5-letter words containing c, y
- lechy — (informal) Like a lech; lecherous, tawdrily lustful.
- lecky — William Edward Hartpole [hahrt-pohl] /ˈhɑrt poʊl/ (Show IPA), 1838–1903, Irish essayist and historian.
- licey — Containing lice (the insect).
- lucky — having or marked by good luck; fortunate: That was my lucky day.
- lycee — a secondary school, especially in France, maintained by the government.
- lycia — an ancient country in SW Asia Minor: later a Roman province.
- lycos — (web) A web index, served by Carnegie Mellon University. It allows you to search on document title and content for a list of keywords. Lycos is probably the biggest such index on the web. By April 1995, the Lycos database contained 2.95 million unique documents. The Lycos database is built by a Web crawler that can bring in 5000 documents per day. The index searches document title, headings, links, and keywords it locates in these documents. The Lycos servers are efficient but overloaded. Failure to connect or "please try later" messages are common.
- lycra — Spandex.
- lynch — to put to death, especially by hanging, by mob action and without legal authority.
- lyric — (of poetry) having the form and musical quality of a song, and especially the character of a songlike outpouring of the poet's own thoughts and feelings, as distinguished from epic and dramatic poetry.
- lytic — of, noting, or pertaining to lysis or a lysin.
- marcy — Mount, a mountain in NE New York: highest peak of the Adirondack Mountains, 5344 feet (1629 meters).
- mccay — Winsor, 1871?–1934, U.S. artist, cartoonist, and animator.
- mccoy — the genuine thing or person as promised, stated, or implied (usually preceded by the or the real): Those other paintings are copies, but this one is the McCoy.
- mckay — Claude, 1890–1948, U.S. author, born in Jamaica: leader in the Harlem Renaissance.
- mercy — compassionate or kindly forbearance shown toward an offender, an enemy, or other person in one's power; compassion, pity, or benevolence: Have mercy on the poor sinner.
- micky — Mickey (def 2).
- mincy — excessively particular or fussy, esp with regards to eating
- mucky — of or like muck.
- myco- — indicating fungus
- nancy — a department in NE France. 2038 sq. mi. (5280 sq. km). Capital: Nancy.
- nicky — a female given name, form of Nicole.
- ochry — ocher.
- octyl — (organic chemistry) Any of very many isomeric univalent hydrocarbon radicals, C8H17, formally derived from octane by the loss of a hydrogen atom.
- oracy — the ability to express oneself in and understand spoken language.
- orczy — Emmuska [em-moo sh-ko] /ˈɛm mʊʃ kɒ/ (Show IPA), Baroness, 1865–1947, English novelist, born in Hungary.
- pacey — fast, full of action
- pecky — spotted with fungi.
- percy — Sir Henry ("Hotspur") 1364–1403, English military and rebel leader.
- piccy — a picture or photograph
- picky — extremely fussy or finicky, usually over trifles.
- pocky — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or covered with pocks.
- pricy — expensive or unduly expensive: a pricey wine.
- psych — to intimidate or frighten psychologically, or make nervous (often followed by out): to psych out the competition.
- pyric — of, relating to, or resulting from burning.
- reccy — (especially in British military use) reconnaissance: a pilot who spent three months on recce.
- ricey — pertaining to, resembling, or containing rice.
- ricky — a male given name, form of Rick.
- rocky — inclined or likely to rock; tottering; shaky; unsteady.
- royce — Josiah, 1855–1916, U.S. philosopher and educator.
- saucy — impertinent; insolent: a saucy remark; a saucy child.
- scaly — covered with or abounding in scales or scale.
- scary — causing fright or alarm.
- scody — unkempt; dirty
- scray — the common tern
- spacy — spaced-out (def 2).
- spicy — seasoned with or containing spice: a spicy salad dressing.
- stacy — a male or female given name.
- sucky — disagreeable; unpleasant.
- sycee — fine uncoined silver in lumps of various sizes usually bearing a banker's or assayer's stamp or mark, formerly used in China as a medium of exchange.