9-letter words containing c, y
- crookedly — not straight; bending; curved: a crooked path.
- cross-eye — a turning inwards towards the nose of one or both eyes, caused by abnormal alignment
- cross-ply — (of a motor tyre) having the fabric cords in the outer casing running diagonally to stiffen the sidewalls
- crossways — crosswise.
- crotchety — A crotchety person is bad-tempered and easily irritated.
- crowberry — a low-growing N temperate evergreen shrub, Empetrum nigrum, with small purplish flowers and black berry-like fruit: family Empetraceae
- crowdedly — In a crowded manner.
- crucially — involving an extremely important decision or result; decisive; critical: a crucial experiment.
- cruiseway — a canal used for recreational purposes
- cry havoc — to give the signal for pillage and destruction
- cry quits — to give up a task, fight, etc
- cry uncle — a brother of one's father or mother.
- crybabies — Plural form of crybaby.
- cryobanks — Plural form of cryobank.
- cryocable — a highly conducting electrical cable cooled with a refrigerant such as liquid nitrogen
- cryogenic — of or relating to the production or use of very low temperatures: cryogenic storage.
- cryolathe — an instrument for reshaping the cornea to correct severe nearsightedness or farsightedness: the cornea is removed from the eye, rapidly frozen, reshaped, and reinserted.
- cryometer — a thermometer for measuring low temperatures
- cryometry — The measurement of very low temperatures.
- cryophile — (biology) An organism that thrives at low temperatures.
- cryophyte — an organism, esp an alga or moss, that grows on snow or ice
- cryoprobe — a surgical instrument with an extremely cold tip, used in cryosurgery to destroy tissue
- cryoscope — any instrument used to determine the freezing point of a substance
- cryoscopy — the determination of freezing points, esp for the determination of molecular weights by measuring the lowering of the freezing point of a solvent when a known quantity of solute is added
- cryosleep — (science fiction) A deep sleep during which the body is stored at very cold temperature, to preserve it; cryogenic sleep.
- cryostats — Plural form of cryostat.
- cryptadia — a collection of things to be kept hidden
- cryptical — mysterious in meaning; puzzling; ambiguous: a cryptic message.
- cryptogam — (in former plant classification schemes) any organism that does not produce seeds, including algae, fungi, mosses, and ferns
- cryptonym — a code name or secret name
- crystall- — crystallo-
- cubbyhole — A cubbyhole is a very small room or space for storing things.
- cubically — In a cubic manner.
- cuckoldly — having the qualities of a cuckold
- cuckoldry — the act of making someone's husband a cuckold.
- cullionly — rascally; despicable
- culpatory — expressing blame
- cultishly — In a cultish manner.
- cunningly — skill employed in a shrewd or sly manner, as in deceiving; craftiness; guile.
- cupboardy — (rare) Cupboardlike: for example small, fusty or poorly lit.
- curiosity — Curiosity is a desire to know about something.
- curiously — eager to learn or know; inquisitive.
- curly top — a disease of plants, especially beets, characterized by puckered or cupped leaves and stunting or distortion, caused by a virus, Ruga verrucosans.
- curly-cue — an ornamental, fancy curl or twist, as in a signature.
- curlyhead — a person whose hair is curly.
- currently — at the presenttime; now: She is currently working as a lab technician.
- currishly — In a currish manner; like a cur or knave.
- currycomb — a square comb consisting of rows of small teeth, used for grooming horses
- cursively — In a cursive manner.
- cursorily — going rapidly over something, without noticing details; hasty; superficial: a cursory glance at a newspaper article.