9-letter words containing c, a, d, y
- chlamydes — Plural form of chlamys.
- chlamydia — Chlamydia is a sexually-transmitted disease.
- chrysalid — of or relating to a chrysalis
- civil day — day (def 3c).
- class day — a day during the commencement season on which the members of the graduating class in U.S. colleges and schools celebrate the completion of their course with special ceremonies.
- clay road — an unsealed and unmetalled road in a rural area
- cleareyed — having clear eyes or vision
- clepsydra — an ancient device for measuring time by the flow of water or mercury through a small aperture
- clothyard — (historical) An old unit of measure for cloth, 36 or 37 inches.
- clydebank — a town in W Scotland, in West Dunbartonshire on the north bank of the River Clyde. Pop: 29 858 (2001)
- comradely — If you do something in a comradely way, you are being pleasant and friendly to other people.
- comradery — camaraderie or comradeship
- condyloma — a skin tumour near the anus or genital organs, esp as a result of syphilis
- copy-read — to work on (copy) as a copyreader.
- cordately — In a cordate form.
- cordially — courteous and gracious; friendly; warm: a cordial reception.
- corydalis — any erect or climbing plant of the N temperate genus Corydalis, having finely-lobed leaves and spurred yellow or pinkish flowers: family Fumariaceae
- courtyard — A courtyard is an open area of ground which is surrounded by buildings or walls.
- crawdaddy — crawdad.
- crazyweed — locoweed
- cryptadia — a collection of things to be kept hidden
- cupboardy — (rare) Cupboardlike: for example small, fusty or poorly lit.
- curlyhead — a person whose hair is curly.
- cyanamide — a white or colourless crystalline soluble weak dibasic acid, which can be hydrolysed to urea. Formula: H2NCN
- cyberwand — (hardware, virtual reality) A virtual reality controller. The CyberWand costs $99, or $765 with optional Polhemus sensor. It is basically the handle of a flight control system without the base. The controller's four buttons and 2-D hat sensor track six degrees of movement.
- cycadeoid — a member of an order of plants with woody stems and tough leaves that became extinct during the Cretaceous period
- cycloidal — Pertaining to or resembling a cycloid; or a circle.
- cystidean — any one of the order of fossil echinoderms Cystidea
- cytocidal — capable of killing cells.
- dactylics — Plural form of dactylic.
- dactylist — someone who writes poetry in dactyls
- dairy cow — a cow which is used to produce milk
- daly city — city in W Calif.: suburb of San Francisco: pop. 104,000
- day coach — an ordinary railroad passenger car, as distinguished from a sleeping car, parlor car, or other deluxe accommodations.
- day-clean — the time after first dawn when the sun begins to shine; clear daybreak
- daybeacon — an unlighted navigational beacon used as a daymark.
- daycation — a day trip to a resort, hotel, etc that does not involve staying the night
- daycentre — a building used for daycare or other welfare services
- de lancey — James, 1703–60, American jurist and politician in New York.
- deacidify — to render (a substance) less acidic
- decadency — the act or process of falling into an inferior condition or state; deterioration; decay: Some historians hold that the fall of Rome can be attributed to internal decadence.
- decalcify — to remove calcium or lime from (bones, teeth, etc)
- decastyle — a portico consisting of ten columns
- decayless — having no tendency to decay
- decennary — decade (sense 2)
- decimally — by tens
- 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