7-letter words containing c, y
- chorley — a town in NW England, in S Lancashire: cotton textiles. Pop: 33 424 (2001)
- choyote — chayote.
- christy — a turn in which the body is swung sharply round with the skis parallel, originating in Norway and used for stopping, slowing down, or changing direction quickly
- chromyl — of, consisting of, or containing the divalent radical CrO2
- chryso- — indicating gold or the colour of gold
- chunkey — A sport or game played by the Cherokee and other Native Americans in the Carolinas, which involved rolling stone disks across the ground and throwing spears at them in an attempt to place the spear as close to the stopped stone as possible.
- churchy — like a church, church service, etc
- chutney — Chutney is a cold sauce made from fruit, vinegar, sugar, and spices. It is sold in jars and you eat it with meat or cheese.
- chylify — to turn into, or produce, chyle
- chylous — (physiology) Consisting of, or similar to, chyle.
- chymify — to form into chyme
- chymist — Obsolete spelling of chemist.
- chytrid — any aquatic fungus of the phylum Chytridiomycota. Some species, esp Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, are fatal to amphibians
- cicelys — a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- ciliary — of or relating to cilia
- cindery — a partially or mostly burned piece of coal, wood, etc.
- ciphony — the process of enciphering audio information to produce encrypted speech
- circusy — Reminiscent of a circus.
- citrusy — having the flavor or smell of lemons, limes, or oranges; tangy, tart, etc.
- city of — a council area in central Scotland, created from part of Lothian region in 1996. Pop: 448 370 (2003 est). Area: 262 sq km (101 sq miles)
- civilly — with civility; politely
- clairty — Misspelling of clarity.
- clarify — To clarify something means to make it easier to understand, usually by explaining it in more detail.
- clarity — The clarity of something such as a book or argument is its quality of being well explained and easy to understand.
- claying — a natural earthy material that is plastic when wet, consisting essentially of hydrated silicates of aluminum: used for making bricks, pottery, etc.
- clayish — Resembling clay.
- claypan — a layer of stiff impervious clay situated just below the surface of the ground, which holds water after heavy rain
- clayton — John Middleton, 1796–1856, U.S. jurist and politician: senator 1829–36, 1845–49, 1853–56; secretary of state 1849–50.
- cleanly — in a fair manner
- clearly — in a clear, distinct, or obvious manner
- clerisy — learned or educated people collectively
- clerkly — of or like a clerk
- cliquey — If you describe a group of people or their behaviour as cliquey, you mean they spend their time only with other members of the group and seem unfriendly towards people who are not in the group.
- clooney — George. born 1961, US film actor; starred in the television series ER (1994–99) and the films The Perfect Storm (2000), Ocean's Eleven (2001), Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002, also directed), Syriana (2005, also directed), and The American (2010)
- closeby — nearby; adjacent; neighboring.
- closely — to put (something) in a position to obstruct an entrance, opening, etc.; shut.
- clovery — relating to clover; covered in clover
- cloying — You use cloying to describe something that you find unpleasant because it is much too sweet, or too sentimental.
- clutchy — (of a person) tending to cling
- clypeus — a cuticular plate on the head of some insects between the labrum and the frons
- clyster — an enema
- clytius — (in the Iliad) a brother of Priam killed by Hercules.
- coalify — to turn into coal
- cockeye — an eye affected with strabismus or one that squints
- cockily — in a cocky manner
- cockney — A cockney is a person who was born in the East End of London.
- cockshy — a target aimed at in throwing games
- cocoyam — either of two food plants of West Africa, the taro or the yantia, both of which have edible underground stems
- cocytus — the river of wailing, a tributary of the Acheron in Hades
- codasyl — Conference On DAta SYstems Languages