12-letter words containing y, c, a
- traffic duty — an assignment to help the flow of traffic and enforce traffic regulations
- tragi-comedy — A tragi-comedy is a play or other written work that is both sad and amusing.
- tragic irony — dramatic irony in tragic drama.
- translucency — permitting light to pass through but diffusing it so that persons, objects, etc., on the opposite side are not clearly visible: Frosted window glass is translucent but not transparent.
- transparency — Also, transparence. the quality or state of being transparent.
- triatic stay — a backstay for the head of a fore-and-aft-rigged topmast, running down to the head of the lower mast next aft.
- tricentenary — of or relating to a period of 300 years
- trypanocidal — (of a drug, agent, activity, etc) effective in killing trypanosomes
- tschaikovsky — Peter Ilyich [il-yich] /ˈɪl yɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilyich.
- typicalities — of the nature of or serving as a type or representative specimen.
- typification — to serve as a typical example of; exemplify.
- tyrannically — of or characteristic of a tyrant.
- unacceptably — in an intolerable manner
- unchangingly — without changing; in an unchanging manner
- uncharitably — in an unkind or ungenerous manner
- uncreativity — the state or quality of being creative.
- uncritically — not inclined or able to judge, especially by the application of comparative standards: an uncritical reader.
- undertenancy — the tenancy held by an undertenant; a sublease
- unethicality — lacking moral principles; unwilling to adhere to proper rules of conduct.
- ungracefully — in an ungraceful manner
- ungraciously — in an ungracious manner
- unheroically — in an unheroic manner
- unhysterical — not showing or suggesting any hysteria; controlled; sensible; calm;
- unironically — pertaining to, of the nature of, exhibiting, or characterized by irony or mockery: an ironical compliment; an ironical smile.
- unnoticeably — attracting notice or attention; capable of being noticed: a noticeable lack of interest.
- unpeacefully — in an unpeaceful manner
- unpoetically — in an unpoetic manner
- unquenchably — in an unquenchable manner
- unrecyclable — (of trash, waste material, etc) not able to be recycled or made into a new product
- unsearchably — in an unsearchable manner
- unsyncopated — marked by syncopation: syncopated rhythm.
- unsyndicated — a group of individuals or organizations combined or making a joint effort to undertake some specific duty or carry out specific transactions or negotiations: The local furniture store is individually owned, but is part of a buying syndicate.
- unsystematic — having, showing, or involving a system, method, or plan: a systematic course of reading; systematic efforts.
- unwatchfully — in an unwatchful manner
- usufructuary — of, relating to, or of the nature of usufruct.
- vacation pay — salary paid during holidays
- vascular ray — a radiate band of parenchyma in the secondary xylem extending into the secondary phloem of the stems of certain vascular plants, formed by the cambium and serving for the storage of food and the conduction of nutriments.
- vasoactivity — activity that affects the diameter of blood vessels
- vatican city — an independent state within the city of Rome, on the right bank of the Tiber. Established in 1929, it is ruled by the pope and includes St. Peter's Church and the Vatican. 109 acres (44 hectares).
- vesicularity — the quality or state of being vesicular
- victoria day — (in Canada) the first Monday preceding May 25, observed as a national holiday.
- video piracy — the unauthorized or prohibited use of audio-visual works covered by copyright law, in a way that violates one of the copyright owner's exclusive rights, such as the right to reproduce the copyrighted work, or to make derivative works
- vocationally — of, relating to, or connected with a vocation or occupation: a vocational aptitude.
- wackyparsing — (Internet, slang) present participle of wackyparse.
- wages policy — a government policy setting wages and wage increases for workers, for example, setting minimum wage requirements
- watchability — detectable; apparent.
- wave cyclone — a cyclone that forms on a front and, in maturing, produces an increasingly sharp, wavelike deformation of the front.
- wesley clark — (person) One of the designers of the Laboratory Instrument Computer at MIT who subsequently had a quiet hand in many seminal computing events, such as the development of the Internet, the first really good description of the metastability problem in computer logic.
- whimsicality — Also, whimsicalness. whimsical quality or character.
- whiskey jack — gray jay.