9-letter words containing i, d, y
- body mike — a microphone attached to the body
- body-line — denoting or relating to fast bowling aimed at the batsman's body
- body-mike — to equip with a body mike: The star was body-miked, but he was still inaudible.
- bombycoid — relating to moths of the family Bombycidae
- boyfriend — Someone's boyfriend is a man or boy with whom they are having a romantic or sexual relationship.
- brickyard — a place in which bricks are made, stored, or sold
- bridleway — A bridleway is the same as a bridle path.
- bullycide — the act or an instance of killing oneself intentionally as a result of bullying
- by design — If something happens or is done by design, someone does it deliberately, rather than by accident.
- by-bidder — a bidder at an auction who bids up the price of an item for the benefit of a seller
- cacodylic — of, relating to, or characteristic of the cacodyl group.
- caddisfly — any small mothlike insect of the order Trichoptera, having two pairs of hairy wings and aquatic larvae (caddisworms)
- caddishly — in a caddish manner
- callidity — cunning or slyness
- candidacy — Someone's candidacy is their position of being a candidate in an election.
- cardialgy — cardialgia
- caryatids — Plural form of caryatid.
- chairdays — old age, or the point in life when resting in a chair is the most comfortable way of passing time
- chairlady — chairwoman.
- charybdis — a ship-devouring monster in classical mythology, identified with a whirlpool off the north coast of Sicily, lying opposite Scylla on the Italian coast
- chidingly — In a chiding manner.
- chimneyed — Containing chimneys, or a particular type or number of chimney.
- chiropody — Chiropody is the professional treatment and care of people's feet.
- chlamydia — Chlamydia is a sexually-transmitted disease.
- chondrify — to become or convert into cartilage
- chrysalid — of or relating to a chrysalis
- city code — (in Britain) short for City Code on Takeovers and Mergers: a code laid down in 1968 (later modified) to control takeover bids and mergers
- city desk — the department of a newspaper office dealing with financial and commercial news
- city-bred — reared in a city.
- civil day — day (def 3c).
- cnidocyst — a nematocyst.
- codifying — Present participle of codify.
- commodify — to treat (something) inappropriately as if it can be acquired or marketed like other commodities
- commodity — A commodity is something that is sold for money.
- condignly — (especially of a punishment) appropriate.
- condyloid — of or resembling a condyle
- copy-edit — to prepare (copy) for printing by styling, correcting, etc
- copyedits — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of copyedit.
- cordially — courteous and gracious; friendly; warm: a cordial reception.
- cordyline — any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Cordyline that are native to eastern Asia, Australasia, and Polynesia
- corydalis — any erect or climbing plant of the N temperate genus Corydalis, having finely-lobed leaves and spurred yellow or pinkish flowers: family Fumariaceae
- credibley — Misspelling of credibly.
- credulity — Credulity is a willingness to believe that something is real or true.
- cryptadia — a collection of things to be kept hidden
- cyanamide — a white or colourless crystalline soluble weak dibasic acid, which can be hydrolysed to urea. Formula: H2NCN
- cycadeoid — a member of an order of plants with woody stems and tough leaves that became extinct during the Cretaceous period
- cycloidal — Pertaining to or resembling a cycloid; or a circle.
- cylinders — Plural form of cylinder.
- cylindric — Of or relating to cylinders; shaped like a cylinder.
- cymbidium — a genus, Cymbidium, of subtropical and tropical orchids native to Australia and Asia, having boat-shaped showy flowers