9-letter words containing c, o, y
- cryoscopy — the determination of freezing points, esp for the determination of molecular weights by measuring the lowering of the freezing point of a solvent when a known quantity of solute is added
- cryosleep — (science fiction) A deep sleep during which the body is stored at very cold temperature, to preserve it; cryogenic sleep.
- cryostats — Plural form of cryostat.
- cryptogam — (in former plant classification schemes) any organism that does not produce seeds, including algae, fungi, mosses, and ferns
- cryptonym — a code name or secret name
- cubbyhole — A cubbyhole is a very small room or space for storing things.
- cuckoldly — having the qualities of a cuckold
- cuckoldry — the act of making someone's husband a cuckold.
- cullionly — rascally; despicable
- culpatory — expressing blame
- cupboardy — (rare) Cupboardlike: for example small, fusty or poorly lit.
- curiosity — Curiosity is a desire to know about something.
- curiously — eager to learn or know; inquisitive.
- curly top — a disease of plants, especially beets, characterized by puckered or cupped leaves and stunting or distortion, caused by a virus, Ruga verrucosans.
- currycomb — a square comb consisting of rows of small teeth, used for grooming horses
- cursorily — going rapidly over something, without noticing details; hasty; superficial: a cursory glance at a newspaper article.
- customary — Customary is used to describe things that people usually do in a particular society or in particular circumstances.
- cyanotype — a process of photographic printing, used chiefly in copying architectural and mechanical drawings, that produces a blue line on a white background.
- cyberbook — (science fiction) A digital or electronic equivalent of a book.
- cybergoth — (uncountable) A subculture combining elements of goth and rave culture, typically involving energetic electronic music and brightly coloured, futuristic clothing.
- cyberporn — any pornography accessible online or on the internet
- cybershop — Purchase or shop for goods and services on a website.
- cybersoul — The supposed equivalent of a soul in cyberspace.
- cycadeoid — a member of an order of plants with woody stems and tough leaves that became extinct during the Cretaceous period
- cyclogiro — an aircraft lifted and propelled by pivoted blades rotating parallel to roughly horizontal transverse axes
- cycloidal — Pertaining to or resembling a cycloid; or a circle.
- cyclolith — a stone circle
- cyclonite — a white crystalline insoluble explosive prepared by the action of nitric acid on hexamethylenetetramine; cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine: used in bombs and shells. Formula: C3H6N6O6
- cyclopean — of, relating to, or resembling the Cyclops
- cyclopian — having only one eye
- 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
- cyclotome — a type of scalpel for performing a cyclotomy.
- cyclotomy — Surgery. incision of the ciliary muscle.
- cyclotron — a type of particle accelerator in which the particles spiral inside two D-shaped hollow metal electrodes placed facing each other under the effect of a strong vertical magnetic field, gaining energy by a high-frequency voltage applied between these electrodes
- cymbiform — having the shape of a boat
- cymograph — an instrument for tracing the outline of an architectural moulding
- cymophane — a yellow or green opalescent variety of chrysoberyl
- cynomolgi — plural form of singular cynomolgus: type of monkey
- cynophile — A person who loves canines; a dog lover.
- cynophobe — A person with cynophobia.
- cynosures — Plural form of cynosure.
- cyphonism — An ancient form of punishment involving a sort of wooden pillory by which the victim's neck was bent or weighed downward.
- cyprinoid — of, relating to, or belonging to the Cyprinoidea, a large suborder of teleost fishes including the cyprinids, characins, electric eels, and loaches
- cystiform — resembling a cyst
- cystocarp — a reproductive body in red algae, developed after fertilization and consisting of filaments bearing carpospores
- cystocele — a hernia of the urinary bladder, esp one protruding into the vagina
- cystogram — A diagnostic image produced by cystography.
- cystolith — a knoblike deposit of calcium carbonate in the epidermal cells of such plants as the stinging nettle
- cystotomy — surgical incision into the gall bladder or urinary bladder
- cytocidal — capable of killing cells.