6-letter words containing c, o, y
- echoey — (of a sound) That echoes.
- ectomy — (medicine) Any operation involving surgical excision or removal.
- flocky — like or characterized by flocks or tufts; flocculent.
- glyco- — indicating sugar
- glycol — Also called ethylene glycol, ethylene alcohol. a colorless, sweet liquid, C 2 H 6 O 2 , used chiefly as an automobile antifreeze and as a solvent.
- hockey — ice hockey.
- idiocy — utterly senseless or foolish behavior; a stupid or foolish act, statement, etc.: All this talk of zombies coming to attack us is pure idiocy.
- incony — fine; delicate; pretty
- jockey — a person who rides horses professionally in races.
- jouncy — Bumpy or bouncy.
- lycaon — a king of Arcadia said to have offered Zeus a plate of human flesh to learn whether the god was omniscient
- mccloy — John Jay, 1895–1989, U.S. lawyer, banker, and government official.
- mycol. — mycological
- mycose — Trehalose.
- mycota — an alternative taxonomic name for the kingdom Fungi.
- myopic — Ophthalmology. pertaining to or having myopia; nearsighted.
- myotic — pertaining to or producing miosis.
- nicoya — Gulf of, an arm of the Pacific Ocean on the NW coast of Costa Rica.
- notchy — an angular or V -shaped cut, indentation, or slit in an object, surface, or edge.
- nycto- — nycti-
- occamy — a metallic alloy that simulates the precious metals silver and gold
- occupy — to take or fill up (space, time, etc.): I occupied my evenings reading novels.
- odylic — od.
- onycha — a part of a marine mollusc used as an ingredient in Mosaic incense
- oocyst — the encysted zygotic stage in the life cycle of some sporozoans.
- oocyte — an immature egg cell of the animal ovary; in humans, one oocyte matures during the menstrual cycle, becoming an ootid and then an ovum, while several others partially mature and then disintegrate.
- outcry — a strong and usually public expression of protest, indignation, or the like.
- phyco- — seaweed
- poachy — (of land) slushy; swampy.
- pochay — to transport by post-chaise
- policy — a definite course of action adopted for the sake of expediency, facility, etc.: We have a new company policy.
- poncey — If you say that someone or something is poncey, you mean you do not like them because they are too feminine or artistic.
- pouchy — possessing or resembling a pouch: pouchy folds under the eyes.
- psycho — a psychopathic or psychotic person.
- pycno- — indicating thickness or density
- recopy — an imitation, reproduction, or transcript of an original: a copy of a famous painting.
- scotty — (often lowercase) Informal. a Scot; Scotsman or Scotswoman.
- scyros — a Greek island in the W Aegean: the largest island of the Northern Sporades. 81 sq. mi. (210 sq. km).
- sicyon — an ancient city in S Greece, near Corinth.
- stocky — of solid and sturdy form or build; thick-set and, usually, short.
- syncom — one of a series of experimental communications satellites that were the first to be placed in geostationary orbit.
- synroc — a titanium-ceramic substance that can incorporate nuclear waste in its crystals
- torchy — of, relating to, or characteristic of a torch song or a torch singer.
- touchy — apt to take offense on slight provocation; irritable: He is very touchy when he's sick.
- tycoon — a person of great wealth, influence, or power; magnate: a business tycoon; a political tycoon.
- wicopy — the leatherwood, Dirca palustris.
- yapock — Alternative spelling of yapok.
- yocto- — one septillionth part of; the factor 10-24
- yoicks — Used by fox hunters to urge on the hounds.
- zydeco — a blues-influenced type of Cajun dance music popular in Louisiana and Texas, and usually played on accordion, guitar, and violin.