5-letter words containing c, y
- cetyl — the univalent hexadecyl radical found in some waxes
- chany — Lake, a salt lake in SW Siberia, in the W Russian Federation in Asia. About 1300 sq. mi. (3365 sq. km).
- chary — If you are chary of doing something, you are fairly cautious about doing it.
- chays — chaise; shay.
- chemy — (obsolete) alchemy, chemistry (prior to their being properly distinguished).
- chevy — chivy
- chewy — If food is chewy, it needs to be chewed a lot before it becomes soft enough to swallow.
- chivy — to harass or nag
- choky — involving, caused by, or causing choking
- choly — (informal) cholecystitis.
- chyle — a milky fluid composed of lymph and emulsified fat globules, formed in the small intestine during digestion
- chyme — the thick fluid mass of partially digested food that leaves the stomach
- chynd — cut into chines for cooking
- ciggy — A ciggy is a cigarette.
- cindy — a female given name, form of Cynthia.
- cissy — sissy
- civvy — a civilian
- clary — any of several European plants of the genus Salvia, having aromatic leaves and blue flowers: family Lamiaceae (labiates)
- clays — Plural form of clay.
- cloye — to claw
- cloys — to weary by an excess of food, sweetness, pleasure, etc.; surfeit; satiate.
- cluey — well-informed and adroit
- cluny — a town in E central France: reformed Benedictine order founded here in 910; important religious and cultural centre in the Middle Ages. Pop: 4835 (2006)
- clwyd — a former county in NE Wales, formed in 1974 from Flintshire, most of Denbighshire, and part of Merionethshire; replaced in 1996 by Flintshire, Denbighshire, Wrexham county borough, and part of Conwy county borough
- clyde — a river in S Scotland, rising in South Lanarkshire and flowing northwest to the Firth of Clyde: formerly extensive shipyards. Length: 170 km (106 miles)
- clype — to tell tales; be an informer
- coaly — full of coal
- cobby — stocky
- cocky — Someone who is cocky is so confident and sure of their abilities that they annoy other people.
- colby — a type of mild-tasting hard cheese
- coley — any of various edible fishes, esp the coalfish
- colly — soot or grime, such as coal dust
- comby — resembling a comb
- comfy — A comfy item of clothing, piece of furniture, room, or position is a comfortable one.
- compy — (slang) computer.
- coney — a kind of rabbit or a pika: early term no longer in scientific use
- conky — (of a tree) affected by the conk fungus, which decays the wood
- conny — (UK, dialect) brave; fine; canny.
- conwy — a market town and resort in N Wales, in Conwy county borough on the estuary of the River Conwy: medieval town walls, 13th-century castle. Pop: 3847 (2001)
- cooky — cookie
- cooly — an unskilled laborer, especially formerly in China and India.
- coomy — grimy or sooty
- coony — sharp-witted and shrewd; wily; canny.
- cooty — cootie1 .
- copay — a copayment
- coppy — a small wooden stool
- copsy — having copses
- corby — a town in central England, in N Northamptonshire: designated a new town in 1950. Pop: 49 222 (2001)
- cordy — Of, or like, cord; having cords or cord-like parts.
- corey — the penis