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13-letter words containing t, y, s, i, e

  • 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
  • chrysophilite — a person who loves gold
  • 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
  • coextensively — To the same extent.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • coterminously — having the same border or covering the same area.
  • counterspying — the activities of a counterspy
  • cryotherapies — Plural form of cryotherapy.
  • cryptesthesia — allegedly paranormal perception, as clairvoyance or clairaudience.
  • custody suite — the part of a police station where people who have been arrested are held in custody
  • cyberactivism — Activism facilitated by the Internet.
  • cyberneticist — Someone who studies cybernetics.
  • cybersecurity — the state of being safe from electronic crime and the measures taken to achieve this
  • cyberstalking — Cyberstalking is the use of the Internet to contact someone or find out information about them in a way that is annoying or frightening.
  • cyclosilicate — any silicate in which the SiO 4 tetrahedra are linked to form rings.
  • cystathionine — an amino acid, C 7 H 14 O 4 N 2 S, that is an intermediate in the transfer of sulfur from methionine to cysteine.
  • cysticercosis — a parasitic infection of tissue by the larval form of the pork tapeworm, Taenia Solium, contracted through the ingestion of food or water contaminated by faeces, or by eating infected pork
  • cytochemistry — the chemistry of living cells
  • dare i say it — You use 'dare I say it' when you know that what you are going to say will disappoint or annoy someone.
  • data security — the protection of data stored on computers
  • defeasibility — capable of being annulled or terminated.
  • defensibility — capable of being defended against assault or injury: The troops were bivouacked in a defensible position.
  • deleteriously — In a deleterious manner; harmfully.
  • demythologise — to divest of mythological or legendary attributes or forms, as in order to permit clearer appraisal and understanding: to demythologize the music dramas of Richard Wagner for modern listeners.
  • deposit money — checks, letters of credit, etc., that circulate and are payable on demand.
  • descriptively — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
  • descriptivity — The quality or state of being descriptive.
  • despicability — Despicableness.
  • destructively — tending to destroy; causing destruction or much damage (often followed by of or to): a very destructive windstorm.
  • detestability — The state or quality of being detestable.
  • devastatingly — tending or threatening to devastate: a devastating fire.
  • dialypetalous — (of flowers) having distinct petals
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