11-letter words containing u, y
- cyclobutane — (uncountable, organic compound) A simple alicyclic hydrocarbon, C4H8; a light inflammable gas.
- cymophanous — lustrous; brilliant
- cyperaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Cyperaceae, a family of grasslike flowering plants with solid triangular stems, including the sedges, bulrush, cotton grass, and certain rushes. Some are grown as water plants or as ornamental grasses; and Cyperus papyrus is the papyrus plant
- cypherpunks — Plural form of cypherpunk.
- cypripedium — any orchid of the genus Cypripedium, having large flowers with an inflated pouchlike lip
- cysticercus — an encysted larval form of many tapeworms, consisting of a head (scolex) inverted in a fluid-filled bladder
- cystogenous — forming or secreting cysts
- cytophagous — the ingestion of cells by other cells.
- daisycutter — Alternative form of daisy cutter.
- dandy brush — a brush with stiff, short bristles that is used for grooming animals, especially horses.
- dandy-brush — a stiff brush used for grooming a horse
- dangerously — full of danger or risk; causing danger; perilous; risky; hazardous; unsafe.
- dauntlessly — In a dauntless manner.
- day cruiser — a motorboat too small to have any accommodations for sleeping.
- day nursery — A day nursery is a place where children who are too young to go to school can be left all day while their parents are at work.
- day student — a student at a college or secondary school who does not reside in a facility provided by the school
- day surgery — a system in which a patient comes into hospital for a surgical procedure, has the operation, recovers and is released from hospital in the course of a single day
- day-neutral — (of plants) having an ability to mature and bloom that is not affected by day length
- debauchedly — In a debauched manner.
- deceitfully — given to deceiving: A deceitful person cannot keep friends for long.
- deciduously — shedding the leaves annually, as certain trees and shrubs.
- decursively — in a decursive manner
- deductively — In a deductive manner; using deduction.
- deglutitory — of or relating to swallowing
- degustatory — tasty; having a pleasant flavour
- deinonychus — a genus of carnivorous dinosaur which existed in the early Cretaceous period, notable for the unusually large curved claws on the second toe of its feet
- deliciously — In a delicious manner.
- delinquency — Delinquency is criminal behaviour, especially that of young people.
- delinquincy — Alternative form of delinquency.
- deliriously — Pathology. affected with or characteristic of delirium.
- delusionary — having false or unrealistic beliefs or opinions: Senators who think they will get agreement on a comprehensive tax bill are delusional.
- demagoguery — the methods, practices, or rhetoric of a demagogue
- demy quarto — a book size, 113⁄4 by 85⁄8 inches
- denumerably — In a denumerable manner.
- deputy head — a vice-principal
- desultorily — lacking in consistency, constancy, or visible order, disconnected; fitful: desultory conversation.
- deuterogamy — a marriage after the death or divorce of the first spouse
- deuteronomy — the fifth book of the Old Testament, containing a second statement of the Mosaic Law
- deuterotoky — parthenogenesis in which both males and females are produced
- devouringly — In a devouring manner; rapaciously, consumingly.
- dexterously — skillful or adroit in the use of the hands or body.
- difficultly — not easily or readily done; requiring much labor, skill, or planning to be performed successfully; hard: a difficult job.
- diffusively — In a diffusive manner.
- diffusivity — the property of a substance indicative of the rate at which a thermal disturbance, as a rise in temperature, will be transmitted through the substance.
- dilutionary — causing, involving, or relating to the dilution of company stocks
- discourtesy — lack or breach of courtesy; incivility; rudeness.
- disguisedly — In disguise.
- disgustedly — to cause loathing or nausea in.
- dismayfully — in a dismayful manner
- disquantity — to diminish in quantity; make less.