10-letter words containing c, y
- cryoscopes — Plural form of cryoscope.
- cryoscopic — Chemistry. a technique for determining the molecular weight of a substance by dissolving it and measuring the freezing point of the solution.
- cryosphere — All those areas of the Earth where the surface is frozen.
- cryostasis — the deep-freezing of human bodies or other organisms at death; cryonics.
- cryostatic — of or relating to a cryostat
- crypto-jew — a member of a Jewish community who secretly practices Judaism while officially converting, under duress, to either Christianity or Islam.
- cryptogams — Plural form of cryptogam.
- cryptogamy — the state of being a cryptogam
- cryptogram — a secret symbol
- cryptology — the study of secret codes or ciphers and the devices used to create and decipher them
- cryptopine — a poisonous alkaloid, C21H23NO5, found in opium
- cryptozoic — of or relating to that part of geological time represented by rocks in which the evidence of life is slight and the life forms are primitive; pre-Phanerozoic
- cryptozoon — an extinct genus of algae from Precambrian and Cambrian times, forming irregularly hemispherical fossil colonies composed of layers of limy precipitate.
- crystalise — Alternative spelling of from=non-Oxford British spelling.
- crystalize — (rare) alternative spelling of crystallize.
- crystallo- — crystal
- cubby-hole — A cubby-hole is a very small room or space for storing things.
- cubbyholes — Plural form of cubbyhole.
- cuckoo ray — a fish, Raja naevus
- cuddly toy — a soft toy, such as a teddy bear
- culdoscopy — Endoscopy of the female pelvic organs by way of the vagina.
- culinarily — of, relating to, or used in cooking or the kitchen.
- culturally — of or relating to culture or cultivation.
- cumbrously — In a cumbrous manner.
- cunctatory — prone to delaying
- curability — capable of being cured.
- curiousity — Misspelling of curiosity.
- curly palm — a feather palm, Howea belmoreana, of Lord Howe Island, having plumy leaves about 7 feet (2.1 meter) long.
- curry leaf — a shrub or tree, Murraya koenigii, of India and Sri Lanka.
- curry puff — (in eastern cookery) a type of pie or pasty consisting of a pastry case containing curried meat and vegetables
- currycombs — Plural form of currycomb.
- curtseying — Present participle of curtsey.
- cutability — the portion of saleable lean meat on a carcass
- cutesy pie — darling; sweetheart; sweetie (often used as a term of endearment).
- cutesy-poo — embarrassingly or sickeningly cute.
- cutty sark — a three-masted merchant clipper built in Dumbarton, Scotland in 1869, now kept as a museum ship at Greenwich, London; badly damaged by a fire in 2007; restored then reopened in 2012
- cyanogenic — having the capability to generate or produce cyanide
- cyanometer — an instrument used for measuring the blueness of the sky
- cyanopathy — (medicine) A disease in which the surface of the body turns blue, usually arising from a malformation of the heart, which causes an imperfect arterialization of the blood.
- cyanophyta — a phylum, or subkingdom, in the kingdom Monera, comprising the blue-green algae.
- cyanophyte — a former name for a cyanobacterium
- cyanotypes — Plural form of cyanotype.
- cyathiform — shaped like a drinking glass or cup, with a wider upper section
- cyberbully — someone who uses electronic communication to hurt, persecute or intimidate people
- cyberbunny — (abuse) Someone who knows absolutely nothing about computers and advises people who know absolutely nothing about computers. The term is used mostly on AOL, Prodigy, Compuserve, etc.
- cybercasts — Plural form of cybercast.
- cybercrime — the illegal use of computers and the internet
- cyberdelic — Of or pertaining to a fusion of modern cyberculture with the psychedelic counterculture of the 1960s.
- cyberglove — (hardware, virtual reality) A data glove sold by Virtual Technologies. The spandex-like glove houses 18 sensors to track accurately just about every move your hand is capable of making. The accompanying software includes a three-dimensional hand model that can he added to any virtual reality application. The glove includes a mount for Polhemus and Ascension sensors.
- cybergroup — A group based in cyberspace or on the Internet.