13-letter words containing y, c, o
- cytochalasins — Plural form of cytochalasin.
- cytochemistry — the chemistry of living cells
- cytodiagnosis — the diagnosis of disease through the study of cells in the body
- cytogenetical — of or related to cytogenetics
- cytologically — the study of the microscopic appearance of cells, especially for the diagnosis of abnormalities and malignancies.
- cytopathology — a branch of pathology that examines individual cells in order to diagnose disease
- cytopharynges — Plural form of cytopharynx.
- cytoskeletons — Plural form of cytoskeleton.
- dactyliomancy — the use of a suspended finger-ring for divination
- dactylography — the scientific study of fingerprints for purposes of identification
- dactylomegaly — abnormal enlargement of the fingers or toes.
- dactylozooids — Plural form of dactylozooid.
- dairy factory — a factory making butter, cheese, lactose, etc from milk collected from surrounding farming areas
- dairy produce — food derived from or containing milk and its derivatives
- dance company — a group of dancers, usually including business and technical personnel
- days of grace — days permitted by custom for payment of a promissory note, bill of exchange, etc, after it falls due
- daytona beach — a city in NE Florida, on the Atlantic: a resort with a beach of hard white sand, used since 1903 for motor speed trials. Pop: 64 581 (2003 est)
- deacetylation — to remove the acetyl group from (an organic compound).
- decarbonylate — to remove the carbonyl group from (an organic compound).
- decarboxylase — an enzyme that catalyses the removal of carbon dioxide from a compound
- decarboxylate — to take away a carboxyl group from (an organic compound) or (of an organic compound) to lose a carboxyl group
- demagogically — of, relating to, or characteristic of a demagogue.
- dendroecology — The science that uses dendrochronology to analyze historic ecological processes.
- deoxycytidine — (biochemistry, genetics) A nucleoside consisting of cytosine linked to deoxyribose.
- deprecatorily — In a deprecatory manner.
- desynchronize — Disturb the synchronization of; put out of step or phase.
- deuteromycete — any fungus of the class Fungi Imperfecti.
- dichlamydeous — (of a flower) having a corolla and calyx
- dichotomously — divided or dividing into two parts.
- dictatorially — In a dictatorial manner.
- dioristically — in a dioristic manner
- directionally — of, relating to, or indicating direction in space.
- directorially — In terms of film direction.
- discomycetous — of or relating to the subclass of fungus Discomycetes
- disconformity — Geology. the surface of a division between parallel rock strata, indicating interruption of sedimentation: a type of unconformity.
- discontiguity — the quality of being discontiguous
- discontinuity — lack of continuity; irregularity: The plot of the book was marred by discontinuity.
- discovery bay — an inlet of the Indian Ocean in SE Australia
- discovery day — Columbus Day.
- discretionary — subject or left to one's own discretion.
- divine comedy — a narrative epic poem (14th century) by Dante.
- documentarily — Also, documental [dok-yuh-men-tl] /ˌdɒk yəˈmɛn tl/ (Show IPA). pertaining to, consisting of, or derived from documents: a documentary history of France.
- dodecylphenol — a thick, straw-colored, water-insoluble liquid mixture of isomers having the formula C 18 H 30 O, used chiefly as a solvent and as an intermediate for surface-active agents.
- dog's mercury — a hairy somewhat poisonous euphorbiaceous perennial, Mercurialis perennis, having broad lanceolate toothed leaves and small greenish male and female flowers, the males borne in catkins. It often carpets shady woodlands
- donald cherry — Donald Eugene ("Don") 1936–95, U.S. jazz trumpeter.
- donkey jacket — A donkey jacket is a thick, warm jacket, usually dark blue with a strip across the shoulders at the back.
- donor country — a country which provides aid to a developing country
- doomsday cult — A doomsday cult is a religious cult whose members believe that the world is about to end.
- dryopithecine — (sometimes initial capital letter) an extinct ape of the genus Dryopithecus, known from Old World Miocene fossils.
- dual monarchy — the kingdom of Austria-Hungary 1867–1918.