16-letter words that end in y
- chew the scenery — to overact, as in a play or film
- child psychiatry — the branch of psychiatry specializing in the treatment of children.
- child psychology — the study of the mental states and processes of children.
- cholecystography — radiography of the gall bladder after administration of a contrast medium
- circumlocutorily — In a circumlocutory manner.
- circumnavigatory — Pertaining to circumnavigation.
- circumstantially — of pertaining to, or derived from circumstances: a circumstantial result.
- civic university — (in Britain) a university originally instituted as a higher education college serving a particular city
- cladogenetically — By means of cladogenesis.
- clean technology — techniques used in manufacturing processes that minimize the damage caused to the environment
- climatologically — In climatological terms.
- closed community — a plant community that does not allow for further colonization, all the available niches being occupied
- coherence theory — the theory of truth that every true statement, insofar as it is true, describes its subject in the totality of its relationship with all other things.
- collared peccary — a piglike artiodactyl mammal, Tayassu tajacu, of forests of southern North America, Central and South America: family Tayassuidae
- colorimetrically — (analytical chemistry) By means of colorimetry or by using a colorimeter.
- commensurability — The quality of being commensurable or commensurate.
- commit to memory — to learn by heart; memorize
- commonsensically — sound practical judgment that is independent of specialized knowledge, training, or the like; normal native intelligence.
- commonwealth day — the anniversary of Queen Victoria's birth, May 24, celebrated (now on the second Monday in March) as a holiday in many parts of the Commonwealth
- communion sunday — any Sunday on which communion is administered.
- companionability — The state of being companionable, suitability for companionship.
- composite family — the large and varied plant family Compositae (or Asteraceae), typified by herbaceous plants having alternate, opposite, or whorled leaves and a whorl of bracts surrounding the flower heads, which are usually composed of a disk containing tiny petalless flowers and a ray of petals extending from the flowers at the rim of the disk, some flower heads being composed only of a disk or a ray and some plants having clusters of flower heads, and including the aster, daisy, dandelion, goldenrod, marigold, ragweed, sunflower, thistle, and zinnia.
- compositionality — The property of being compositional.
- concatenated key — compound key
- confused elderly — old and no longer having mental abilities sufficient for independent living
- consanguineously — In a consanguineous fashion; by blood relationship.
- conscience money — money paid voluntarily to compensate for dishonesty, esp money paid voluntarily for taxes formerly evaded
- consequentiality — following as an effect, result, or outcome; resultant; consequent.
- conspiratorially — the act of conspiring.
- constitutionally — in composition or physique
- constructability — Alternative form of constructibility.
- constructibility — The condition of being constructible.
- constructionally — In a constructional manner.
- consumer society — You can use consumer society to refer to a society where people think that spending money on goods and services is very important.
- continental army — the Revolutionary War Army, authorized by the Continental Congress in 1775 and led by George Washington.
- control freakery — an obsessive need to be in control of what is happening
- controversiality — The quality or state of being controversial.
- conversationally — of, relating to, or characteristic of conversation: a conversational tone of voice.
- coreferentiality — (of two words or phrases) having reference to the same person or thing.
- cornelian cherry — a flowering tree of the dogwood family Cornus mas
- cosmetic surgery — Cosmetic surgery is surgery done to make a person look more attractive.
- cost-effectively — in a cost-effective way; efficiently
- cost-efficiently — cost-effective.
- cottage industry — A cottage industry is a small business that is run from someone's home, especially one that involves a craft such as knitting or pottery.
- counter-strategy — Also, strategics. the science or art of combining and employing the means of war in planning and directing large military movements and operations.
- counter-tendency — a natural or prevailing disposition to move, proceed, or act in some direction or toward some point, end, or result: the tendency of falling bodies toward the earth.
- counterfactually — a conditional statement the first clause of which expresses something contrary to fact, as “If I had known.”.
- court of inquiry — A court of inquiry is a group of people who are officially appointed to investigate a serious accident or incident, or an official investigation into a serious accident or incident.
- covariant theory — the principle that physical laws have the same form and interrelations in any system of coordinates in which they are expressed.
- cracker capacity — The cracker capacity is the amount of a particular product which a refinery can produce.