7-letter words containing c, r, y, i
- hickory — any of several North American trees belonging to the genus Carya, of the walnut family, certain species of which bear edible nuts or yield a valuable wood. Compare pecan, shagbark.
- ischury — (medicine) A retention or suppression of urine.
- lycoris — any of several bulbous plants belonging to the genus Lycoris, of the amaryllis family, native to eastern Asia, bearing clustered, variously colored flowers that appear after the leaves have faded and disappeared.
- lyrical — (of poetry) having the form and musical quality of a song, and especially the character of a songlike outpouring of the poet's own thoughts and feelings, as distinguished from epic and dramatic poetry.
- lyricon — a musical instrument played by blowing into a mouthpiece, with the notes being modulated by a synthesizer
- mercify — (obsolete, rare, transitive) To have mercy on; to pity. (16th-19th c.).
- mickery — a waterhole, esp in a dry riverbed
- micrify — to make small or insignificant.
- mimicry — the act, practice, or art of mimicking.
- oriency — the state of having an iridescent lustre
- picardy — a region in N France: formerly a province.
- pickery — petty theft
- piscary — Law. the right or privilege of fishing in particular waters.
- pricily — in a pricey manner
- prickly — full of or armed with prickles.
- primacy — the state of being first in order, rank, importance, etc.
- privacy — the state of being apart from other people or concealed from their view; solitude; seclusion: Please leave the room and give me some privacy.
- pyloric — the opening between the stomach and the duodenum.
- pyretic — of, pertaining to, affected by, or producing fever.
- pyridic — relating to pyridine
- pyritic — a very common brass-yellow mineral, iron disulfide, FeS 2 , with a metallic luster, burned to sulfur dioxide in the manufacture of sulfuric acid: chemically similar to marcasite, but crystallizing in the isometric system.
- pyrrhic — of, relating to, or resembling Pyrrhus, king of Epirus, or his costly victory.
- pyruvic — of or derived from pyruvic acid.
- rectify — to make, put, or set right; remedy; correct: He sent them a check to rectify his account.
- rickety — likely to fall or collapse; shaky: a rickety chair.
- ryswick — a town in SW Netherlands, near The Hague: Treaty of Ryswick 1697.
- sacrify — to offer a sacrifice or offer (something) as a sacrifice
- satyric — Classical Mythology. one of a class of woodland deities, attendant on Bacchus, represented as part human, part horse, and sometimes part goat and noted for riotousness and lasciviousness.
- scarify — to make scratches or superficial incisions in (the skin, a wound, etc.), as in vaccination.
- scarily — in a scary or frightening manner
- scorify — to subject to scorification.
- scrimpy — scanty; meager; barely adequate.
- scrying — to use divination to discover hidden knowledge or future events, especially by means of a crystal ball.
- spicery — spice.
- tricksy — Also, tricksome. given to tricks; mischievous; playful; prankish.
- tryptic — a proteolytic enzyme of the pancreatic juice, capable of converting proteins into peptone.
- tyronic — a beginner in learning anything; novice.
- vicarly — of, pertaining to, suggesting, or resembling a vicar: vicarly duties; a vicarly manner.
- viceroy — a person appointed to rule a country or province as the deputy of the sovereign: the viceroy of India.
- victory — a success or triumph over an enemy in battle or war.
- yuckier — Comparative form of yucky.