10-letter words containing c, y
- necromancy — a method of divination through alleged communication with the dead; black art.
- necrophagy — The eating of dead or decaying animal flesh.
- necrophily — Necrophilia.
- necroscopy — necropsy.
- nectocalyx — the swimming bell of a jellyfish
- negligency — Negligence.
- nematocyst — an organ in coelenterates consisting of a minute capsule containing an ejectable thread that causes a sting.
- neocyanine — a dye used to make photographic emulsions sensitive to infrared radiation.
- neurectomy — the removal of part or all of a nerve.
- neurolytic — Pathology. disintegration of nerve tissue. exhaustion of a nerve by excess stimulation.
- new comedy — Greek comedy arising toward the end of the 4th century b.c. that employed stock characters and plots drawn from contemporary bourgeois life, the formulas of which were adopted by later Roman writers for the comic stage.
- newsagency — a business organization that gathers news for transmittal to its subscribers. Compare press association.
- nice nelly — a prudish or affectedly modest person, who uses euphemisms
- nice-nelly — characterized by prudishness or excessive modesty: The entrance of his nice-nelly friend stopped the flow of risqué stories.
- nickeltype — an electrotype with a deposit of nickel.
- nigromancy — black magic; demonic magic
- nilpotency — The quality of being nilpotent.
- nolichucky — a river in W North Carolina and E Tennessee, flowing NW and W to the French Broad River. 150 miles (241 km) long.
- non-cyclic — revolving or recurring in cycles; characterized by recurrence in cycles.
- non-sticky — having the property of adhering, as glue; adhesive.
- noncountry — a region, administrative entity, or principality that does not have nation or country status
- nondynamic — pertaining to or characterized by energy or effective action; vigorously active or forceful; energetic: the dynamic president of the firm.
- nonfaculty — a position that is not part of an academic faculty
- nonfluency — a lack of fluency
- nonstarchy — Alternative spelling of non-starchy.
- nontypical — not typical; unusual
- nose candy — cocaine.
- notch baby — a person who was born in the U.S. between 1917 and 1921 and as a retiree received lower cost-of-living increases in Social Security than others after Congress readjusted Social Security benefits in 1977.
- noticeably — attracting notice or attention; capable of being noticed: a noticeable lack of interest.
- nyctalopia — night blindness.
- nyctalopic — (medicine) Unable to see clearly in low light; night-blind; suffering from nyctalopia.
- nyctinasty — (botany) The movement of leaves or petals in response to darkness; the closing of a flower at night.
- nyctophile — (zoology) Any of the Australian bats of the genus Nyctophilus.
- obstinancy — (rare) Obstinance; the characteristic of being obstinate.
- ocean city — a town in SE New Jersey.
- oceanicity — the degree to which the climate of a place is influenced by the sea.
- oceanology — the practical application of oceanography.
- ochlocracy — government by the mob; mob rule; mobocracy.
- octaploidy — the fact of having or containing eight groups or sets of chromosomes
- octogenary — (obsolete) Of eighty years of age.
- octogynous — having eight pistils
- oculogyric — (medicine) Pertaining to the rotation of the eyeballs within their orbits.
- office boy — a person, traditionally a boy, employed in an office to run errands, do odd jobs, etc.
- officially — a person appointed or elected to an office or charged with certain duties.
- officialty — the office, jurisdiction, or charge of an official
- old comedy — Greek comedy of the 5th century b.c., which derived from fertility rites in honor of Dionysus and combined robust humor with biting personal and political satire.
- ollycrocks — Plural form of ollycrock.
- only child — sb without siblings
- open-carry — the practice of publicly carrying a gun or other weapon that is fully or partially visible.
- oppugnancy — opposing; antagonistic; contrary.