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12-letter words containing y, i

  • carryings-on — wild, extravagant, or immoral behavior
  • cartoonishly — in a cartoonish manner
  • case history — A person's case history is the record of past events or problems that have affected them, especially their medical history.
  • cataphysical — perverse; contrary to nature
  • categorially — in a manner relating to or involving categories
  • categoricity — The quality of being categorical.
  • cathodically — in a cathodic manner, by using a cathode
  • cationically — in a cationic manner
  • cavity block — a precast concrete block that contains a cavity or cavities
  • 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
  • cell biology — the study of the biology of cells
  • cellulolytic — relating to or causing the hydrolysis of the complex carbohydrate cellulose
  • censoriously — In a censorious manner.
  • 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
  • cephalically — in relation to the head or near the head
  • ceremonially — of, relating to, or characterized by ceremony; formal; ritual: a ceremonial occasion.
  • cervicectomy — (medicine) Surgical removal of the cervix.
  • cetylic acid — palmitic acid.
  • chained lady — the constellation Andromeda.
  • 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
  • charity sale — a sale in aid of charity
  • charity shop — A charity shop is a shop that sells used goods cheaply and gives its profits to a charity.
  • charity toss — a free shot given as a penalty for a foul
  • charity work — unpaid work, usually fundraising, done in aid of a charity
  • cheiloplasty — plastic surgery of the lip.
  • cherry birch — sweet birch.
  • cherubically — In a cherubic way.
  • chickahominy — a member of a North American Indian tribe of the Powhatan confederacy that inhabited eastern Virginia.
  • chickasawhay — a river in SE Mississippi, flowing S to the Pascagoula River. 210 miles (338 km) long.
  • child's play — something that is easy to do
  • chimerically — In a chimerical manner.
  • chimney rock — a column of rock rising above the level of the surrounding area or isolated on the face of a steep slope.
  • chimneyboard — a partition or a cover to shut off a fireplace
  • chimneypiece — A chimneypiece is the same as a mantlepiece.
  • chimneysweep — Alternative form of chimney sweep.
  • chinese copy — an exact copy of an original
  • chip away at — If you chip away at something such as an idea, a feeling, or a system, you gradually make it weaker or less likely to succeed by repeated efforts.
  • chip jewelry — (jargon)   A euphamism for old computers destined to be scrapped or turned into decorative ornaments. "I paid three grand for that Mac SE, and now it's nothing but chip jewelry."
  • chirurgeonly — in the manner of a surgeon
  • chivalrously — having the qualities of chivalry, as courage, courtesy, and loyalty.
  • chlorohydrin — any of a class of organic compounds containing a hydroxyl group and a chlorine atom
  • chlorpyrifos — a broad-spectrum insecticide, C 9 H 11 Cl 3 NO 3 PS, used on lawns and ornamental plants.
  • choicelessly — In a choiceless manner.
  • cholerically — In a choleric manner.
  • cholinolytic — capable of blocking the action of acetylcholine and related compounds.
  • christianity — Christianity is a religion that is based on the teachings of Jesus Christ and the belief that he was the son of God.
  • christophany — an appearance or emergence of Christ following his crucifixion
  • chromaticity — the quality of a colour or light with reference to its purity and its dominant wavelength
  • chrysomelids — Plural form of chrysomelid.
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