13-letter words containing y, i, n, a
- contrastively — tending to contrast; contrasting. contrastive colors.
- conventionary — (of a form of tenure) fixed by convention as opposed to custom
- convulsionary — of or affected with convulsion.
- conway's life — Conway's Game of Life
- copy negative — master (def 21).
- core analysis — Core analysis is the process of studying a sample of rock in a laboratory.
- cornish pasty — A Cornish pasty is a small pie with meat and vegetables inside.
- coronary vein — any of several veins that receive blood from the heart wall and empty into the coronary sinus.
- cost analysis — an economic evaluation
- county family — an old family that has lived in a particular county for several generations
- 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
- crop spraying — the spraying of crops with insecticide, fungicide, etc
- cryogenically — in a cryogenic manner
- cryptanalysis — the study of codes and ciphers; cryptography
- cryptanalytic — Of or pertaining to cryptanalysis or cryptanalytics.
- cryptoxanthin — a carotenoid pigment, C40H56O, in butter, eggs, and various plants, that can be converted into vitamin A in the body
- crystallinity — of or like crystal; clear; transparent.
- crystallizing — Present participle of crystallize.
- curvilinearly — In a curvilinear way.
- cyanobacteria — a group of photosynthetic bacteria (phylum Cyanobacteria) containing a blue photosynthetic pigment
- cyanuric acid — a white crystalline powder commonly used to stabilize chlorine in swimming pools. Formula C3H3N3O3
- cyberchondria — unfounded anxiety concerning the state of one's health brought on by visiting health and medical websites
- cybernetician — an expert in cybernetics
- cyberslacking — (informal) Use of the Internet during work hours for unrelated tasks.
- 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.
- cycloaddition — a type of pericyclic chemical reaction
- cycloparaffin — any of a series of saturated alicyclic hydrocarbons of the general formula CnH2n, having a closed chain of three or more carbon atoms, as cyclohexane
- cylinder head — the detachable metal casting that fits onto the top of a cylinder block. In an engine it contains part of the combustion chamber and in an overhead-valve four-stroke engine it houses the valves and their operating mechanisms
- cylinder seal — a cylindrical seal of stone, clay, or precious stone decorated with linear designs, found in the Middle East and Balkans: dating from about 6000 bc
- cylindraceous — having a form similar to a cylinder
- cylindrically — In the manner of a cylinder.
- 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.
- cytochalasins — Plural form of cytochalasin.
- cytodiagnosis — the diagnosis of disease through the study of cells in the body
- cytogenetical — of or related to cytogenetics
- dactyliomancy — the use of a suspended finger-ring for divination
- dairy farming — the business of farming to produce milk and milk products
- danish pastry — Danish pastries are cakes made from sweet pastry. They are often filled with things such as apple or almond paste.
- dating agency — an agency that provides introductions to people seeking a companion with similar interests
- day and night — If something happens day and night or night and day, it happens all the time without stopping.
- day blindness — hemeralopia.
- day of infamy — December 7, 1941, on which Japan attacked Pearl Harbor, bringing the United States into World War II: so referred to by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in his speech to Congress the next day, asking for a declaration of war on Japan.
- daydreamingly — While daydreaming.
- deacetylation — to remove the acetyl group from (an organic compound).
- declassifying — Present participle of declassify.
- defendability — (uncountable) The condition of being defendable.
- deferentially — showing deference; deferent; respectful.
- demyelinating — Present participle of demyelinate.
- demyelination — The removal of the myelin sheath from a nerve fibre, normally as a result of disease.
- deoxygenating — Present participle of deoxygenate.