12-letter words starting with CY

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• cyclosporine
• cyclopropanea colorless flammable gas sometimes used as an inhalation anesthetic
• cytoskeletona microscopic network of actin filaments and microtubules in the cytoplasm of many living cells that gives the cell shape and coherence
• cyclogenesis
• cytogeneticsthe branch of biology that studies the cellular aspects of heredity (especially the chromosomes)
• cyanogeneses
• cyanogenesis
• cyanogeneticcapable of producing cyanide
• cyanohydrinsany organic compound in which the cyano radical -CN and the hydroxyl radical -OH are attached to the same carbon atom
• cybernationsthe control of processes by computer
• cybernetical
• cycadophytes
• cyclazocines
• cyclizations
• cyclodextrin
• cyclogeneses
• cyclohexanes
• cyclonically
• cycloolefins
• cyclopaediasa reference work (often in several volumes) containing articles on various topics (often arranged in alphabetical order) dealing with the entire range of human knowledge or with some particular specialty
• cycloserinesan antibiotic that is especially active against the tubercle bacillus
• cyclostylingprint with an implement with small toothed wheels that cuts small holes in a stencil
• cyclothymiasa mild bipolar disorder that persists over a long time
• cypripediumsgenus of chiefly American perennial leafy-stemmed orchids: lady's slippers; sometimes includes species of genus Paphiopedilum
• cyproterones
• cysticercoid
• cystoscopies
• cytochalasin
• cytochemical
• cytomembranea thin membrane (a double layer of lipids) enclosing the cytoplasm of a cell; proteins in the membrane control passage of ions (like sodium or potassium or calcium) in and out of the cell
• cytoskeletal
• cytotaxonomy
• cytotoxicitythe degree to which something is toxic to living cells