11-letter words containing c, a, n, y, o
- brachyodont — (of mammals, such as humans) having teeth with short crowns
- buccinatory — relating to a trumpeter or trumpet playing
- cachinatory — Alternative form of cachinnatory.
- caddy spoon — a small spoon used in taking tea from a storage caddy.
- calcinatory — A vessel used in calcination.
- calypsonian — a performer or writer of calypsos
- calyptrogen — a layer of rapidly dividing cells at the tip of a plant root, from which the root cap is formed. It occurs in grasses and many other plants
- campanology — the art or skill of ringing bells musically
- cancerously — In a cancerous manner; like a cancer; malignant; spreading.
- candy floss — cotton candy.
- candy store — a shop solely or largely selling confectionery
- canonically — pertaining to, established by, or conforming to a canon or canons.
- canyon wind — a nocturnal, down-canyon flow of air caused by the cooling of the canyon walls. Compare valley wind.
- cape colony — the name from 1652 until 1910 of the former Cape Province of South Africa
- car journey — a trip or voyage made by automobile
- carbon copy — If you say that one person or thing is a carbon copy of another, you mean that they look or behave exactly like them.
- carbon-copy — a duplicate of anything written or typed, made by using a photocopier or, formerly, by using carbon paper. Abbreviation: cc. a copy of an email or other electronic document that is sent to one or more people in addition to the primary addressee. Abbreviation: cc.
- carbonylate — to introduce the carbonyl group into (a compound) through chemical reaction
- carcinology — the study of crustaceans
- cardiodynia — pain in the heart region.
- carousingly — in a carousing manner
- carrying-on — unconventional or questionable behaviour
- carson city — a city in W Nevada, capital of the state. Pop: 55 311 (2003 est)
- casey jones — Anson [an-suh n] /ˈæn sən/ (Show IPA), 1798–1858, president of the Republic of Texas.
- cavernously — In a cavernous manner; like a cavern.
- cementatory — possessing the quality to firmly unite or cement
- chalcedonyx — a variety of chalcedony characterized by alternate stripes of black and white
- chancellory — Alternative spelling of chancellery.
- charactonym — a name given to a literary character that is descriptive of a quality or trait of the character.
- chardonnays — Plural form of chardonnay.
- cheap money — money lent at a low rate of interest
- choanocytes — Plural form of choanocyte.
- chronically — constant; habitual; inveterate: a chronic liar.
- chrysarobin — a tasteless odourless powder containing anthraquinone derivatives of araroba, formerly used medicinally to treat chronic skin conditions
- chrysomonad — any golden-yellow to brown freshwater algae of the class Chrysomonadales (phylum Chrysophyta), living singly or in colonies; blooms may color the water brown.
- chymopapain — papain, esp. when injected into a slipped disk to dissolve pain-causing soft cartilage
- clairvoyant — Someone who is believed to be clairvoyant is believed to know about future events or to be able to communicate with dead people.
- clay pigeon — Clay pigeons are discs of baked clay which are thrown into the air by a machine as targets for gun shooting practice.
- clergywoman — a female member of the clergy
- coadjacency — the state of two or more things being adjacent in experience or thought
- coadjuvancy — (rare) cooperation, mutual effort, joint-help.
- coenenchyma — gelatinous material uniting the polyps of an anthozoan colony
- coenzymatic — of or relating to coenzymes
- cognizantly — In a cognizant manner.
- colinearity — the state of being arranged in the same linear sequence
- collenchyma — a strengthening and supporting tissue in plants, consisting of elongated living cells whose walls are thickened with cellulose and pectins
- collinearly — lying in the same straight line.
- colluctancy — (obsolete, rare) A struggle to resist; a striving against; resistance; opposition of nature.
- coloniality — the state or condition of associating in colonies.
- columnarity — the fact or quality of being columnar