12-letter words containing y, e, i, s
- book society — book club.
- bossier city — city in NW La., on the Red River opposite Shreveport: pop. 56,000
- bourgeoisify — to convert to a bourgeois attitude or appearance
- bradykinesia — abnormal slowness of physical movement, esp as an effect of Parkinson's disease
- bushy-tailed — bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, fresh, alert, eager, and lively
- buying spree — the hurried acquisition by a company, of goods, assets, or other companies
- by-a-whisker — whiskers, a beard.
- byelorussian — Byelorussian means belonging or relating to Byelorussia or to its people or culture.
- cafe society — people, esp intellectuals and artists who meet in cafés
- calycoideous — calycoid
- candy stripe — a pattern of bright stripes of one color against a plain background, used chiefly in fabrics.
- carriageways — Plural form of carriageway.
- case history — A person's case history is the record of past events or problems that have affected them, especially their medical history.
- censoriously — In a censorious manner.
- charity sale — a sale in aid of charity
- cheiloplasty — plastic surgery of the lip.
- chimneysweep — Alternative form of chimney sweep.
- chinese copy — an exact copy of an original
- choicelessly — In a choiceless manner.
- chrysomelids — Plural form of chrysomelid.
- city fathers — You can refer to the members of a city council or city's government as the city fathers.
- city slicker — If you refer to someone as a city slicker, you mean that they live and work in a city and are used to city life.
- civvy street — People in the armed forces use civvy street to refer to life and work which is not connected with the armed forces.
- cockeysville — a town in N Maryland.
- cohesibility — the nature of being cohesible
- commensality — eating together at the same table.
- compulsively — compelling; compulsory.
- concessively — in a concessive manner
- conclusively — serving to settle or decide a question; decisive; convincing: conclusive evidence.
- coney island — an island off the S shore of Long Island, New York: site of a large amusement park
- consentingly — in a consenting manner
- considerably — to a noteworthy or marked extent; much; noticeably; substantially; amply.
- consistently — agreeing or accordant; compatible; not self-contradictory: His views and actions are consistent.
- conspectuity — vision or sight
- constituency — A constituency is an area for which someone is elected as the representative in a parliament or government.
- convulsively — of the nature of or characterized by convulsions or spasms.
- copolymerise — Alt form copolymerize.
- coprosperity — joint prosperity
- copyrighters — Plural form of copyrighter.
- coquettishly — (of a woman) characteristically flirtatious, especially in a teasing, lighthearted manner.
- corn whiskey — a whisky made from maize
- cosmetically — a powder, lotion, lipstick, rouge, or other preparation for beautifying the face, skin, hair, nails, etc.
- 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.
- cryptomerias — Plural form of cryptomeria.
- cryptomnesia — the reappearance of a suppressed or forgotten memory which is mistaken for a new experience
- cryptomnesic — of, relating to, or characterized by cryptomnesia
- 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.