15-letter words containing y, e, i
- commiseratingly — in a manner expressing commiseration
- commodity trade — trade in raw materials and food
- communicatively — inclined to communicate or impart; talkative: He isn't feeling very communicative today.
- community chest — a fund raised by voluntary contribution for local welfare activities
- company officer — a captain or lieutenant serving in a company.
- company pension — a pension scheme run by a company for its employees
- compassionately — having or showing compassion: a compassionate person; a compassionate letter.
- complementarily — In a complementary manner.
- complementarity — a state or system that involves complementary components
- complimentarily — of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering: a complimentary remark.
- comprehendingly — In an comprehending manner; knowingly.
- comprehensively — Something that is done comprehensively is done thoroughly.
- compressibility — the ability to be compressed
- condescendingly — In a condescending manner.
- confidentiality — spoken, written, acted on, etc., in strict privacy or secrecy; secret: a confidential remark.
- congressionally — of or relating to a congress.
- conscientiously — governed by conscience; controlled by or done according to one's inner sense of what is right; principled: She's a conscientious judge, who does not let personal prejudices influence her decisions.
- consequentially — following as an effect, result, or outcome; resultant; consequent.
- consideratively — in a considerative manner
- contemplatively — given to or characterized by contemplation: a contemplative mind.
- contemporaneity — living or occurring during the same period of time; contemporary.
- contemptibility — The quality of being contemptible.
- contingency fee — a lawyer's fee that only becomes payable if the case is successful
- contingency tax — any new tax that would be necessary in case of a shortfall in revenues.
- contradictively — tending or inclined to contradict; involving contradiction; contradictory.
- controversially — of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical: a controversial book.
- conventionality — the quality or characteristic of being conventional, esp in behaviour, thinking, etc
- conveyorization — the process of conveyorizing
- cooley's anemia — a form of thalassemia characterized by severe anemia, growth retardation, etc. and usually resulting in death at an early age: the genes causing this condition are inherited from both parents
- copy protection — a routine that is included in a program by its publisher to prevent the software from being duplicated except for a single backup copy.
- copying machine — a machine that makes copies of original documents, especially by xerography.
- correspondingly — You use correspondingly when describing a situation which is closely connected with one you have just mentioned or is similar to it.
- corynebacterial — relating to bacteria of the genus Corynebacterium
- corynebacterium — any of various bacterium of the genus Corynebacterium, including various animal and plant pathogens and animal parasites
- coulometrically — in a coulometric manner
- counteractingly — In a way that counteracts.
- counteractively — In a counteractive manner.
- countercyclical — having the effect of checking or reversing fluctuations in the national economy or the finances of a business
- country kitchen — a large kitchen with ample areas for food preparation and eating.
- county palatine — the lands of a count palatine
- court of equity — a court having jurisdiction in equity or administering justice in accordance with the principles of equity.
- cranberry juice — the juice of cranberries
- credibility gap — A credibility gap is the difference between what a person says or promises and what they actually think or do.
- creeping myrtle — any of several Eurasian apocynaceous evergreen plants of the genus Vinca, such as V. minor (lesser periwinkle) and V. major (greater periwinkle), having trailing stems and blue flowers
- cricopharyngeal — of, relating to, or involving the cricoid cartilage and the pharynx.
- cricopharyngeus — (anatomy) Part of the inferior pharyngeal constrictor, arising from the cricoid cartilage.
- criminal lawyer — a lawyer who deals with criminal rather than civil cases
- crisis theology — a neoorthodox theology, advocated by Karl Barth and others, emphasizing the absolute necessity of faith and divine revelation in transcending the personal crisis, common to all humankind, that arises from the contradictions inherent in human nature and in the social order.
- crispy critters — (jargon) (Or "Crispy Crittered". From the "Post" breakfast cereal of the same name) hardware which is fried or toast.
- crossopterygian — any bony fish of the subclass Crossopterygii, having fleshy limblike pectoral fins. The group, now mostly extinct, contains the ancestors of the amphibians