12-letter words containing y, t, r, o, i
- country mile — a long way
- country risk — the risk associated with an overseas investment due to the conditions prevailing in the country in which it is made
- cranioplasty — Surgical repair of a defect or deformity in the skull.
- creditworthy — A creditworthy person or organization is one who can safely be lent money or allowed to have goods on credit, for example because in the past they have always paid back what they owe.
- cringeworthy — Causing feelings of embarrassment or awkwardness.
- criptography — (spelling) It's spelled "cryptography".
- crossability — the quality of being crossable
- cruciformity — being in the shape of a cross; cross-shaped.
- cryptobiosis — a temporary state in an organism in which metabolic activity is absent or undetectable
- cryptobiotic — Of or pertaining to cryptobiosis.
- cryptogamian — of or relating to cryptogams
- cryptogamist — a botanist specializing in the study of cryptogams
- cryptologist — cryptography.
- cryptomerias — Plural form of cryptomeria.
- cryptomnesia — the reappearance of a suppressed or forgotten memory which is mistaken for a new experience
- cryptomnesic — of, relating to, or characterized by cryptomnesia
- cryptorchids — Plural form of cryptorchid.
- cryptorchism — failure of one or both testes to descend into the scrotum.
- crystalloids — Plural form of crystalloid.
- cycling tour — a holiday involving a tour of an area or region by bicycle
- cyclodextrin — any of a group of cyclic oligosaccharides found in starch digests of certain bacteria
- cymotrichous — having wavy hair
- cyprinodonts — Plural form of cyprinodont.
- cysticercoid — the larva of any of certain tapeworms, which resembles a cysticercus but has a smaller bladder
- day in court — an opportunity to present one's side of a matter, as in a court of law
- decoratively — In a decorative manner.
- deflationary — A deflationary economic policy or measure is one that is intended to or likely to cause deflation.
- densitometry — Photography. an instrument for measuring the density of negatives.
- denunciatory — characterized by or given to denunciation.
- depreciatory — tending to depreciate.
- derogatively — lessening; belittling; derogatory.
- derogatorily — tending to lessen the merit or reputation of a person or thing; disparaging; depreciatory: a derogatory remark.
- dictyopteran — any insect of the order Dictyoptera, which comprises the cockroaches and mantises
- dirty blonde — woman's hair colour: dark blonde
- disastrously — causing great distress or injury; ruinous; very unfortunate; calamitous: The rain and cold proved disastrous to his health.
- discongruity — incongruity.
- discordantly — disagreeable to the ear; dissonant; harsh.
- dispensatory — a book in which the composition, preparation, and uses of medicinal substances are described; a nonofficial pharmacopoeia.
- disquisitory — of or relating to disquisition
- dry mounting — the technique of fastening a print, photograph, or the like to a board by using a heated thermoplastic tissue as an adhesive.
- dryopithecus — an extinct genus of generalized hominoids that lived in Europe and Africa during the Miocene Epoch and whose members are characterized by small molars and incisors.
- duty officer — In the police or armed forces, a duty officer is an officer who is on duty at a particular time.
- dynamometric — Relating to dynamometry.
- electrolysis — Chemical decomposition produced by passing an electric current through a liquid or solution containing ions.
- electrolytic — Of, relating to, or using electrolysis.
- electrotypic — relating to, or resulting from, electrotypy
- elocutionary — Of or pertaining to elocution or to public speaking; rhetorical.
- elytrigerous — having elytra
- emancipatory — Of or pertaining to emancipation or to an emancipator.
- embryologist — An expert or specialist in embryology.