13-letter words containing y, e, t
- countrypeople — countryfolk.
- countryperson — Someone who is from a countryside background.
- county police — (in the US) the police of a particular county
- courtesy call — a formal visit
- courtesy card — a privilege card
- coventry bell — a perennial garden plant, Campanula trachelium, of Eurasia, having coarsely toothed leaves and bluish-purple flowers.
- cradle scythe — cradle (def 4b).
- credit agency — an agency that checks whether people are able to pay for goods and services they wish to buy on credit, and provides them with a credit rating
- creditability — bringing or deserving credit, honor, reputation, or esteem.
- crustaceology — The branch of zoology dealing with crustaceans.
- cryotherapies — Plural form of cryotherapy.
- cryptesthesia — allegedly paranormal perception, as clairvoyance or clairaudience.
- cryptoclimate — the climate of a small area, as of confined spaces such as caves or houses (cryptoclimate) of plant communities, wooded areas, etc. (phytoclimate) or of urban communities, which may be different from that in the general region.
- cryptographer — the science or study of the techniques of secret writing, especially code and cipher systems, methods, and the like. Compare cryptanalysis (def 2).
- crystal clear — Water that is crystal clear is absolutely clear and transparent like glass.
- crystal pleat — one of a series of fine, permanently pressed pleats of varying widths, usually in a sheer fabric
- crystal-clear — absolutely clear; transparent; lucid.
- curly bracket — a punctuation mark { }, also used as a symbol in maths
- curly lettuce — a type of lettuce that has leaves with curled edges
- currency rate — the rate of exchange of a particular currency against another
- currency unit — a unit of money, such as the pound, dollar, or euro, that is used in a particular currency
- current yield — the yield of a bond or similar asset, expressed as a ratio of the annual interest payment to the clean price
- custody suite — the part of a police station where people who have been arrested are held in custody
- cyanoacrylate — a substance with an acrylate base, usually sold in the form of a quick-setting highly adhesive glue
- cyanobacteria — a group of photosynthetic bacteria (phylum Cyanobacteria) containing a blue photosynthetic pigment
- cyanoethylate — to introduce a cyano-ethyl group into
- cyberactivism — Activism facilitated by the Internet.
- cybernetician — an expert in cybernetics
- cyberneticist — Someone who studies cybernetics.
- cybersecurity — the state of being safe from electronic crime and the measures taken to achieve this
- cybersquatter — the registration of a commercially valuable Internet domain name, as a trademark, with the intention of selling it or profiting from its use.
- cyberstalkers — Plural form of cyberstalker.
- cyberstalking — Cyberstalking is the use of the Internet to contact someone or find out information about them in a way that is annoying or frightening.
- cyberthriller — A thriller whose plot hinges on cyberspace.
- cycle drought — A scarcity of cycles. It may be due to a cycle crunch, but it could also occur because part of the computer is temporarily not working, leaving fewer cycles to go around. "The high moby is down, so we're running with only half the usual amount of memory. There will be a cycle drought until it's fixed."
- cyclosilicate — any silicate in which the SiO 4 tetrahedra are linked to form rings.
- cystathionine — an amino acid, C 7 H 14 O 4 N 2 S, that is an intermediate in the transfer of sulfur from methionine to cysteine.
- cysticercosis — a parasitic infection of tissue by the larval form of the pork tapeworm, Taenia Solium, contracted through the ingestion of food or water contaminated by faeces, or by eating infected pork
- cytochemistry — the chemistry of living cells
- cytogenetical — of or related to cytogenetics
- cytopharynges — Plural form of cytopharynx.
- cytoskeletons — Plural form of cytoskeleton.
- dactylomegaly — abnormal enlargement of the fingers or toes.
- daguerreotype — one of the earliest photographic processes, in which the image was produced on iodine-sensitized silver and developed in mercury vapour
- daguerreotypy — The art or technique of producing daguerreotypes.
- daguerrotypes — Plural form of daguerrotype, a misspelling of daguerreotype.
- dalton system — a method of progressive education whereby students contract to carry through on their own responsibility the year's work as divided up into monthly assignments.
- dance therapy — the use of dance or movement for therapeutic purposes; a form of therapy in which people are encouraged to express their feelings through dance or movement.
- dare i say it — You use 'dare I say it' when you know that what you are going to say will disappoint or annoy someone.
- data security — the protection of data stored on computers