12-letter words containing y, c, h, r
- colporrhaphy — (surgery) suturing of a defect in the wall of the vagina.
- cometography — the scientific description and recording of comets
- copyrighters — Plural form of copyrighter.
- copyrighting — Present participle of copyright.
- corn whiskey — a whisky made from maize
- craniography — examination of the skull as depicted by craniographs, photographs, and charts.
- crazy eights — a card game played by two or more persons with a 52-card deck, the object of which is to be the first to get rid of one's hand by successively playing a card of the same suit or denomination as that played by the preceding player, with an eight counting for any desired suit.
- cream sherry — a full-bodied sweet sherry
- creditworthy — A creditworthy person or organization is one who can safely be lent money or allowed to have goods on credit, for example because in the past they have always paid back what they owe.
- cringeworthy — Causing feelings of embarrassment or awkwardness.
- criptography — (spelling) It's spelled "cryptography".
- crushability — to press or squeeze with a force that destroys or deforms.
- crymotherapy — cryotherapy.
- cryptography — the science or study of analysing and deciphering codes, ciphers, etc; cryptanalysis
- cryptorchids — Plural form of cryptorchid.
- cryptorchism — failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum.
- crystal meth — crystal methamphetamine, a concentrated and highly potent form of methamphetamine with dangerous side effects
- curietherapy — a form of radiation therapy using radium
- curly-haired — having hair that forms curls
- cyanohydrins — Plural form of cyanohydrin.
- cyberathlete — a professional player of computer games
- cycle crunch — (jargon) A situation wherein the number of people trying to use a computer simultaneously has reached the point where no one can get enough cycles because they are spread too thin and the system has probably begun to thrash. This scenario is an inevitable result of Parkinson's Law applied to time-sharing. Usually the only solution is to buy more computer. Happily, this has rapidly become easier since the mid-1980s, so much so that the very term "cycle crunch" now has a faintly archaic flavour; most hackers now use workstations or personal computers as opposed to traditional time-sharing systems.
- cyclographic — of or relating to a cyclograph
- cymotrichous — having wavy hair
- decahydrates — Plural form of decahydrate.
- delray beach — a city in SE Florida.
- diathermancy — the property of transmitting infrared radiation
- ditriglyphic — of or pertaining to ditriglyphs
- dryopithecus — an extinct genus of generalized hominoids that lived in Europe and Africa during the Miocene Epoch and whose members are characterized by small molars and incisors.
- dwarf cherry — any of several low, North American cherries that grow on dry or sandy soil, especially Prunus pumila, of the Great Lakes region.
- ectypography — a form of etching or engraving in which the design is produced in relief
- erythrocytes — Plural form of erythrocyte.
- erythrocytic — Of or pertaining to erythrocytes.
- erythromycin — An antibiotic used in the treatment of infections caused by Gram-positive bacteria. It is similar in its effects to penicillin.
- ethylmercury — (chemistry) The organometallic cation CH3CH2Hg+; it is a toxicant that does not seem to accumulate in the environment.
- euphorically — In a euphoric manner.
- factory ship — a whaling ship equipped to process killed whales and to transport the oil and by-products.
- filthy lucre — money: to lose one's health for the sake of filthy lucre.
- fish factory — a factory where fish is processed
- fort mchenry — a town in NE Illinois.
- fractography — the study of fractures or cracks in a material, esp metal, in order to predict or identify the cause of a failure in a structure
- french-style — French-cut.
- geochemistry — the science dealing with the chemical changes in and the composition of the earth's crust.
- glacé cherry — a crystallized or candied cherry, used in cookery and cocktail-making
- grass hockey — field hockey.
- half-century — a period of 100 years.
- happy camper — Slang. a person who is cheerful and satisfied: There were no happy campers after the company was reorganized.
- harmonically — pertaining to harmony, as distinguished from melody and rhythm.
- heart cherry — a large, heart-shaped variety of sweet cherry having soft flesh.
- helichrysums — Plural form of helichrysum.