10-letter words containing c, y
- cacography — bad handwriting
- cacotrophy — malnutrition
- cad system — A CAD system is a computer system for designing parts or products before they are manufactured.
- caddicefly — caddisfly.
- caddis fly — any of an order (Trichoptera) of small, mothlike insects with a soft body, long antennae and legs, and two pairs of hairy, membranous wings
- caecostomy — (surgery) An operation involving bringing the caecum through the abdominal wall, most often by a tube, and opening it for drainage or decompression, usually to treat an obstruction of the colon.
- caerphilly — a market town in SE Wales, in Caerphilly county borough: site of the largest castle in Wales (13th–14th centuries). Pop: 31 060 (2001)
- cajolingly — In a cajoling manner.
- caligraphy — Alternative form of calligraphy.
- call money — money loaned by banks and recallable on demand
- calla lily — any southern African plant of the aroid genus Zantedeschia, esp Z. aethiopica, which has a white funnel-shaped spathe enclosing a yellow spadix
- calla-lily — Also called calla lily, arum lily. any of several plants belonging to the genus Zantedeschia, of the arum family, especially Z. aethiopica, having arrow-shaped leaves and a large white spathe enclosing a yellow spike.
- caloricity — Ectothermy.
- calotypist — a person who produces photographs using the calotype process
- calyciform — having the form of a calyx
- calyculate — having a calycule
- camera-shy — Someone who is camera-shy is nervous and uncomfortable about being filmed or about having their photograph taken.
- campimetry — a technique for assessing the central part of the visual field
- canada day — (in Canada) July 1, the anniversary of the day in 1867 when Canada became the first British colony to receive dominion status: a bank holiday
- canada jay — a large common jay of North America, Perisoreus canadensis, with a grey body, and a white-and-black crestless head
- canal rays — rays of positive ions passing through openings in the cathode of a vacuum tube
- candy cane — A candy cane is a stick of red and white candy with a curve at one end.
- candy corn — a small candy shaped and colored to look like a kernel of corn.
- candy pull — a social gathering at which taffy or molasses candy is made.
- candy-coat — sugarcoat (def 2).
- candyfloss — Candyfloss is a large pink or white mass of sugar threads that is eaten from a stick. It is sold at fairs or other outdoor events.
- candytufts — Plural form of candytuft.
- caney fork — a river in central Tennessee, flowing NW to the Cumberland River. 144 miles (232 km) long.
- cankeredly — spitefully or crabbedly
- cannibally — in the manner of a cannibal
- canon city — a town in central Colorado.
- canonicity — the fact or quality of being canonical
- canorously — In a canorous manner.
- canterbury — a late 18th-century low wooden stand with partitions for holding cutlery and plates: often mounted on casters
- capability — If you have the capability or the capabilities to do something, you have the ability or the qualities that are necessary to do it.
- capitulary — any of the collections of ordinances promulgated by the Frankish kings (8th–10th centuries ad)
- capnomancy — divination by observing smoke patterns
- captiously — In a captious manner.
- carbonylic — of, relating to, or characteristic of the carbonyl group.
- carboxylic — containing or pertaining to the carboxyl group or the carboxyl radical
- cardboardy — like cardboard, esp in stiffness, texture, or taste
- cardinally — of prime importance; chief; principal: of cardinal significance.
- cardiology — Cardiology is the study of the heart and its diseases.
- cardiotomy — (surgery) The procedure of making an incision in the heart.
- cardplayer — a person who plays cards
- carelessly — If someone does something carelessly, they do it without much thought or effort.
- carnifying — Present participle of carnify.
- carol city — a town in SE Florida, near Miami.
- carpellary — (botany) Of or pertaining to carpels.
- carphology — the action of grasping at imaginary objects or plucking at one's bed linen, a characteristic of people affected by delirium