12-letter words containing y
- eighty-seven — a score traditionally regarded as being unlucky
- electability — The capability of a candidate to be elected.
- electric eye — photoelectric cell
- electric ray — any ray of the order Torpediniformes, of tropical and temperate seas, having a flat rounded body with an electric organ in each of the fins, close to the head
- electrically — In an electric manner; by means of electricity.
- electrifying — Present participle of electrify.
- electrolysis — Chemical decomposition produced by passing an electric current through a liquid or solution containing ions.
- electrolytes — Plural form of electrolyte.
- electrolytic — Of, relating to, or using electrolysis.
- electrolyzed — Simple past tense and past participle of electrolyze.
- electrotyped — Simple past tense and past participle of electrotype.
- electrotyper — One who electrotypes.
- electrotypes — Plural form of electrotype.
- electrotypic — relating to, or resulting from, electrotypy
- eleemosynary — Of, relating to, or dependent on charity; charitable.
- eleemosynous — Describes a gift or donation made as an act of charity or almsgiving.
- elementarily — In an elementary way.
- elliptically — In the form of an ellipse.
- 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.
- emolumentary — advantageous; tending towards emolument
- emotionality — The state or quality of being emotional.
- empathically — In an empathic manner.
- emphatically — In a forceful way.
- empty-handed — carrying nothing
- empty-headed — If you describe someone as empty-headed, you mean that they are not very intelligent and often do silly things.
- empty-nester — a married person whose children have grown up and left home
- empyreumatic — relating to empyreuma
- enantiopathy — the treatment of disease by opposites; allopathy
- enantiostyly — the asymmetrical deflection of the style, either to the left or to the right of the floral axis
- enantiotropy — the possibility for stable polymorphs to exist in different states on either side of a transition-point temperature
- enchantingly — In an enchanting manner.
- encyclopedia — An encyclopedia is a book or set of books in which facts about many different subjects or about one particular subject are arranged for reference, usually in alphabetical order.
- encyclopedic — Comprehensive in terms of information.
- enderby land — part of the coastal region of Antarctica, between Kemp Land and Queen Maud Land: the westernmost part of the Australian Antarctic Territory (claims are suspended under the Antarctic Treaty); discovered in 1831
- endogenously — In an endogenous manner.
- endophyllous — enclosed in a leaf or sheath
- endosymbiont — (ecology) An organism that lives within the body or cells of another organism.
- endurability — The state or quality of being endurable.
- enemy action — offensive military action by your military enemy
- energy drink — beverage: added vitamins, etc.
- energy level — energy of physical system when stationary
- energy-smart — using electrical power in an efficient or economical way
- engrossingly — In an engrossing way.
- enhypostasia — personalities existing in union (Jesus Christ and God the Son)
- enhypostatic — relating to enhypostasia
- enjoyability — The state or condition of being enjoyable.
- enteroclysis — A fluoroscopic X-ray of the small intestine.