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13-letter words containing y, r

  • cyanuric acid — a white crystalline powder commonly used to stabilize chlorine in swimming pools. Formula C3H3N3O3
  • cyberactivism — Activism facilitated by the Internet.
  • cyberbullying — Cyberbullying is the use of the Internet to frighten or upset someone, usually by sending them unpleasant messages.
  • cyberchondria — unfounded anxiety concerning the state of one's health brought on by visiting health and medical websites
  • cyberfeminism — A community, philosophy and set of practices concerned with feminist acts in cyberspace.
  • 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
  • cybershopping — Shopping by means of computers or the Internet.
  • cyberslacking — (informal) Use of the Internet during work hours for unrelated tasks.
  • 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."
  • 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
  • cyclospermous — having the embryo curled around the central albumen
  • cyclostrophic — pertaining to atmospheric motion in which the centripetal acceleration exactly balances the horizontal pressure force.
  • cylinder desk — a desk having a cylinder front, usually a tambour but occasionally of solid wood.
  • 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.
  • cyproconazole — (organic compound) The conazole fungicide \u03b1-(4-chlorophenyl)-\u03b1-(1-cyclopropylethyl)-1H-1,2,4-triazole-1-ethanol.
  • 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
  • cytopharynges — Plural form of cytopharynx.
  • dactylography — the scientific study of fingerprints for purposes of identification
  • 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.
  • daily-breader — a commuter.
  • dairy factory — a factory making butter, cheese, lactose, etc from milk collected from surrounding farming areas
  • dairy farming — the business of farming to produce milk and milk products
  • dairy produce — food derived from or containing milk and its derivatives
  • damage survey — an inspection by an insurance company of something that has been damaged and for which an insurance claim has been made, in order to determine the extent and cause of damage
  • 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.
  • danish pastry — Danish pastries are cakes made from sweet pastry. They are often filled with things such as apple or almond paste.
  • 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
  • day after day — If something happens day after day, it happens every day without stopping.
  • daydreamingly — While daydreaming.
  • days of grace — days permitted by custom for payment of a promissory note, bill of exchange, etc, after it falls due
  • decarbonylate — to remove the carbonyl group from (an organic compound).
  • decarboxylase — an enzyme that catalyses the removal of carbon dioxide from a compound
  • decarboxylate — to take away a carboxyl group from (an organic compound) or (of an organic compound) to lose a carboxyl group
  • declaratively — serving to declare, make known, or explain: a declarative statement.
  • deely boppers — hairband with two bobbing antennae-like attachments
  • deferentially — showing deference; deferent; respectful.
  • defervescency — Alternative form of defervescence.
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