10-letter words containing c, y
- decoy duck — a duck, or an image of one, used to lure other ducks into a trap or within shooting range
- decrassify — to make (something) less crass
- decrepitly — In a decrepit way.
- decrypting — Present participle of decrypt.
- decryption — to decode or decipher.
- decumbency — Decumbence.
- decurrency — the action of flowing downwards
- dedicatory — of or as a dedication
- deficiency — Deficiency in something, especially something that your body needs, is not having enough of it.
- degeneracy — If you refer to the behaviour of a group of people as degeneracy, you mean that you think it is shocking, immoral, or disgusting.
- dejectedly — depressed in spirits; disheartened; low-spirited: The dejected expression on the face of the loser spoiled my victory.
- delectably — delightful; highly pleasing; enjoyable: a delectable witticism.
- delicately — fine in texture, quality, construction, etc.: a delicate lace collar.
- dependancy — the state of being dependent; dependence.
- dependency — A dependency is a country which is controlled by another country.
- despicably — deserving to be despised, or regarded with distaste, disgust, or disdain; contemptible: He was a mean, despicable man, who treated his wife and children badly.
- detachably — in a detachable fashion
- detachedly — in a detached fashion
- detectably — In a way that can be detected.
- detergency — cleansing power
- detractory — (now rare) That detracts from something; disparaging, depreciatory.
- dichromacy — The quality of having two independent channels for conveying color information in the eye.
- dichromasy — Alternative spelling of dichromacy.
- dickeybird — dickey1 (def 4).
- dictionary — (as modifier)
- dictyosome — a Golgi body, esp in a plant cell
- dicynodont — any of various extinct Triassic mammal-like reptiles having a single pair of tusklike teeth
- differency — difference
- difficulty — the fact or condition of being difficult.
- diphyletic — of or relating to a taxonomic group of organisms derived from two separate ancestral lines.
- direct dye — any of a number of dyes that can be applied without the use of a mordant. They are usually azo dyes applied to cotton or rayon from a liquid bath containing an electrolyte such as sodium sulphate
- dirty rice — a Cajun dish of rice cooked with herbs and often chicken livers.
- discectomy — Surgical removal of the whole or a part of an intervertebral disc.
- discreetly — judicious in one's conduct or speech, especially with regard to respecting privacy or maintaining silence about something of a delicate nature; prudent; circumspect.
- discretely — apart or detached from others; separate; distinct: six discrete parts.
- discursory — of or relating to discourse
- diseconomy — a lack of economy.
- disfluency — Pathology. impairment of the ability to produce smooth, fluent speech.
- disparency — (proscribed) A significant discrepancy.
- dissonancy — dissonance.
- distinctly — in a distinct manner; clearly: Speak more distinctly.
- disyllabic — consisting of or pertaining to two syllables.
- divergency — divergence; deviation.
- docibility — the capacity to be taught easily; docility
- docimology — the theory of the art of testing, as in assaying metallic ores
- dodge city — a city in SW Kansas, on the Arkansas River: important frontier town and railhead on the old Santa Fe route.
- doohickeys — Plural form of doohickey.
- doulocracy — Government by slaves.
- down-cycle — business: move downward
- dry fresco — fresco secco.