12-letter words containing y, c, a
- satyromaniac — a lascivious man; lecher.
- scandalously — disgraceful; shameful or shocking; improper: scandalous behavior in public.
- scapulimancy — divination of the future by observation of the cracking of a mammal's scapula that has been heated by a fire or hot instrument.
- scapulomancy — divination of the future by observation of the cracking of a mammal's scapula that has been heated by a fire or hot instrument.
- scatteringly — in a scattering manner
- schizothymia — the condition of being schizoid or introverted. It encompasses elements of schizophrenia but does not involve the same depth of psychological disturbance
- scintigraphy — the process of producing a scintigram.
- scissiparity — reproduction by one cell splitting into two
- sclerenchyma — supporting or protective tissue composed of thickened, dry, and hardened cells.
- scramblingly — in a scrambling manner
- scratchingly — in a scratching manner, with a scratching action
- scripturally — (sometimes initial capital letter) of, relating to, or in accordance with sacred writings, especially the Scriptures.
- scrutability — capable of being understood by careful study or investigation.
- scurvy grass — a plant, Cochlearia officinalis, of the mustard family, purported to be a remedy for scurvy.
- sea crayfish — spiny lobster.
- search party — a group of persons conducting an organized search for someone or something lost or hidden.
- security van — an armoured van used to transport money or other valuables
- semantically — of, relating to, or arising from the different meanings of words or other symbols: semantic change; semantic confusion.
- semimystical — somewhat mystical; having a mystical quality to a partial degree
- seraphically — of, like, or befitting a seraph.
- sexcentenary — pertaining to 600 or a period of 600 years; marking the completion of 600 years.
- seymour cray — (person) The founder of Cray Research and designer of several of their supercomputers. Cray has been a charismatic yet somewhat reclusive figure. He began Cray Research in Minnesota in 1972. In 1988, Cray moved his Cray-3 project to Colorado Springs. The next year, Cray Research spun it off to create Cray Computer. In 1989, Cray left Cray Research and started Cray Computer Corporation in Colorado Springs. His quest to build a faster computer using new-generation materials failed in 1995, and his bankruptcy cost half a billion dollars and more than 400 jobs. The company was unable to raise $20 million needed to finish the Cray-4 and filed for bankruptcy in March 1995. In the summer of 1996, Cray started a Colorado Springs-based company called SRC Computers, Inc. "We think we'll build computers, but who knows what kind or how," Cray said at the time. "We'll talk it over and see if we can come up with a plan." On 1996-09-22, aged 70, Cray broke his neck in a car accident. Surgery for massive head injuries and swelling of the brain leaving him in a critical and unstable condition.
- shamefacedly — modest or bashful.
- significancy — significance.
- silk factory — plant where silk fabric is produced
- simplicially — from a simplicial point of view
- snotty-faced — having visible nasal mucus on the face
- snow crystal — a crystal of ice sufficiently heavy to fall from the atmosphere.
- socratically — of or relating to Socrates or his philosophy, followers, etc., or to the Socratic method.
- special jury — struck jury.
- specifically — in a definite or precise manner: The suspect was not specifically named in the report. More specifically, you will be responsible for half the total cost.
- spermaphytic — able to produce seeds
- spermatocyte — a male germ cell (primary spermatocyte) that gives rise by meiosis to a pair of haploid cells (secondary spermatocytes) that give rise in turn to spermatids.
- sphericality — the state of being a sphere
- sporadically — (of similar things or occurrences) appearing or happening at irregular intervals in time; occasional: sporadic renewals of enthusiasm.
- spotted cavy — paca.
- squattocracy — squatters collectively, regarded as rich and influential
- stackability — capable of being stacked, especially easily: stackable chairs.
- stapedectomy — a microsurgical procedure to relieve deafness by replacing the stapes of the ear with a prosthetic device.
- starch syrup — glucose (def 2).
- starch-syrup — a sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , having several optically different forms, the common dextrorotatory form (dextroglucose, or -glucose) occurring in many fruits, animal tissues and fluids, etc., and having a sweetness about one half that of ordinary sugar, and the rare levorotatory form (levoglucose, or -glucose) not naturally occurring.
- stereoacuity — the ability of a person to see objects as separate entities along a range of distances
- stichomythia — dramatic dialogue, as in a Greek play, characterized by brief exchanges between two characters, each of whom usually speaks in one line of verse during a scene of intense emotion or strong argumentation.
- stickability — to pierce or puncture with something pointed, as a pin, dagger, or spear; stab: to stick one's finger with a needle.
- structurally — of or relating to structure; pertaining or essential to a structure.
- stylographic — of or relating to a stylograph.
- styracaceous — belonging to the Styracaceae, the storax family of plants.
- subcentrally — in a subcentral manner
- subjudiciary — the judicial branch of government.
- subsecretary — a secretary subordinate to another secretary