12-letter words containing y, a, l, o
- chylocaulous — having fleshy stems.
- ciliary body — the part of the vascular tunic of the eye that connects the choroid with the iris
- clairvoyance — the alleged power of perceiving things beyond the natural range of the senses
- clairvoyancy — the faculty of clairvoyance
- clairvoyants — Plural form of clairvoyant.
- clamourously — Archaic spelling of clamorously.
- clangorously — In a clangorous manner; ringingly.
- clap eyes on — to catch sight of
- clayton fern — a tall fern, Osmunda claytoniana, of eastern North America and eastern Asia, having an interruption of growth in the center of some fronds.
- coachability — a large, horse-drawn, four-wheeled carriage, usually enclosed.
- coffee royal — café royale.
- cogitatively — In a cogitative manner.
- collaterally — In collateral relation; not lineally.
- collegiality — the sharing of authority among colleagues
- collegiately — in a collegiate way
- collinearity — lying in the same straight line.
- colloquially — characteristic of or appropriate to ordinary or familiar conversation rather than formal speech or writing; informal.
- colporrhaphy — (surgery) suturing of a defect in the wall of the vagina.
- 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.
- commandingly — being in command: a commanding officer.
- commensality — eating together at the same table.
- commercially — of, relating to, or characteristic of commerce.
- communicably — capable of being easily communicated or transmitted: communicable information; a communicable disease.
- complacently — pleased, especially with oneself or one's merits, advantages, situation, etc., often without awareness of some potential danger or defect; self-satisfied: The voters are too complacent to change the government.
- compulsatory — compulsory
- concealingly — in a concealing manner
- conceptually — pertaining to concepts or to the forming of concepts.
- conchoidally — In a conchoidal manner.
- conciliatory — When you are conciliatory in your actions or behaviour, you show that you are willing to end a disagreement with someone.
- concordantly — agreeing; harmonious.
- coney island — an island off the S shore of Long Island, New York: site of a large amusement park
- conformality — (mathematics) The condition (of a map) of being conformal.
- congeniality — agreeable, suitable, or pleasing in nature or character: congenial surroundings.
- congenitally — of or relating to a condition present at birth, whether inherited or caused by the environment, especially the uterine environment.
- connaturally — In a connatural manner.
- connubiality — of marriage or wedlock; matrimonial; conjugal: connubial love.
- conscionably — being in conformity with one's conscience; just.
- consensually — formed or existing merely by consent: a consensual transaction.
- considerably — to a noteworthy or marked extent; much; noticeably; substantially; amply.
- constabulary — In Britain and some other countries, a constabulary is the police force of a particular area.
- consultatory — Formed by, or resulting from, consultation; advisory.
- consummately — 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.
- continuality — of regular or frequent recurrence; often repeated; very frequent: continual bus departures.
- contractedly — in a shortened manner
- controllably — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
- conviviality — friendly; agreeable: a convivial atmosphere.
- conway's law — (project, humour) The rule (presumably formulated by Melvin Conway) that the organisation of software and the organisation of the software team will be congruent; originally stated as "If you have four groups working on a compiler, you'll get a 4-pass compiler".