7-letter words containing c, y
- lyncher — to put to death, especially by hanging, by mob action and without legal authority.
- lynches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lynch.
- lynchet — a terrace or ridge formed in prehistoric or medieval times by ploughing a hillside
- lyrical — (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.
- lyricon — a musical instrument played by blowing into a mouthpiece, with the notes being modulated by a synthesizer
- macsyma — Project MAC's SYmbolic MAnipulator. The first comprehensive symbolic mathematics system, written in Lisp by Joel Moses <[email protected]> of MIT in 1969, later Symbolics, Inc. Versions include Symbolics Macsyma, DOE Maxima (ANL, in Common LISP) and Vaxima.
- malachy — Saint. 1094–1148, Irish prelate; he became Archbishop of Armagh (1132) and founded (1142) the first Cistercian abbey in Ireland. Feast day: Nov 3
- maracay — a city in NE Venezuela, SW of Caracas.
- masculy — covered with mascles
- mauchly — John William, 1907–80, U.S. physicist and coinventor of the ENIAC, the first electronic computer 1946.
- maybeck — Bernard, 1862–1957, U.S. architect.
- mayence — French name of Mainz.
- mchenry — a town in NE Illinois.
- mcnally — Terrance, born 1938, U.S. playwright.
- mediacy — the state of being mediate.
- menschy — Upstanding; having integrity and responsibility.
- mercery — a mercer's shop.
- mercify — (obsolete, rare, transitive) To have mercy on; to pity. (16th-19th c.).
- mercury — Chemistry. a heavy, silver-white, highly toxic metallic element, the only one that is liquid at room temperature; quicksilver: used in barometers, thermometers, pesticides, pharmaceutical preparations, reflecting surfaces of mirrors, and dental fillings, in certain switches, lamps, and other electric apparatus, and as a laboratory catalyst. Symbol: Hg; atomic weight: 200.59; atomic number: 80; specific gravity: 13.546 at 20°C; freezing point: −38.9°C; boiling point: 357°C.
- mickery — a waterhole, esp in a dry riverbed
- mickeys — Plural form of mickey.
- micrify — to make small or insignificant.
- mimicry — the act, practice, or art of mimicking.
- minicoy — southernmost island of the Lakshadweep territory, India, off the SW coast of India
- miscopy — to copy incorrectly: to miscopy an address.
- mockery — ridicule, contempt, or derision.
- mockney — a person who affects a cockney accent
- monoecy — Biology. having both male and female organs in the same individual; hermaphroditic.
- morocoy — Alternative form of morrocoy.
- muckily — In a mucky way.
- muscovy — Also called Grand Duchy of Muscovy. a principality founded c1271 and centered on the ancient city of Moscow. Its rulers gradually gained control over the neighboring Great Russian principalities and established the Russian Empire under the czars.
- myalgic — Pertaining to myalgia.
- mycelia — Plural form of mycelium.
- mycella — a blue-veined Danish cream cheese, less strongly flavoured than Danish blue
- mycenae — an ancient city in S Greece, in Argolis: important ruins.
- mycetes — a collective term for fungi, esp microscopic pathogenic fungi
- myceto- — fungus
- mycoses — Plural form of mycosis.
- mycosis — the presence of parasitic fungi in or on any part of the body.
- mycotic — of, relating to, or caused by a fungus.
- myocyte — a contractile cell, especially an elongated cell in sponges that forms a sphincter around body openings.
- myrcene — (organic compound) An olefinic natural organic compound, a hydrocarbon and monoterpene, important in perfumery.
- myspace — (Internet) One's profile on the MySpace website.
- mystics — Plural form of mystic.
- nectary — Botany. an organ or part that secretes nectar.
- newyacc — A parser generator by Jack Callahan <[email protected]>. Version 1.0.
- nicolay — John George, 1832–1901, U.S. biographer.
- noyance — a nuisance; a source of annoyance
- nymphic — relating to a nymph
- o'casey — Sean [shawn,, shahn] /ʃɔn,, ʃɑn/ (Show IPA), 1880–1964, Irish playwright.