12-letter words containing y, e, t
- 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.
- cervicectomy — (medicine) Surgical removal of the cervix.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- city dweller — a resident or inhabitant of a city
- city edition — an early edition of a daily newspaper on sale locally, usually a later edition than the one sent for out-of-town distribution.
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- clitorectomy — (surgery) the surgical procedure to remove all or part of the clitoris; female circumcision.
- clytemnestra — the wife of Agamemnon, whom she killed on his return from the Trojan War
- coccygectomy — (surgery) Surgical removal of the coccyx.
- cogitatively — In a cogitative manner.
- cohesibility — the nature of being cohesible
- coincidently — in a coincident manner
- collaterally — In collateral relation; not lineally.
- collectively — formed by collection.
- collectivity — the quality or state of being collective
- 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.