8-letter words containing l, y, c
- chirally — In a chiral manner; exhibiting chirality; like a left- or right-handed spiral.
- chirpily — In a chirpy way.
- chivalry — Chivalry is polite, kind, and unselfish behaviour, especially by men towards women.
- choicely — With care in choosing; with attention to preference.
- choosily — In a choosy manner; pickily.
- choppily — (of the sea, a lake, etc.) forming short, irregular, broken waves.
- chorally — of a chorus or a choir: She heads our new choral society.
- choultry — Alternative form of choltry.
- christly — of Jesus Christ; Christlike
- chrysler — Walter Percy, 1875–1940, U.S. automobile manufacturer.
- chrystal — Obsolete spelling of crystal.
- chubbily — in a chubby way or in the manner of someone who is chubby
- chummily — friendly; intimate; sociable.
- chunkily — In a chunky way.
- churchly — appropriate to, associated with, or suggestive of church life and customs
- chyluria — the presence of chyle in urine
- cinnamyl — a univalent radical of cinnamic compounds
- civility — politeness or courtesy, esp when formal
- clackety — A clacking sound suggesting mechanical motion, as of a railway train.
- clamancy — urgency
- clammily — In a clammy manner.
- classify — To classify things means to divide them into groups or types so that things with similar characteristics are in the same group.
- classily — of high class, rank, or grade; stylish; admirably smart; elegant.
- clattery — (informal) Tending to cause a clatter; noisy and possibly cumbersome.
- clay pit — a pit or mine from which clay is extracted
- claybank — a dull brownish-orange colour
- clayborn — a male given name.
- claylike — a natural earthy material that is plastic when wet, consisting essentially of hydrated silicates of aluminum: used for making bricks, pottery, etc.
- claymore — a large two-edged broadsword used formerly by Scottish Highlanders
- claypans — Plural form of claypan.
- clayware — pottery
- clearway — a stretch of road on which motorists may stop only in an emergency
- clemency — If someone is granted clemency, they are punished less severely than they could be.
- cleruchy — (in the ancient world) a special type of Athenian colony, in which settlers (cleruchs) retained their Athenian citizenship and the community remained a political dependency of Athens
- cleverly — mentally bright; having sharp or quick intelligence; able.
- clinally — Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- clonally — (chiefly, botany) By means of asexual reproduction. (from 20th c.).
- close-by — nearby; adjacent; neighboring.
- cloudily — In a cloudy way.
- clovelly — a village in SW England, in Devon on the Bristol Channel: famous for its steep cobbled streets: tourism, fishing. Pop: 472 (2001)
- clownery — clownish behavior.
- cloyless — not cloying
- cloyment — satiety
- cloysome — having a cloying nature
- clumsily — awkward in movement or action; without skill or grace: He is very clumsy and is always breaking things.
- clustery — Growing in, or full of, clusters; like clusters.
- cluttery — full of clutter
- clypeate — shaped like a round shield
- clysters — Plural form of clyster.
- coalyard — an enclosed or open area used for the storage of coal