12-letter words containing y
- cyberculture — a unique set of habits, values, and other elements of culture that have evolved from the use of computers and the Internet.
- cyberfriends — Plural form of cyberfriend.
- cyberloafing — (informal) The use of computers by employees for purposes unrelated to work.
- cybernetical — of or relating to cybernetics
- cyberreality — A reality created in cyberspace.
- cyberspastic — (humour) A person suffering from information overload while browsing the Internet or web. Compare webhead.
- cyberstalker — (Internet) A stalker who operates online.
- cybersurfers — Plural form of cybersurfer.
- cybersurfing — The practice of using and browsing the Internet, especially as a habitual pastime.
- cybertrooper — (in Malaysia) An activist who uses cyberspace.
- cyclandelate — a medicine for relaxing smooth muscle and encouraging blood cell dilation
- cycle crunch — (jargon) A situation wherein the number of people trying to use a computer simultaneously has reached the point where no one can get enough cycles because they are spread too thin and the system has probably begun to thrash. This scenario is an inevitable result of Parkinson's Law applied to time-sharing. Usually the only solution is to buy more computer. Happily, this has rapidly become easier since the mid-1980s, so much so that the very term "cycle crunch" now has a faintly archaic flavour; most hackers now use workstations or personal computers as opposed to traditional time-sharing systems.
- cycle helmet — a protective helmet worn by cyclists to prevent head injuries
- cycle server — (jargon) A powerful computer that exists primarily for running large batch jobs. The term implies that interactive tasks such as editing are done on other machines on the network, such as workstations.
- cyclic shift — a transfer of digits from one end of a machine word to the other, retaining the same order in both places.
- cycling tour — a holiday involving a tour of an area or region by bicycle
- cycloalkanes — Cycloalkanes are molecules which contain only carbon-hydrogen bonds, with the carbon atoms joined in a ring.
- cyclodextrin — any of a group of cyclic oligosaccharides found in starch digests of certain bacteria
- cyclogenesis — the formation and development of a low-pressure storm system
- cyclographic — of or relating to a cyclograph
- cycloheptane — (organic compound) An alicyclic hydrocarbon, C7H14; a volatile inflammable liquid.
- cyclohexanol — (organic compound) The alicyclic alcohol derived from cyclohexane by replacement of a hydrogen atom with a hydroxyl group.
- cyclolignane — (organic chemistry) Any lignane having an additional ring.
- cyclopentane — a colourless insoluble cycloalkane found in petroleum and used mainly as a solvent. Formula: C5H10
- cyclopropane — a colourless flammable gaseous hydrocarbon, used in medicine as an anaesthetic; trimethylene. It is a cycloalkane with molecules containing rings of three carbon atoms. Formula: C3H6; boiling pt: –34°C
- cyclosporine — a drug, produced by a fungus (Tolypocladium inflatum), that suppresses the T cells that reject foreign tissue after an organ transplant without suppressing other cells that fight infections and cancer
- cyclostomate — having a round mouth
- cyclostomous — of or relating to a cyclostome
- cyclostyling — Present participle of cyclostyle.
- cylinder saw — crown saw.
- cylindricity — the state or quality of being cylindrical
- cylindriform — having the form or shape of a cylinder
- cyma reversa — a cyma whose convex part projects beyond the concave part.
- cymbocephaly — scaphocephaly.
- cymotrichous — having wavy hair
- cypress knee — one of the woody growths that project above water from the roots of the bald cypress.
- cypress pine — any coniferous tree of the Australian genus Callitrus, having leaves in whorls and yielding valuable timber: family Cupressaceae
- cypress vine — a tropical American convolvulaceous climbing plant, Ipomoea pennata, having finely divided compound leaves and scarlet or white tubular flowers
- cyprinodonts — Plural form of cyprinodont.
- cystectomies — Plural form of cystectomy.
- cysticercoid — the larva of any of certain tapeworms, which resembles a cysticercus but has a smaller bladder
- cystostomies — Plural form of cystostomy.
- cytoanalyzer — an electronic optical device for screening smears of cells suspected of being malignant.
- cytochalasin — any of a group of metabolites derived from fungus that interfere with cell processes
- cytochemical — the branch of cell biology dealing with the detection of cell constituents by means of biochemical analysis and visualization techniques.
- cytogenetics — the branch of genetics that correlates the structure, number, and behaviour of chromosomes with heredity and variation
- cytokinetics — (biology) The study of cytokinesis.
- cytomembrane — a membrane around a cell that encloses cytoplasm and acts as a semi-permeable barrier
- cytoskeletal — of or relating to a cytoskeleton
- cytoskeleton — a network of fibrous proteins that governs the shape and movement of a biological cell