12-letter words containing y, r
- ciliary body — the part of the vascular tunic of the eye that connects the choroid with the iris
- circuitously — roundabout; not direct: a circuitous route; a circuitous argument.
- circumbinary — (astronomy) Of, pertaining to, or having an orbit around a binary star.
- circumgyrate — to cause (something) to move in a circular motion
- circumrotary — Alternative form of circumrotatory.
- city dweller — a resident or inhabitant of a city
- 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.
- clairvoyance — the alleged power of perceiving things beyond the natural range of the senses
- clairvoyancy — the faculty of clairvoyance
- clairvoyants — Plural form of clairvoyant.
- clamourously — Archaic spelling of clamorously.
- clangorously — In a clangorous manner; ringingly.
- claptrappery — the art of eliciting applause
- clatteringly — With a clattering sound.
- clay mineral — any of a group of minerals consisting of hydrated aluminium silicates: the major constituents of clays
- 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.
- clean energy — energy, as electricity or nuclear power, that does not pollute the atmosphere when used, as opposed to coal and oil, that do.
- clergyperson — a member of the clergy
- 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
- coffee royal — café royale.
- collaterally — In collateral relation; not lineally.
- collinearity — lying in the same straight line.
- colporrhaphy — (surgery) suturing of a defect in the wall of the vagina.
- combat-ready — ready for combat
- cometography — the scientific description and recording of comets
- comfortingly — In a comforting manner.
- commendatory — serving to commend; expressing praise or approval
- commercially — of, relating to, or characteristic of commerce.
- compaternity — the relationship between the godparents of a child or between the godparents and the child's parents.
- compensatory — Compensatory payments involve money paid as compensation.
- compressedly — in a compressed manner
- compulsatory — compulsory
- compulsorily — required; mandatory; obligatory: compulsory education.
- conciliatory — When you are conciliatory in your actions or behaviour, you show that you are willing to end a disagreement with someone.
- concordantly — agreeing; harmonious.
- concurrently — occurring or existing simultaneously or side by side: concurrent attacks by land, sea, and air.
- concurringly — In a concurring manner; concurrently.
- condemnatory — Condemnatory means expressing strong disapproval.
- confirmatory — confirming or tending to confirm
- confiscatory — involving confiscation
- conformality — (mathematics) The condition (of a map) of being conformal.
- conformingly — In a way that conforms.
- connaturally — In a connatural manner.
- conqueringly — in a conquering manner
- consecratory — That consecrates.
- conservatory — A conservatory is a room with glass walls and a glass roof, which is attached to a house. People often grow plants in a conservatory.