12-letter words containing y, e, a
- consummately — to bring to a state of perfection; fulfill.
- contemporary — Contemporary things are modern and relate to the present time.
- contextually — of, relating to, or depending on the context.
- contractedly — in a shortened manner
- conveyancing — Conveyancing is the process of transferring the legal ownership of property.
- coordinately — of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.
- copy machine — A copy machine is the same as a copier.
- copy-reading — to work on (copy) as a copyreader.
- core gateway — Historically, one of a set of gateways (routers) operated by the Internet Network Operations Center at Bolt, Beranek and Newman (BBN). The core gateway system formed a central part of Internet routing in that all groups must advertise paths to their networks from a core gateway.
- corporeality — the state or quality of being corporeal; bodily existence
- cosmetically — a powder, lotion, lipstick, rouge, or other preparation for beautifying the face, skin, hair, nails, etc.
- cotemporally — At the same time.
- cotyledonary — the primary or rudimentary leaf of the embryo of seed plants.
- counterparty — a person who is a party to a contract
- counterrally — an opposing rally
- country lane — a narrow country road, often bordered by hedges
- country seat — A country seat is a large house with land in the country which is owned by someone who also owns a house in a town.
- county agent — a government employee who gives advice on agriculture in a rural area
- courageously — possessing or characterized by courage; brave: a courageous speech against the dictator.
- courtesy car — a car that is lent to c customer by a garage or insurance company
- coxey's army — Jacob Sechler [sech-ler] /ˈsɛtʃ lər/ (Show IPA), 1854–1951, U.S. political reformer: led a group of unemployed marchers (Coxey's army) in 1894 from Ohio to Washington, D.C., to petition Congress for legislation to create jobs and relieve poverty.
- coyote state — South Dakota (used as a nickname).
- crackerberry — bunchberry.
- crape myrtle — an oriental lythraceous shrub, Lagerstroemia indica, cultivated in warm climates for its pink, red, or white flowers
- craveability — (especially of a food) having qualities that engender an intense desire for more: All too often, salt, sugar, fat, and “crunch” make a food craveable.
- 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
- crop sprayer — a device for spraying crops
- crumble away — disintegrate
- crymotherapy — cryotherapy.
- cryptanalyze — to study (a cryptogram) for the purpose of discovering the clear meaning; break (a code, cipher, etc.).
- cryptomerias — Plural form of cryptomeria.
- cryptomnesia — the reappearance of a suppressed or forgotten memory which is mistaken for a new experience
- crystal lake — a town in NE Illinois.
- crystal meth — crystal methamphetamine, a concentrated and highly potent form of methamphetamine with dangerous side effects
- crystallised — Simple past tense and past participle of crystallise.
- crystallites — Plural form of crystallite.
- crystallized — Crystallized fruits and sweets are covered in sugar which has been melted and then allowed to go hard.
- crystallizer — A crystallizer is a vessel or stage in which a crystal grows from a liquid.
- crystallizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crystallize.
- cumulatively — increasing or growing by accumulation or successive additions: the cumulative effect of one rejection after another.
- curietherapy — a form of radiation therapy using radium
- curly-haired — having hair that forms curls
- currency bar — a long narrow iron bar, often sword-like or spear-like in shape, dating from the pre-Roman and Roman period in Britain; the purpose of currency bars is not certain, and while they may have been used in trade, they may have had a ritual significance
- cutaway dive — a back dive in which the diver rotates the body to enter the water headfirst facing the springboard.
- cyanogenesis — the release by certain plants, such as cherry laurel, of hydrogen cyanide, esp after wounding or invasion by pathogens
- cyanogenetic — having the capability to generate or produce cyanide
- cyber monday — the Monday after Thanksgiving, one of the busiest online shopping days.
- cyberathlete — a professional player of computer games
- cyberattacks — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of cyberattack.