13-letter words containing y, e, i
- cherry-picker — a moveable boom, having a bucketlike attachment at its top that is large enough to carry a worker: used for repairing telephone lines, pruning trees, etc.
- chicago style — a style of jazz flourishing in Chicago especially in the early 1920s, constituting a direct offshoot of New Orleans style, and differing from its predecessor chiefly in the diminished influence of native folk sources, the greater tension of its group improvisation, the increased emphasis on solos, and the regular use of the tenor saxophone as part of the ensemble.
- child cruelty — cruelty directed against children
- chimney piece — mantelpiece
- chimney place — an open hearth.
- chimney stack — A chimney stack is the brick or stone part of a chimney that is above the roof of a building.
- chimney sweep — A chimney sweep is a person whose job is to clean the soot out of chimneys.
- chimney swift — a North American swift, Chaetura pelagica, that nests in chimneys and similar hollows
- chimney wheel — smokejack.
- chimneybreast — the wall or walls that surround the base of a chimney or fireplace
- chimneypieces — Plural form of chimneypiece.
- chinese money — funny money (def 3).
- chlorargyrite — a mineral, the naturally occurring form of silver chloride, formed in the oxidation process of silver
- chloromycetin — chloramphenicol
- cholecystitis — inflammation of the gall bladder, due to bacterial infection or the presence of gallstones
- chrysophenine — a bright yellow dye derived from stilbene, used chiefly for dyeing leather and textiles.
- chrysophilite — a person who loves gold
- cinco de mayo — May 5, anniversary of the victory of Mexico over French forces at Puebla in 1862: observed by Mexicans and Mexican-Americans
- cinematically — Chiefly British. motion picture.
- circumjacency — the state of being circumjacent
- circumspectly — watchful and discreet; cautious; prudent: circumspect behavior.
- city chambers — (in Scotland) the municipal building of a city; town hall
- civic society — an organization founded to promote the interests of a local community
- civil liberty — the right of an individual to certain freedoms of speech and action
- civil society — the elements such as freedom of speech, an independent judiciary, etc, that make up a democratic society
- clandestinely — characterized by, done in, or executed with secrecy or concealment, especially for purposes of subversion or deception; private or surreptitious: Their clandestine meetings went undiscovered for two years.
- clandestinity — secrecy; the quality of being clandestine
- class society — a society in which class distinctions are influential
- claymore mine — an antipersonnel mine designed to produce a direction-guided, fan-shaped pattern of fragments.
- cleaning lady — A cleaning lady is a woman who is employed to clean the rooms and furniture inside a building.
- clicketyclack — a rhythmic, metallic sound, as that made by the wheels of a moving train
- clinopyroxene — a member of the pyroxene group of minerals having a monoclinic crystal structure, such as augite, diopside, or jadeite
- clippety-clop — the sound struck by the hoofs of a horse trotting on pavement, or any staccato, rhythmic sound resembling it.
- clonogenicity — (uncountable) The ability of a cell to form clones.
- co-presidency — the state or act of being co-president
- coextensively — To the same extent.
- collaterality — the state of being collateral
- come in handy — If something comes in handy, it is useful in a particular situation.
- commerce city — a city in central Colorado.
- commerciality — commercial quality or character; ability to produce a profit: Distributors were concerned about the film's commerciality compared with last year's successful pictures.
- commutatively — of or relating to commutation, exchange, substitution, or interchange.
- comparatively — in a comparative manner
- compendiously — of or like a compendium; containing the substance of a subject, often an exclusive subject, in a brief form; concise: a compendious history of the world.
- competitively — of, pertaining to, involving, or decided by competition: competitive sports; a competitive examination.
- complicatedly — composed of elaborately interconnected parts; complex: complicated apparatus for measuring brain functions.
- complimentary — If you are complimentary about something, you express admiration for it.
- concentricity — having a common center, as circles or spheres.
- conceptuality — a conceptualization
- concessionary — A concessionary price is a special price which is lower than the normal one and which is often given to old people, students, and the unemployed.
- concretionary — formed by concretion; consisting of concreted matter or masses.