11-letter words containing t, r, o, y
- carson city — a city in W Nevada, capital of the state. Pop: 55 311 (2003 est)
- cartography — Cartography is the art or activity of drawing maps and geographical charts.
- caryopteris — any of various shrubs with small blue or white flowers of the genus Caryopteris, all found in S and E Asia
- castigatory — to criticize or reprimand severely.
- catastrophy — Alternative form of catastrophe.
- cathode ray — a flow of electrons emanating from a cathode in a vacuum tube and focused into a narrow beam.
- celebratory — A celebratory meal, drink, or other activity takes place to celebrate something such as a birthday, anniversary, or victory.
- cell theory — a basic tenet of modern biology, first stated by Matthias Schleiden and Theodor Schwann in 1838–39, that cells are the basic units of structure and function in living organisms.
- cementatory — possessing the quality to firmly unite or cement
- charactonym — a name given to a literary character that is descriptive of a quality or trait of the character.
- cherrystone — a small or not fully-grown edible clam of the genus Mercenaria, found in the waters off the Atlantic coast of North America
- chlorimetry — the methods and procedures used to determine the amount of chlorine present in a preparation
- chlorophyte — A lower plant of the division Chlorophyta, which comprises the green algae.
- chondrocyte — A cell that makes up the tissue of cartilage.
- chou pastry — cream puff paste.
- chrismatory — a small receptacle containing the three kinds of consecrated oil used in the sacraments
- christology — the branch of theology concerned with the person, attributes, and deeds of Christ
- chronometry — the science or technique of measuring time with extreme accuracy
- chrysophyte — any of the golden alga species
- circulatory — Circulatory means relating to the circulation of blood in the body.
- city editor — The city editor of a newspaper is the editor who is in charge of local news.
- clairvoyant — Someone who is believed to be clairvoyant is believed to know about future events or to be able to communicate with dead people.
- cleptocracy — Alternative form of kleptocracy.
- coach party — a group of people who travel together on a coach trip
- cold turkey — Cold turkey is the unpleasant physical reaction that people experience when they suddenly stop taking a drug that they have become addicted to.
- cold-turkey — to withdraw from (an addictive substance or a habit) abruptly and completely.
- colinearity — the state of being arranged in the same linear sequence
- college try — an enthusiastic attempt that utilizes all one's energy and resources
- collocutory — of or relating to dialogue
- colorimetry — the analysis or measurement of color by means of a colorimeter
- columnarity — the fact or quality of being columnar
- combinatory — combinative
- comfortably — If you do something comfortably, you do it easily.
- comminatory — Threatening, punitive, or vengeful.
- comorbidity — the occurrence of more than one illness or condition at the same time
- competitory — competitive.
- compilatory — of or relating to a compilation or compiler
- componentry — the components of a machine, vehicle, stereo system, etc.
- compotatory — of, relating to, or fond of compotation
- comstockery — immoderate censorship on grounds of immorality
- concertedly — contrived or arranged by agreement; planned or devised together: a concerted effort.
- condolatory — to express sympathy with a person who is suffering sorrow, misfortune, or grief (usually followed by with): to condole with a friend whose father has died.
- conflictory — to come into collision or disagreement; be contradictory, at variance, or in opposition; clash: The account of one eyewitness conflicted with that of the other. My class conflicts with my going to the concert.
- congruently — agreeing; accordant; congruous.
- conrotatory — (organic chemistry) Describing an electrocyclic reaction in which the substituents at the interacting termini of the conjugated system both rotate in the same sense.
- consolatory — consoling or tending to console; comforting
- contraparty — the other person or institution entering into a financial contract or transaction: the default of a counterparty.
- contrariety — opposition between one thing and another; disagreement
- contrary to — If you say that something is true contrary to other people's beliefs or opinions, you are emphasizing that it is true and that they are wrong.
- contrayerva — the root of any of several tropical American moraceous plants of the genus Dorstenia, esp D. contrayerva, used as a stimulant and tonic