12-letter words containing y, e, i
- byelorussian — Byelorussian means belonging or relating to Byelorussia or to its people or culture.
- cable-laying — involved in or connected to the activity of laying cables
- cafe society — people, esp intellectuals and artists who meet in cafés
- calumet city — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- calvin cycle — a series of reactions, occurring during photosynthesis, in which glucose is synthesized from carbon dioxide
- calycoideous — calycoid
- candy stripe — a pattern of bright stripes of one color against a plain background, used chiefly in fabrics.
- canyoneering — (US) Canyoning, a hybrid outdoor sport involving the traversal of river canyons.
- capacitively — (physics, electronics) In relation to or in terms of capacitance.
- caper family — the plant family Capparidaceae (or Capparaceae), characterized by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having alternate, simple, or palmate leaves, irregular flowers with four petals, and fruit in the form of elongated capsules or berries, including the caper and cleome.
- capital levy — a tax on capital or property as contrasted with a tax on income
- cardiomegaly — abnormal enlargement of the heart.
- carriageways — Plural form of carriageway.
- carried away — to take or support from one place to another; convey; transport: He carried her for a mile in his arms. This elevator cannot carry more than ten people.
- carry permit — a license to carry a handgun on one's person.
- carry weight — to be important, influential, etc.
- case history — A person's case history is the record of past events or problems that have affected them, especially their medical history.
- categorially — in a manner relating to or involving categories
- categoricity — The quality of being categorical.
- celebreality — a television genre that is unscripted and involves either the day-to-day documentation of a celebrity’s life or competitive challenges that a celebrity or celebrities must perform
- cell biology — the study of the biology of cells
- cellulolytic — relating to or causing the hydrolysis of the complex carbohydrate cellulose
- censoriously — In a censorious manner.
- centennially — As part of a centennial.
- central city — the principal municipality of a metropolitan area, surrounded by suburbs and smaller towns; esp., the crowded, industrial, often blighted area
- cephalically — in relation to the head or near the head
- ceremonially — of, relating to, or characterized by ceremony; formal; ritual: a ceremonial occasion.
- cervicectomy — (medicine) Surgical removal of the cervix.
- cetylic acid — palmitic acid.
- chained lady — the constellation Andromeda.
- chalcopyrite — a widely distributed yellow mineral consisting of a sulphide of copper and iron in tetragonal crystalline form: the principal ore of copper. Formula: CuFeS2
- charity sale — a sale in aid of charity
- cheiloplasty — plastic surgery of the lip.
- cherry birch — sweet birch.
- cherubically — In a cherubic way.
- chimerically — In a chimerical manner.
- chimney rock — a column of rock rising above the level of the surrounding area or isolated on the face of a steep slope.
- chimneyboard — a partition or a cover to shut off a fireplace
- chimneypiece — A chimneypiece is the same as a mantlepiece.
- chimneysweep — Alternative form of chimney sweep.
- chinese copy — an exact copy of an original
- chip jewelry — (jargon) A euphamism for old computers destined to be scrapped or turned into decorative ornaments. "I paid three grand for that Mac SE, and now it's nothing but chip jewelry."
- chirurgeonly — in the manner of a surgeon
- choicelessly — In a choiceless manner.
- cholerically — In a choleric manner.
- chrysomelids — Plural form of chrysomelid.
- circumgyrate — to cause (something) to move in a circular motion
- city academy — (in England and Wales) a type of secondary school funded partly by the government and partly by private finance
- city chicken — pieces of pork or veal that are skewered and breaded, and cooked by braising or baking
- city college — an educational institution providing higher education and lower-level tertiary education in the US and Canada