10-letter words containing c, y
- insurgency — the state or condition of being insurgent.
- intendancy — the office or function of an intendant.
- intendency — intendancy (def 3).
- intercycle — Between cycles.
- inveracity — untruthfulness; mendacity.
- inverclyde — a council area of W central Scotland: created in 1996 from part of Strathclyde region. Administrative centre: Greenock. Pop: 83 050 (2003 est). Area: 162 sq km (63 sq miles)
- inveteracy — the quality or state of being inveterate or deeply ingrained: the inveteracy of people's prejudices.
- invincibly — incapable of being conquered, defeated, or subdued.
- invocatory — the act of invoking or calling upon a deity, spirit, etc., for aid, protection, inspiration, or the like; supplication.
- irenically — In an irenical manner.
- iridectomy — excision of part of the iris.
- ironically — pertaining to, of the nature of, exhibiting, or characterized by irony or mockery: an ironical compliment; an ironical smile.
- irradiancy — Alternative form of irradiance.
- irrhythmic — Having no rhythm.
- isobutyric — Of or pertaining to isobutyric acid or its derivatives.
- isocephaly — (of a composition) having the heads of all figures on approximately the same level.
- isocyanate — a salt or ester of isocyanic acid.
- isocyanide — a compound containing an isocyano group.
- isocyanine — a member of the group of cyanine dyes.
- isodynamic — pertaining to or characterized by equality of force, intensity, or the like.
- isopycnals — Plural form of isopycnal.
- itchy feet — If you have itchy feet, you have a strong desire to leave a place and to travel.
- itinerancy — the act of traveling from place to place.
- jack benny — Jack (Benjamin Kubelsky) 1894–1974, U.S. comedian.
- jack kilby — (person) (1924 - 2005-06-20) The electronics engineer who invented the integrated circuit in 1958 at Texas Instruments.
- jackassery — The foolish or obnoxious behaviour of a jackass.
- jacky howe — (formerly) a sleeveless flannel shirt worn by sheep shearers
- jaculatory — relating to hurling or throwing
- jelly coat — an ovum-produced glycoprotein that causes adhesion of sperm to the ovum; fertilizin.
- jockey box — a glove compartment, especially in a truck.
- jockey cap — a cap with a long visor, worn by jockeys.
- jockeyship — the art or skill of a jockey
- jocularity — the state or quality of being jocular.
- john lynch — John ("Jack") 1917–1999, Irish political leader: prime minister 1966–73, 1977–79.
- johnnycake — a cake or bread made of corn meal and water or milk, usually cooked on a griddle.
- jouysaunce — joy
- jovysaunce — joy
- judicatory — of or relating to judgment or the administration of justice; judiciary: judicatory power.
- judicially — pertaining to judgment in courts of justice or to the administration of justice: judicial proceedings; the judicial system.
- justiciary — of or relating to the administration of justice.
- karmically — In a karmic context.
- karyologic — of or relating to karyology
- karyotypic — Of or pertaining to karyotypes.
- keltically — Celt.
- kelyphitic — as in kelyphitic rim, a mineral shell enclosing another mineral in an igneous rock
- kerygmatic — the preaching of the gospel of Christ, especially in the manner of the early church.
- key escrow — (security) A controversial arrangement where the keys needed to decrypt encrypted data must be held in escrow by a third party so that government agencies can obtain them to decrypt messages which they suspect to be relevant to national security.
- keypunched — Simple past tense and past participle of keypunch.
- keypuncher — A keypunch.
- keypunches — Plural form of keypunch.