10-letter words containing a, c, r, o, y
- candy corn — a small candy shaped and colored to look like a kernel of corn.
- caney fork — a river in central Tennessee, flowing NW to the Cumberland River. 144 miles (232 km) long.
- canorously — In a canorous manner.
- carbonylic — of, relating to, or characteristic of the carbonyl group.
- carboxylic — containing or pertaining to the carboxyl group or the carboxyl radical
- cardboardy — like cardboard, esp in stiffness, texture, or taste
- cardiology — Cardiology is the study of the heart and its diseases.
- cardiotomy — (surgery) The procedure of making an incision in the heart.
- carol city — a town in SE Florida, near Miami.
- carphology — the action of grasping at imaginary objects or plucking at one's bed linen, a characteristic of people affected by delirium
- carrot fly — a dipterous insect, Psila rosae, that is a serious pest of carrots. The larvae tunnel into the root to feed
- carry over — If something carries over or is carried over from one situation to another, it continues to exist or apply in the new situation.
- carry-over — that which is carried over, postponed, or extended to a later time, account, etc.
- carryovers — Plural form of carryover.
- cartomancy — the telling of fortunes with playing cards
- cartophily — the hobby of collecting cigarette cards
- castratory — of or relating to castration
- category 3 — (hardware) (Cat 3, or "voice grade") An American Standards Institute standard for UTP cables. Used, e.g., for 100BaseVG network cabling.
- category 5 — The term Category 5 refers to Ethernet cabling that allows data transfers up to 100 Megabits per second.
- category a — (of a prisoner) regarded as highly dangerous and therefore requiring constant observation and maximum security
- category d — (of a prisoner) regarded as sufficiently trustworthy to be kept under open prison conditions
- cauliflory — the production of flowers on the trunk, branches, etc, of a woody plant, as opposed to the ends of the twigs
- cautionary — A cautionary story or a cautionary note to a story is one that is intended to give a warning to people.
- ceroferary — Candleholder (especially for a large, church candle).
- cerography — the art of engraving on a waxed plate on which a printing surface is created by electrotyping
- cessionary — a person to whom something is transferred; assignee; grantee
- chardonnay — a white grape originally grown in the Burgundy region of France, and now throughout the wine-producing world
- charophyte — any green algae of the class Charophyceae (or group Charophyta), comprising the stoneworts.
- cheboksary — a port in W central Russia on the River Volga: capital of the Chuvash Republic. Pop: 446 000 (2005 est)
- chiromancy — palmistry
- chroma key — an electronic special-effects system for combining a desired background with live foreground action.
- chromatype — a procedure in photography that uses photographic paper that is made reactive to light by the use of a salt of chromium
- chrysocale — a copper alloy containing zinc and lead.
- chrysophan — a glucoside that is bitter to the taste and yellow in colour
- chyloderma — (medicine) swelling of the scrotum resulting from chronic lymphatic obstruction.
- clapperboy — a boy who operates a clapper
- clay court — a tennis court with a playing surface topped by a layer of crushed shale, brick, or stone
- clay flour — dried and pulverized clay.
- clearstory — clerestory
- cleromancy — a divination involving dice-throwing or lot-casting
- cloth yard — a medieval unit of measure for cloth, fixed at 37 inches by Edward VI of England: also used as a length for longbow arrows
- commandery — a manor under the charge of a commander of a religious military order of knights
- commentary — A commentary is a description of an event that is broadcast on radio or television while the event is taking place.
- commissary — A commissary is a shop that provides food and equipment in a place such as a military camp or a prison.
- commorancy — a dwelling in a place; usual or temporary residence in a place.
- comparably — capable of being compared; having features in common with something else to permit or suggest comparison: He considered the Roman and British empires to be comparable.
- conciliary — conciliar
- condylarth — any of the primitive ungulate mammals of the extinct order Condylarthra, from the Paleocene and Eocene epochs, having a slender body, low-crowned teeth, and five-toed feet, each toe ending in a small hoof.
- consectary — a consequence or conclusion
- conspiracy — Conspiracy is the secret planning by a group of people to do something illegal.