10-letter words containing c, y
- gunnysacks — Plural form of gunnysack.
- gymnastics — (used with a plural verb) gymnastic exercises.
- gynarchies — Plural form of gynarchy.
- gynecocrat — gynarchy.
- gynecology — the branch of medical science that deals with the health maintenance and diseases of women, especially of the reproductive organs. Abbreviation: GYN, gyn.
- gyneocracy — Alternative form of gynecocracy.
- gyniatrics — the branch of medicine dealing with the treatment of women's diseases
- gynocratic — Pertaining to government by women.
- gynophilic — Woman-loving.
- gynophobic — relating to a dread or hatred of women
- gyrfalcons — Plural form of gyrfalcon.
- gyrocopter — autogiro.
- gyroscopes — Plural form of gyroscope.
- gyroscopic — an apparatus consisting of a rotating wheel so mounted that its axis can turn freely in certain or all directions, and capable of maintaining the same absolute direction in space in spite of movements of the mountings and surrounding parts: used to maintain equilibrium, determine direction, etc.
- gyrostatic — the science that deals with the laws of rotating bodies.
- hackeysack — A non-competition sport in which a small sack, or
- hackle fly — an artificial fly made with hackles, usually without wings.
- hackneying — Present participle of hackney.
- hackneyman — a man who rents out carriages and horses
- hacky sack — (lowercase) a game in which a footbag is juggled with the feet.
- haemolytic — of or relating to the disintegration of red blood cells
- hagiocracy — government by a body of persons esteemed as holy.
- halcyonian — calm; peaceful; tranquil: halcyon weather.
- half-crazy — somewhat crazy or insane
- halophytic — Growing well under salty conditions.
- hand-carry — to carry or deliver by hand, as for security reasons: The ambassador hand-carried a message from the president.
- handy-pack — a pack of a product that is useful or convenient in some way, because, for example, it is easy to transport, or because it contains a variety of flavours, colours, etc
- haptically — By means of touch.
- hard candy — candy, often fruit flavored, made by boiling together sugar and corn syrup.
- hectically — characterized by intense agitation, excitement, confused and rapid movement, etc.: The week before the trip was hectic and exhausting.
- heliacally — In a heliacal manner.
- hematocyst — a cyst containing blood.
- hematocyte — hemocyte.
- hemicycles — Plural form of hemicycle.
- hemocyanin — a blue, copper-containing respiratory pigment in the plasma of many invertebrates.
- henpeckery — the state of being harassed or tormented through henpecking
- hepatocyte — a cell of the main tissue of the liver; liver cell.
- hermatypic — reef-building coral.
- heroically — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
- heterarchy — (uncountable) The rule of an alien; rule from without; government by an extraterritorial power.
- heterocyst — one of the enlarged nitrogen-fixing cells occurring along the filaments in some blue-green algae.
- hexahydric — (especially of alcohols and phenols) hexahydroxy.
- hierocracy — rule or government by priests or ecclesiastics.
- hieromancy — divination through studying objects offered in sacrifice
- hieronymic — of or relating to St. Jerome.
- himyaritic — of or relating to the Himyarites and to the remains of their civilization.
- histiocyte — A stationary phagocytic cell present in connective tissue.
- hockey mom — a mother who spends much time driving her children to hockey rinks, watching their games, and encouraging their participation in the sport: Hockey moms are made of tough stuff.
- hollyhocks — Plural form of hollyhock.
- holophytic — (of a plant) obtaining energy by synthesizing inorganic substances; autotrophic.