10-letter words containing a, c, r, o, y
- contrarily — in a perverse or obstinate manner
- copartnery — copartnership
- coprophagy — feeding on dung, as certain beetles.
- copulatory — to engage in sexual intercourse.
- copy paper — paper specially prepared for the writing of advertising copy, newspaper copy, etc., usually having guidelines to indicate margins and the number of spaces per line.
- copyreader — a person who edits and prepares newspaper copy for publication; subeditor
- coral lily — a bulbous herb, Lilium pumilum, of eastern Asia, having scarlet flowers with recurved petals.
- coralberry — a small shrub, Symphoricarpos orbiculatus, that is native to North America and is cultivated for its berries
- cordiality — warmth of feeling
- cornbrandy — any of various alcoholic spirits made from grain, esp whisky
- corpocracy — a corporate bureaucracy.
- corporally — of the human body; bodily; physical: corporal suffering.
- cortically — Anatomy. of, pertaining to, resembling, or consisting of cortex.
- corybantic — frenzied; agitated; unrestrained.
- corydaline — an alkaloid, C22H27NO4, that is found in the roots of certain plants of the genus Corydalis
- coryphaeus — (in ancient Greek drama) the leader of the chorus
- cosmic ray — a radiation of high penetrating power that originates in outer space and consists partly of high-energy atomic nuclei.
- cosmolatry — the worship of the cosmos
- cotylosaur — any of various members of the extinct order of primitive and massive reptiles known as Cotylosauria, which lived between the Carboniferous and Triassic ages
- countryman — Your countrymen are people from your own country.
- courantyne — a river in N South America, rising in S Guyana and flowing north to the Atlantic, forming the boundary between Guyana and Surinam. Length: 765 km (475 miles)
- courtyards — Plural form of courtyard.
- craniology — the branch of science concerned with the shape and size of the human skull, esp with reference to variations between different races
- craniotomy — any surgical incision into the skull, esp to expose the brain for neurosurgery
- crazy bone — funny bone
- crazy golf — a putting game in which the ball has to be played via various obstacles
- cryostasis — the deep-freezing of human bodies or other organisms at death; cryonics.
- cryostatic — of or relating to a cryostat
- cryptogams — Plural form of cryptogam.
- cryptogamy — the state of being a cryptogam
- cryptogram — a secret symbol
- crystallo- — crystal
- cuckoo ray — a fish, Raja naevus
- cunctatory — prone to delaying
- cyanometer — an instrument used for measuring the blueness of the sky
- cyathiform — shaped like a drinking glass or cup, with a wider upper section
- cyclograph — Arcograph.
- cycloramas — Plural form of cyclorama.
- cycloramic — a pictorial representation, in perspective, of a landscape, battle, etc., on the inner wall of a cylindrical room or hall, viewed by spectators occupying a position in the center.
- cyclosarin — Cyclohexyl methylphosphonofluoridate, an extremely toxic substance used as a chemical weapon.
- cystocarps — Plural form of cystocarp.
- cystograms — Plural form of cystogram.
- czarocracy — A Government headed by a czar or a similar autocrat.
- dedicatory — of or as a dedication
- detractory — (now rare) That detracts from something; disparaging, depreciatory.
- dichromacy — The quality of having two independent channels for conveying color information in the eye.
- dichromasy — Alternative spelling of dichromacy.
- dictionary — (as modifier)
- doulocracy — Government by slaves.
- dyschromia — Abnormal alteration of the color of the skin or nails.