8-letter words containing c, o, y
- jocundly — In a jocund manner.
- joystick — Informal. the control stick of an airplane, tank, or other vehicle.
- kyphotic — Relating to, or exhibiting, kyphosis.
- lipocyte — fat cell.
- locality — a place, spot, or district, with or without reference to things or persons in it or to occurrences there: They moved to another locality.
- loch tay — a lake in central Scotland, in Stirling council area. Length: 23 km (14 miles)
- lock bay — a broadened section of a canal before the gates of a lock.
- lockaway — an investment intended to be held for a relatively long time
- locutory — locutorium.
- louchely — in an oblique or shifty manner
- lycaonia — an ancient country in S Asia Minor: later a Roman province.
- lycopene — a red crystalline substance, C 40 H 56 , that is the main pigment of certain fruits, as the tomato and paprika, and is a precursor to carotene in plant biosynthesis.
- lycopsid — Any primitive plant of the division Lycopodiophyta.
- maccaboy — a kind of snuff, usually rose-scented.
- macintoy — /mak'in-toy/ The Apple Macintosh, considered as a toy. Less pejorative than Macintrash.
- maconchy — Dame Elizabeth, married name Elizabeth LeFanu. 1907–94, British composer of Irish parentage; noted esp for her chamber music, which includes 13 string quartets and Romanza (1980) for viola and ensemble
- meiocyte — a cell that divides by meiosis to produce four haploid spores (meiospores)
- molybdic — of or containing molybdenum, especially in the trivalent or hexavalent states, as molybdic acid, H 2 MoO 4 .
- monarchy — a state or nation in which the supreme power is actually or nominally lodged in a monarch. Compare absolute monarchy, limited monarchy.
- monocopy — (genetics) Describing any gene that has a copy number of one.
- monocyte — a large, circulating white blood cell, formed in bone marrow and in the spleen, that ingests large foreign particles and cell debris.
- mordancy — the quality of being mordant; sharpness.
- morrocoy — A red-footed tortoise, of the species Chelonoidis carbonaria, from the West Indies.
- mucosity — The state of being mucous.
- mycetoma — a chronic tumorous infection caused by any of various soil-dwelling fungi, usually affecting the foot.
- mycology — the branch of biology dealing with fungi.
- mycostat — a substance or preparation that prevents or inhibits the growth of molds.
- myocytes — Plural form of myocyte.
- myogenic — originating in muscle, as an impulse or sensation.
- myologic — (medicine) Of or pertaining to the study of muscles or muscle tissue.
- myomancy — a form of divination by observing mice
- myoscope — an instrument for observing muscular contraction.
- myotonic — Of or pertaining to myotonia.
- myrmeco- — ant
- myxocyte — one of the stellate or polyhedral cells in mucous tissue
- nancyboy — (slang, derogatory) An effeminate or homosexual man.
- neckyoke — A yoke which touches or surrounds the carrier's neck, rather then just resting on the shoulders.
- necropsy — the examination of a body after death; autopsy.
- neocracy — Government by the new or inexperienced.
- neomycin — an antibiotic produced by an actinomycete, Streptomyces fradiae, administered orally or locally, used chiefly for skin, urinary tract, and eye infections and as a surgical antiseptic.
- nocently — in a nocent manner; harmfully
- noctuary — a journal of what happens in the night
- nomarchy — one of the provinces into which modern Greece is divided.
- noncyber — Not cyber; noncomputer.
- nonlyric — (of poetry) not in a lyric style
- normalcy — the quality or condition of being normal, as the general economic, political, and social conditions of a nation; normality: After months of living in a state of tension, all yearned for a return to normalcy.
- obduracy — the state or quality of being obdurate.
- occultly — In an occult manner.
- octalogy — (rare) # A set of eight works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as eight individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
- octapody — (in poetic metre) a line, stanza, or piece of poetic writing that contains eight feet