11-letter words containing y, a, t, e
- blameworthy — deserving disapproval or censure
- blastochyle — the fluid in a blastocoel
- blastostyle — the central rodlike portion of a gonangium, upon which buds that develop into medusae are formed.
- bottle baby — an infant fed by bottle from birth, as distinguished from one who is breast-fed.
- bradypeptic — a person with slow digestion
- breadthways — from side to side
- breathalyse — to apply a Breathalyser test to (someone)
- breathalyze — If the driver of a car is breathalyzed by the police, they ask him or her to breathe into a special bag or device in order to test whether he or she has drunk too much alcohol.
- buoyantness — the property of being buoyant
- butyraceous — of, containing, or resembling butter
- by the head — with the bow deeper in the water than the stern
- caecotrophy — (biology) In certain mammals, especially rabbits and other lagomorphs, the consumption of food pellets which are naturally produced by means of digestion, retention in the caecum, and expulsion through the anus.
- calefactory — giving warmth
- calorimetry — measurement of the quantity of heat
- calyptrogen — a layer of rapidly dividing cells at the tip of a plant root, from which the root cap is formed. It occurs in grasses and many other plants
- candy store — a shop solely or largely selling confectionery
- carbonylate — to introduce the carbonyl group into (a compound) through chemical reaction
- carboxylate — any salt or ester of a carboxylic acid having a formula of the type M(RCOO)x, where M is a metal and R an organic group, or R1COOR2, where R1 and R2 are organic groups
- cardiectomy — excision of the heart.
- carry trade — a speculative transaction in which a trader buys the currency of a country with a high rate of interest and sells the currency of a country with a low rate of interest
- caryopteris — any of various shrubs with small blue or white flowers of the genus Caryopteris, all found in S and E Asia
- case system — a system followed by some languages, in which a set of grammatical categories, sometimes marked by inflection, indicates the relation of the noun, adjective, or pronoun to other words in the sentence
- cathode ray — a flow of electrons emanating from a cathode in a vacuum tube and focused into a narrow beam.
- causatively — acting as a cause; producing (often followed by of): a causative agency; an event causative of war.
- celebratory — A celebratory meal, drink, or other activity takes place to celebrate something such as a birthday, anniversary, or victory.
- celery salt — a seasoning made of salt and ground celery seed
- celestially — pertaining to the sky or visible heaven, or to the universe beyond the earth’s atmosphere, as in celestial body.
- cellularity — pertaining to or characterized by cellules or cells, especially minute compartments or cavities.
- cementatory — possessing the quality to firmly unite or cement
- cephalotomy — the dissection of the head
- cerargyrite — a soft mineral, AgCl, that is an ore of silver; silver chloride
- certifiably — capable of being certified.
- chamaephyte — a plant whose buds are close to the ground
- charityware — careware
- chateauguay — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada, on the St. Lawrence.
- chieftaincy — the chief of a clan or a tribe.
- chieftainry — the area governed by a chieftain
- choanocytes — Plural form of choanocyte.
- circinately — In a circinate fashion.
- city father — You can refer to a member of a city council or city's government as a city father.
- cleistogamy — self-pollination and fertilization of an unopened flower, as in the flowers of the violet produced in summer
- cleptocracy — Alternative form of kleptocracy.
- coenzymatic — of or relating to coenzymes
- colinearity — the state of being arranged in the same linear sequence
- combatively — In a combative way.
- compactedly — in a compacted manner
- conjugately — In a conjugate manner.
- contrariety — opposition between one thing and another; disagreement
- contrayerva — the root of any of several tropical American moraceous plants of the genus Dorstenia, esp D. contrayerva, used as a stimulant and tonic
- copy taster — a person who selects or approves text for publication, esp in a periodical