12-letter words containing y, e, t, a
- capital levy — a tax on capital or property as contrasted with a tax on income
- carbohydrate — Carbohydrates are substances, found in certain kinds of food, that provide you with energy. Foods such as sugar and bread that contain these substances can also be referred to as carbohydrates.
- carboxylated — Simple past tense and past participle of carboxylate.
- carey street — (formerly) the street in which the London bankruptcy court was situated
- carnot cycle — an idealized reversible heat-engine cycle giving maximum efficiency and consisting of an isothermal expansion, an adiabatic expansion, an isothermal compression, and an adiabatic compression back to the initial state
- carry a tune — to be able to sing in tune
- 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.
- cash payment — an immediate payment in cash
- caste system — the division of Hindu society into four major hereditary classes
- categorially — in a manner relating to or involving categories
- categoricity — The quality of being categorical.
- cathode rays — a stream of electrons emitted from the surface of a cathode in a valve
- catty-corner — Something that is catty-corner or kitty-corner from another thing is placed or arranged diagonally from it.
- 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
- 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
- cephalometry — measurement of the dimensions of the human head by radiography: used mainly in orthodontics
- cerebropathy — A hypochondriacal condition verging upon insanity, occurring in those whose brains have been unduly taxed.
- cetylic acid — palmitic acid.
- 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
- chamaephytes — Plural form of chamaephyte.
- chaos theory — a theory, applied in various branches of science, that apparently random phenomena have underlying order
- charity sale — a sale in aid of charity
- charterparty — an agreement for the hire of all or part of a ship for a specified voyage or period of time
- cheiloplasty — plastic surgery of the lip.
- chemotherapy — Chemotherapy is the treatment of disease using chemicals. It is often used in treating cancer.
- chrestomathy — a collection of literary passages, used in the study of language
- 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 fathers — You can refer to the members of a city council or city's government as the city fathers.
- city manager — (in the US) an administrator hired by a municipal council to manage its affairs
- claptrappery — the art of eliciting applause
- class system — a system in which social status is largely determined by the family into which a person is born
- clatteringly — With a clattering sound.
- clayton fern — a tall fern, Osmunda claytoniana, of eastern North America and eastern Asia, having an interruption of growth in the center of some fronds.
- cleanability — the ability to be cleaned
- clytemnestra — the wife of Agamemnon, whom she killed on his return from the Trojan War
- cogitatively — In a cogitative manner.
- collaterally — In collateral relation; not lineally.
- collegiality — the sharing of authority among colleagues
- collegiately — in a collegiate way
- collinearity — lying in the same straight line.
- combat-ready — ready for combat
- cometography — the scientific description and recording of comets
- commendatory — serving to commend; expressing praise or approval
- commensality — eating together at the same table.
- company time — the regular hours during which employees are expected to work
- compaternity — the relationship between the godparents of a child or between the godparents and the child's parents.