8-letter words containing c, r, y
- carry-on — of a size and shape suitable for being carried onto and stowed in the passenger compartment of an airplane: carry-on luggage.
- carryall — A carryall is a large bag made of nylon, canvas, or leather, which you use to carry your clothes and other possessions, for example when you are travelling.
- carrycot — A carrycot is a small bed for babies which has handles so it can be carried.
- carrying — to take or support from one place to another; convey; transport: He carried her for a mile in his arms. This elevator cannot carry more than ten people.
- carryons — Plural form of carryon.
- carryout — designating or of prepared food sold as by a restaurant to be eaten away from the premises
- cartoony — cartoonish
- caryatid — a column, used to support an entablature, in the form of a draped female figure
- catagory — Misspelling of category.
- catchcry — a well-known, frequently used phrase, esp one associated with a particular group, etc
- category — If people or things are divided into categories, they are divided into groups in such a way that the members of each group are similar to each other in some way.
- catenary — the curve assumed by a heavy uniform flexible cord hanging freely from two points. When symmetrical about the y-axis and intersecting it at y = a, the equation is y = a cosh x/a
- cavitary — having or containing cavities
- celerity — rapidity; swiftness; speed
- cemetary — Misspelling of cemetery.
- cemetery — A cemetery is a place where dead people's bodies or their ashes are buried.
- centaury — any Eurasian plant of the genus Centaurium, esp C. erythraea, having purplish-pink flowers and formerly believed to have medicinal properties: family Gentianaceae
- ceremony — A ceremony is a formal event such as a wedding.
- cerotype — a process for preparing a printing plate by engraving a wax-coated copper plate and then using this as a mould for an electrotype
- chaffery — the act of bargaining
- chambery — a city in SE France, in the Alps: skiing centre; former capital of the duchy of Savoy. Pop: 59 188 (2006)
- chambray — a smooth light fabric of cotton, linen, etc, with white weft and a coloured warp
- chancery — In Britain, the Chancery or Chancery Division is the Lord Chancellor's court, which is a division of the High Court of Justice.
- channery — an accumulation of thin, flat, coarse fragments of sandstone, limestone, or schist with diameters up to 6 inches (15 cm): used in Scotland and Ireland for gravel.
- chapelry — the district legally assigned to and served by an Anglican chapel
- charlady — a charwoman
- charlyne — a female given name, form of Caroline.
- charnley — Sir John. 1911–82, British surgeon noted for his invention of an artificial hip joint and his development of hip-replacement surgery
- charpoys — Plural form of charpoy.
- chattery — to talk rapidly in a foolish or purposeless way; jabber.
- chayroot — the root of a chay plant, used to dye textiles a deep-red colour
- cheatery — the act of cheating or deceiving
- cheddary — resembling or pertaining to cheddar cheese
- cheerily — in good spirits; cheerful; happy.
- chemurgy — the branch of chemistry concerned with the industrial use of organic raw materials, esp materials of agricultural origin
- chertsey — a town in S England, in N Surrey on the River Thames. Pop: 10 323 (2001)
- chevrony — showing or displaying chevrons
- chiccory — chicory.
- chickory — Alternative spelling of chicory.
- chiefery — the responsibility and lands belonging to an Irish chief
- chirally — In a chiral manner; exhibiting chirality; like a left- or right-handed spiral.
- chirpily — In a chirpy way.
- chirrupy — chirpy; cheerful.
- chivalry — Chivalry is polite, kind, and unselfish behaviour, especially by men towards women.
- choirboy — A choirboy is a boy who sings in a church choir.
- chorally — of a chorus or a choir: She heads our new choral society.
- choultry — Alternative form of choltry.
- christly — of Jesus Christ; Christlike
- chronaxy — Alternative form of chronaxie.
- chrysler — Walter Percy, 1875–1940, U.S. automobile manufacturer.