12-letter words containing u, y
- censoriously — In a censorious manner.
- chemosurgery — a method of treating cancer involving the use of chemicals to destroy malignant tissue or skin
- cherubically — In a cherubic way.
- chirurgeonly — in the manner of a surgeon
- chivalrously — having the qualities of chivalry, as courage, courtesy, and loyalty.
- chlorophytum — any plant of the genus Chlorophytum, esp C. elatum variegatum, grown as a pot plant for its long narrow leaves with a light central stripe, and characterized by the production of offsets at the end of long scapes: family Liliaceae
- choux pastry — a very light pastry made with eggs, used for eclairs, etc
- churchianity — loyalty to the church rather than Christianity
- chylocaulous — having fleshy stems.
- circuitously — roundabout; not direct: a circuitous route; a circuitous argument.
- circumbinary — (astronomy) Of, pertaining to, or having an orbit around a binary star.
- circumgyrate — to cause (something) to move in a circular motion
- circumrotary — Alternative form of circumrotatory.
- city council — a municipal body having legislative and administrative powers, such as passing ordinances and appropriating funds.
- clamourously — Archaic spelling of clamorously.
- clangorously — In a clangorous manner; ringingly.
- clubbability — The quality of being clubbable.
- colloquially — characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing; informal.
- columbus day — Oct 12, a legal holiday in most states of the US: the date of Columbus' landing in the West Indies (Caribbean) in 1492
- come-all-you — a street ballad, especially in England.
- commodiously — In a commodious manner.
- communicably — capable of being easily communicated or transmitted: communicable information; a communicable disease.
- compound eye — the convex eye of insects and some crustaceans, consisting of numerous separate light-sensitive units (ommatidia)
- compound key — (database) (Or "multi-part key", "concatenated key") A key which consists of more than one attribute of the body of information (e.g. database "record") it identifies.
- compulsatory — compulsory
- compulsively — compelling; compulsory.
- compulsivity — compulsiveness
- compulsorily — required; mandatory; obligatory: compulsory education.
- conceptually — pertaining to concepts or to the forming of concepts.
- conclusively — serving to settle or decide a question; decisive; convincing: conclusive evidence.
- concubitancy — a custom requiring marriage between two people, esp a custom requiring a woman to marry her husband's brother on her husband's death
- concurrently — occurring or existing simultaneously or side by side: concurrent attacks by land, sea, and air.
- concurringly — In a concurring manner; concurrently.
- conductively — In a conductive manner.
- conductivity — the property of transmitting heat, electricity, or sound
- confoundedly — bewildered; confused; perplexed.
- connaturally — In a connatural manner.
- connubiality — of marriage or wedlock; matrimonial; conjugal: connubial love.
- conqueringly — in a conquering manner
- consensually — formed or existing merely by consent: a consensual transaction.
- consequently — Consequently means as a result.
- conspectuity — vision or sight
- constabulary — In Britain and some other countries, a constabulary is the police force of a particular area.
- constituency — A constituency is an area for which someone is elected as the representative in a parliament or government.
- consultatory — Formed by, or resulting from, consultation; advisory.
- consummately — to bring to a state of perfection; fulfill.
- consummatory — to bring to a state of perfection; fulfill.
- contagiously — capable of being transmitted by bodily contact with an infected person or object: contagious diseases.
- contextually — of, relating to, or depending on the context.
- contiguously — touching; in contact.