13-letter words containing u, y, s
- casual friday — In some companies, employees are allowed to wear clothes that are more informal than usual on a Friday. This day is known as a casual Friday.
- casualty list — a list of servicemen who have been killed, wounded, captured, or gone missing as a result of enemy action
- casualty ward — a ward which temporarily accommodates patients who have been treated in the casualty department and who need to stay in hospital
- cement slurry — Cement slurry is a mixture of Portland cement, water, and additives.
- ceremoniously — If someone does something ceremoniously, they do it in an extremely formal way.
- cerumenolysis — (medicine) The process of softening cerumen (earwax) for removal.
- child custody — custody (def 4).
- child-custody — custody (def 4).
- chrysanthemum — A chrysanthemum is a large garden flower with many long, thin petals.
- chrysocarpous — bearing golden-yellow fruit.
- chylophyllous — having fleshy leaves, as certain desert plants.
- circumspectly — watchful and discreet; cautious; prudent: circumspect behavior.
- cloud physics — the science of the physical properties and processes of clouds.
- coal industry — a branch of commercial enterprise concerned with the discovery and mining of coal
- commensurably — In a commensurable manner; so as to be commensurable.
- compendiously — of or like a compendium; containing the substance of a subject, often an exclusive subject, in a brief form; concise: a compendious history of the world.
- conchylaceous — Of or relating to shells; resembling a shell.
- conclusionary — conclusory
- condylomatous — Relating to condyloma.
- consanguinity — relationship by blood; kinship
- consecutively — following one another in uninterrupted succession or order; successive: six consecutive numbers, such as 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
- conspicuously — easily seen or noticed; readily visible or observable: a conspicuous error.
- constituently — serving to compose or make up a thing; component: the constituent parts of a motor.
- consumability — able or meant to be consumed, as by eating, drinking, or using: consumable goods.
- consumptively — In a consumptive manner.
- consumptivity — consumptiveness
- contentiously — tending to argument or strife; quarrelsome: a contentious crew.
- convulsionary — of or affected with convulsion.
- costimulatory — Of or pertaining to co-stimulation.
- costume party — A costume party or costume ball is a party at which the guests try to look like famous people or people from history, from stories, or from particular professions.
- coterminously — having the same border or covering the same area.
- counterspying — the activities of a counterspy
- country blues — acoustic folk blues with a guitar accompaniment
- country house — A country house is a large, often attractive, house in the country, usually one that is or was owned by a rich or noble family.
- country music — a type of 20th-century popular music based on White folk music of the southeastern US
- country store — a general store, especially in a rural or resort area.
- countryperson — Someone who is from a countryside background.
- county prison — the prison of a particular county
- courtesy call — a formal visit
- courtesy card — a privilege card
- cross-country — Cross-country is the sport of running, riding, or skiing across open countryside rather than along roads or around a running track.
- crustaceology — The branch of zoology dealing with crustaceans.
- custody suite — the part of a police station where people who have been arrested are held in custody
- cut both ways — to have both good and bad effects
- cybersecurity — the state of being safe from electronic crime and the measures taken to achieve this
- cybersquatter — the registration of a commercially valuable Internet domain name, as a trademark, with the intention of selling it or profiting from its use.
- cyclospermous — having the embryo curled around the central albumen
- cylindraceous — having a form similar to a cylinder
- daguerrotypes — Plural form of daguerrotype, a misspelling of daguerreotype.
- damage survey — an inspection by an insurance company of something that has been damaged and for which an insurance claim has been made, in order to determine the extent and cause of damage