalty to the church rather than Christianity
- chymotrypsin — a powerful proteolytic enzyme secreted from the pancreas in the form of chymotrypsinogen, being converted to the active form by trypsin
- chymotryptic — relating to chymotrypsin
- circuitously — roundabout; not direct: a circuitous route; a circuitous argument.
- circumgyrate — to cause (something) to move in a circular motion
- circumrotary — Alternative form of circumrotatory.
- city dweller — a resident or inhabitant of a city
- city fathers — You can refer to the members of a city council or city's government as the city fathers.
- city manager — (in the US) an administrator hired by a municipal council to manage its affairs
- city slicker — If you refer to someone as a city slicker, you mean that they live and work in a city and are used to city life.
- civvy street — People in the armed forces use civvy street to refer to life and work which is not connected with the armed forces.
- clairvoyants — Plural form of clairvoyant.
- clatteringly — With a clattering sound.
- clitorectomy — (surgery) the surgical procedure to remove all or part of the clitoris; female circumcision.
- collinearity — lying in the same straight line.
- comfortingly — In a comforting manner.
- compaternity — the relationship between the godparents of a child or between the godparents and the child's parents.
- conciliatory — When you are conciliatory in your actions or behaviour, you show that you are willing to end a disagreement with someone.
- confirmatory — confirming or tending to confirm
- confiscatory — involving confiscation
- conformality — (mathematics) The condition (of a map) of being conformal.
- consignatory — a cosignatory
- conspiratory — the act of conspiring.
- contributary — contributory
- contributory — A contributory factor of a problem or accident is one of the things which caused it to exist or happen.