9-letter words containing a, c, r, o, y
- chirimoya — cherimoya.
- chromakey — (in colour television) a special effect in which a coloured background can be eliminated and a different background substituted
- clay road — an unsealed and unmetalled road in a rural area
- claymores — Plural form of claymore.
- climatory — Having to do with climate.
- clothyard — (historical) An old unit of measure for cloth, 36 or 37 inches.
- colorably — in a colourable manner
- colorways — Plural form of colorway.
- colourway — one of several different combinations of colours in which a given pattern is printed on fabrics, wallpapers, etc
- columbary — a dovecote
- comradely — If you do something in a comradely way, you are being pleasant and friendly to other people.
- comradery — camaraderie or comradeship
- contranym — A word that has two opposing meanings, such as 'cleave' (“come together” or “split apart”).
- contrasty — (of a photograph or subject) having sharp gradations in tone, esp between light and dark areas
- conybeare — William Daniel. 1787–1857, British geologist. He summarized all that was known about rocks at the time in Outlines of the Geology of England and Wales (1822)
- coparceny — (legal) An equal share of an inheritance.
- copy-read — to work on (copy) as a copyreader.
- copytaker — (esp in a newspaper office) a person employed to type reports as journalists dictate them over the telephone
- cordately — In a cordate form.
- cordially — courteous and gracious; friendly; warm: a cordial reception.
- corivalry — joint or mutual rivalry
- corollary — A corollary of something is an idea, argument, or fact that results directly from it.
- coronally — in a coronal manner
- corydalis — any erect or climbing plant of the N temperate genus Corydalis, having finely-lobed leaves and spurred yellow or pinkish flowers: family Fumariaceae
- cosplayer — One who takes part in cosplay.
- courtyard — A courtyard is an open area of ground which is surrounded by buildings or walls.
- crayoning — Draw with a crayon or crayons.
- crayonist — (dated) An artist who uses crayons.
- crazy top — a disease of cotton, corn, etc., characterized by abnormal branching and small, misshapen leaves in the upper part of the plant, caused by water shortage, organic deficiencies in the soil, or unknown causes.
- crematory — A crematory is the same as a crematorium.
- crossways — crosswise.
- cry havoc — to give the signal for pillage and destruction
- cryobanks — Plural form of cryobank.
- cryocable — a highly conducting electrical cable cooled with a refrigerant such as liquid nitrogen
- cryolathe — an instrument for reshaping the cornea to correct severe nearsightedness or farsightedness: the cornea is removed from the eye, rapidly frozen, reshaped, and reinserted.
- cryostats — Plural form of cryostat.
- cryptogam — (in former plant classification schemes) any organism that does not produce seeds, including algae, fungi, mosses, and ferns
- culpatory — expressing blame
- cupboardy — (rare) Cupboardlike: for example small, fusty or poorly lit.
- customary — Customary is used to describe things that people usually do in a particular society or in particular circumstances.
- cyclorama — a large picture, such as a battle scene, on the interior wall of a cylindrical room, designed to appear in natural perspective to a spectator in the centre
- cymograph — an instrument for tracing the outline of an architectural moulding
- cystocarp — a reproductive body in red algae, developed after fertilization and consisting of filaments bearing carpospores
- cystogram — A diagnostic image produced by cystography.
- cytosmear — (cytology) A sample of cells, in the form of a smear on a microscope slide, that has been stained ready for diagnostic examination.
- dairy cow — a cow which is used to produce milk
- democracy — A democracy is a country in which the people choose their government by voting for it.
- democraty — Obsolete form of democracy.
- democrazy — A democratic system or state considered to be inauthentic or inherently flawed; democracy that has descended into corruption, injustice, or absurdity.
- diachrony — a change over time, esp in languages