15-letter words containing y, i
- charles simonyi — (person) Microsoft programmer, most famously responsible for Hungarian Notation. Simonyi was born in Budapest in 1948, and for more than a decade was senior programmer at Microsoft in Redmond.
- charles tiffany — Charles Lewis, 1812–1902, U.S. jeweler.
- chartophylacium — (in a medieval church) a place for the keeping of records and documents.
- chateau-thierry — a town in N central France, on the River Marne: scene of the second battle of the Marne (1918) during World War I. Pop: 14 967 (1999)
- chemopsychiatry — the study and application of chemical substances in psychiatry
- chief secretary — (in Britain) the second most senior Treasury post, after the Chancellor of the Exchequer
- chimney swallow — another name for common swallow
- chimney-pot hat — a high silk hat; top hat.
- chinese parsley — coriander leaves used as an herb; cilantro
- chiropterophily — Pollination by bats.
- cholangiography — radiographic examination of the bile ducts after the introduction into them of a contrast medium
- cholecystokinin — a hormone secreted by duodenal cells that stimulates the contraction of the gall bladder and secretion of pancreatic enzymes
- cholinergically — in a cholinergic manner
- christmas party — a party organized before Christmas, usually by a firm or organization
- chronologically — arranged in the order of time: a chronological list of events.
- chryse planitia — a plain on Mars, the landing site of the Viking I spacecraft.
- ciliary process — one of the folds on the ciliary body, connected with the suspensory ligament of the crystalline lens.
- cineangiography — the use of motion-picture recording to trace the passage of dye through blood vessels, for the diagnosis of heart and blood vessel disease
- cinemicrography — the making of a film through the lens of a microscope
- cineradiography — the filming of motion pictures through a fluoroscope or x-ray machine.
- circumambiently — in a circumambient manner
- citrus whitefly — See under whitefly.
- city councilman — a member of a city council
- city of bristol — a port and industrial city in SW England, mainly in Bristol unitary authority, on the River Avon seven miles from its mouth on the Bristol Channel: a major port, trading with America, in the 17th and 18th centuries; the modern port consists chiefly of docks at Avonmouth and Portishead; noted for the Clifton Suspension Bridge (designed by I. K. Brunel, 1834) over the Avon gorge; Bristol university (1909) and University of the West of England (1992). Pop: 420 556 (2001)
- city of glasgow — a council area in W central Scotland. Pop: 593 000 (2010 est). Area: 175 sq km (68 sq miles)
- class hierarchy — (programming) In object-oriented programming, a set of classes related by inheritance. Each class is a "subclass" of another class - its "superclass". The subclass contains all the features of its superclass, but may add new features or redefine existing features. The features of a class are the set of attributes (or "properties") that an object of that class has and the methods that can be invoked on it. If each class has a just one superclass, this is called single inheritance. The opposite is multiple inheritance, under which a class may have multiple superclasses. Single inheritance gives the class hierarchy a tree structure whereas multiple inheritance gives a directed graph. Typically there is one class at the top of the hierarchy which is the "object" class, the most general class that is an ancestor of all others and which has no superclass. In computing, as in genealogy, trees grow downwards, which is why subclasses are considered to be "below" their superclasses. When invoking a method on an object, the method is first looked for in the object's class, then the superclass of that class, and so on up the hierarchy until it is found. Thus a class need only define those methods which are specific to it and it will inherit all other methods from all its superclasses. An object of the subclass can do everything that an object of the superclass can and possible more.
- cleistogamously — in a cleistogamous manner
- clinically dead — having no respiration, no heartbeat, and with no contraction of the pupils when exposed to a strong light
- coast artillery — artillery used for defending coastal areas.
- coenzymatically — from a coenzymatic point of view
- coinstantaneity — the act of taking place at exactly the same moment
- collaboratively — in the manner of working with others on a joint project
- colouristically — in a colouristic manner
- colposcopically — by means of a colposcope or colposcopy
- combinatorially — in a combinatorial manner
- commiseratingly — in a manner expressing commiseration
- commodity trade — trade in raw materials and food
- communicability — capable of being easily communicated or transmitted: communicable information; a communicable disease.
- communicatively — inclined to communicate or impart; talkative: He isn't feeling very communicative today.
- communist party — (in non-Communist countries) a political party advocating Communism
- communistically — In a communistic manner.
- community chest — a fund raised by voluntary contribution for local welfare activities
- company officer — a captain or lieutenant serving in a company.
- company pension — a pension scheme run by a company for its employees
- compassionately — having or showing compassion: a compassionate person; a compassionate letter.
- complementarily — In a complementary manner.
- complementarity — a state or system that involves complementary components
- complimentarily — of the nature of, conveying, or expressing a compliment, often one that is politely flattering: a complimentary remark.
- compositionally — in a compositional manner
- comprehendingly — In an comprehending manner; knowingly.