12-letter words containing y, e, t, s
- blastomycete — any of a genus (Blastomyces) of yeastlike imperfect fungi that cause diseases in people and animals
- blisteringly — causing a blister or blisters.
- block system — the system whereby a railway is divided up into separate sections of track where only one train can travel at a time
- body bolster — the lower transverse member of a car body to which the body center plate is attached.
- boehm system — a system of improved fingering and keying for the flute and clarinet, invented by the German musician Theobald Boehm (1794–1881).
- boisterously — rough and noisy; noisily jolly or rowdy; clamorous; unrestrained: the sound of boisterous laughter.
- bone density — the degree of compactness of bone
- book society — book club.
- bossier city — city in NW La., on the Red River opposite Shreveport: pop. 56,000
- bottom yeast — a yeast whose cells, in the manufacture of wine and lager beer, fall to the bottom as a sediment.
- bottomlessly — from a bottomless point of view
- breathalyser — a device for estimating the amount of alcohol in the breath: used in testing people suspected of driving under the influence of alcohol
- breathe easy — to take air, oxygen, etc., into the lungs and expel it; inhale and exhale; respire.
- breathlessly — without breath or breathing with difficulty; gasping; panting: We were breathless after the steep climb.
- brush turkey — any of several gallinaceous birds, esp Alectura lathami, of New Guinea and Australia, having a black plumage: family Megapodidae (megapodes)
- buddy system — (in swimming and scuba diving) the practice of pairing swimmers, each being responsible for the other's safety.
- bushy-tailed — bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, fresh, alert, eager, and lively
- by the balls — so as to be rendered powerless
- by the score — If things happen or exist by the score, they happen or exist in large numbers.
- cafe society — people, esp intellectuals and artists who meet in cafés
- caméra stylo — the use of the camera as a means of personal expression, esp as practised by some directors of the New Wave
- candy stripe — a pattern of bright stripes of one color against a plain background, used chiefly in fabrics.
- carey street — (formerly) the street in which the London bankruptcy court was situated
- 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
- cathode rays — a stream of electrons emitted from the surface of a cathode in a valve
- 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
- cheiloplasty — plastic surgery of the lip.
- cherrystones — Plural form of cherrystone.
- chlorophytes — Plural form of chlorophyte.
- chrestomathy — a collection of literary passages, used in the study of language
- chronosystem — A pattern of events and transitions over the course of a person's life.
- chrysophytes — Plural form of chrysophyte.
- 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.
- class system — a system in which social status is largely determined by the family into which a person is born
- clytemnestra — the wife of Agamemnon, whom she killed on his return from the Trojan War
- cohesibility — the nature of being cohesible
- commensality — eating together at the same table.
- compensatory — Compensatory payments involve money paid as compensation.
- consecratory — That consecrates.
- consentingly — in a consenting manner
- consequently — Consequently means as a result.
- conservatory — A conservatory is a room with glass walls and a glass roof, which is attached to a house. People often grow plants in a conservatory.
- consistently — agreeing or accordant; compatible; not self-contradictory: His views and actions are consistent.
- conspectuity — vision or sight