7-letter words containing c, y
- curvity — the state of being curved or bent
- cushily — in a cushy manner
- custody — Custody is the legal right to keep and look after a child, especially the right given to a child's mother or father when they get divorced.
- cutaway — In a film or video, a cutaway or a cutaway shot is a picture that shows something different from the main thing that is being shown.
- cutlery — Cutlery consists of the knives, forks, and spoons that you eat your food with.
- cy pres — the doctrine that the intention of a donor or testator should be carried out as closely as practicable when literal compliance is impossible
- cyanate — any salt or ester of cyanic acid, containing the ion –OCN or the group –OCN
- cyanide — Cyanide is a highly poisonous substance.
- cyanine — a blue dye used to extend the sensitivity of photographic emulsions to colours other than blue and ultraviolet
- cyanite — kyanite
- cyanize — to turn into cyanide
- cyathus — an ancient measure of wine equivalent to approximately one twelfth of a pint
- cyborgs — Plural form of cyborg.
- cycasin — a glucoside occurring in cycads, toxic and carcinogenic to mammals
- cyclase — an enzyme that acts as a catalyst in the formation of a cyclic compound
- cyclery — a business dealing in bicycles and bicycle accessories
- cycling — any complete round or series of occurrences that repeats or is repeated.
- cyclise — to cause cyclization.
- cyclist — A cyclist is someone who rides a bicycle, or is riding a bicycle.
- cyclize — to cause (a compound) to undergo cyclization
- cycloid — resembling a circle
- cyclone — A cyclone is a violent tropical storm in which the air goes round and round.
- cyclops — one of a race of giants having a single eye in the middle of the forehead, encountered by Odysseus in the Odyssey
- cygnets — Plural form of cygnet.
- cygnine — (zoology) Being of the genus Cygnus (swan), within subfamily Anserinae of the family Anatidae, though sometimes considered a distinct subfamily, Cygninae.
- cymaise — a pewter wine jar having a spout, a fixed handle on the side opposite the spout, and a bail for carrying.
- cymatia — cymatium.
- cymatic — (physics) Of or pertaining to cymatics.
- cymbals — Plural form of cymbal.
- cymling — a type of squash with scalloped edges and creamy-white flesh
- cynical — If you describe someone as cynical, you mean they believe that people always act selfishly.
- cynipid — (zoology) Any member of the Cynipidae.
- cynthia — a feminine name: dim. Cindy
- cynwulf — Cynewulf.
- cyperus — Any sedge of genus Cyperus.
- cyphers — Plural form of cypher.
- cypress — A cypress or a cypress tree is a type of conifer.
- cyprian — of or relating to Cyprus
- cyprine — a type of silicate mineral
- cypriot — Cypriot means belonging or relating to Cyprus, or to its people or culture.
- cypsela — the dry one-seeded fruit of the daisy and related plants, which resembles an achene but is surrounded by a calyx sheath
- cystine — a sulphur-containing amino acid present in proteins: yields two molecules of cysteine on reduction. Formula: HOOCCH(NH2)CH2SSCH2CH(NH2)COOH
- cystoid — resembling a cyst or bladder
- cystoma — a cystic tumor.
- cystose — Containing, or resembling, a cyst or cysts; cystic; bladdery.
- cythera — a Greek island off the SE coast of the Peloponnese: in ancient times a centre of the worship of Aphrodite. Pop: 3354 (2001). Area: about 285 sq km (110 sq miles)
- cytisus — any of a member of a diverse genus of fragrant plants of the family Fabaceae, native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa, and having brightly coloured flowers
- cytosis — (pathology) An abnormal increase in the number of a specified type of cells.
- cytosol — the solution of proteins and metabolites inside a biological cell, in which the organelles are suspended
- cyzicus — an ancient Greek colony in NW Asia Minor on the S shore of the Sea of Marmara: site of Alcibiades' naval victory over the Peloponnesians (410 bc)