12-letter words containing n, a, y, s
- coscinomancy — a form of divination involving the interpretation of the movement of a sieve suspended by shears
- country seat — A country seat is a large house with land in the country which is owned by someone who also owns a house in a town.
- cranioplasty — Surgical repair of a defect or deformity in the skull.
- cryptanalyst — the procedures, processes, methods, etc., used to translate or interpret secret writings, as codes and ciphers, for which the key is unknown.
- cryptomnesia — the reappearance of a suppressed or forgotten memory which is mistaken for a new experience
- cryptomonads — Plural form of cryptomonad.
- crystalising — Present participle of crystalise.
- cyanogenesis — the release by certain plants, such as cherry laurel, of hydrogen cyanide, esp after wounding or invasion by pathogens
- cyanohydrins — Plural form of cyanohydrin.
- cybercasting — the broadcasting of news, entertainment, etc., using the Internet, specifically the World Wide Web.
- cycloalkanes — Cycloalkanes are molecules which contain only carbon-hydrogen bonds, with the carbon atoms joined in a ring.
- cylinder saw — crown saw.
- cytochalasin — any of a group of metabolites derived from fungus that interfere with cell processes
- daniel shays — Daniel, 1747–1825, American Revolutionary War soldier: leader of a popular insurrection (Shays' Rebellion) in Massachusetts 1786–87.
- decreasingly — In a decreasing manner.
- delay screen — (in a cathode-ray tube) a sensitized screen with a phosphorescent coating that retains the image formed by the electron beam for an appreciable time.
- delusionally — In a delusional way.
- demonstrably — capable of being demonstrated or proved.
- deoxymannose — rhamnose.
- desolatingly — in a way that desolates, in a desolating fashion
- despairingly — given to despair or hopelessness.
- diaphanously — In a diaphanous manner or to a diaphanous extent.
- diisocyanate — (chemistry) Any compound containing two isocyanate anions or functional groups, but especially such an organic compound used in the preparation of polyurethane.
- disciplinary — of, for, or constituting discipline; enforcing or administering discipline: disciplinary action.
- discordantly — disagreeable to the ear; dissonant; harsh.
- disdainfully — full of or showing disdain; scornful.
- dishonorably — In a dishonorable manner.
- disloyalness — The state or quality of being disloyal.
- dismayedness — the condition of being dismayed
- dispensatory — a book in which the composition, preparation, and uses of medicinal substances are described; a nonofficial pharmacopoeia.
- diversionary — tending to divert or distract the attention: diversionary tactics of the guerrilla fighters.
- dodecagynous — (of a plant) having eleven or twelve pistils
- dragonslayer — One who slays a dragon.
- drinks party — a cocktail party
- dye transfer — a photographic printing method by which a full-color image is produced by the printing of separate cyan, magenta, and yellow images from individual gelatin relief matrices.
- dynamic dbms — dynamic database management system
- dynamometers — Plural form of dynamometer.
- dynastically — In a dynastic (or dynastical) way.
- dysenterical — Alternative form of dysenteric.
- dysmenorrhea — painful menstruation.
- dystopianism — a society characterized by human misery, as squalor, oppression, disease, and overcrowding.
- east germany — a former country in central Europe: created in 1949 from the Soviet zone of occupied Germany established in 1945: reunited with West Germany in 1990. 41,827 sq. mi. (108,333 sq. km). Capital: East Berlin.
- easter bunny — rabbit: brings chocolate eggs
- eleemosynary — Of, relating to, or dependent on charity; charitable.
- enantiostyly — the asymmetrical deflection of the style, either to the left or to the right of the floral axis
- energy-smart — using electrical power in an efficient or economical way
- enhypostasia — personalities existing in union (Jesus Christ and God the Son)
- enhypostatic — relating to enhypostasia
- enthesopathy — (pathology) A disorder of entheses (bone attachments).
- entranceways — Plural form of entranceway.