8-letter words containing n, y
- candyass — a timid or cowardly person; sissy.
- candying — any of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc.
- candyman — a drug-dealer, esp one who targets young people
- caninity — the quality or state of being canine
- cannonry — a volley of artillery fire
- cantigny — a village in N France, S of Amiens: first major battle of U.S. forces in World War I, May 1918.
- carbonyl — of, consisting of, or containing the divalent group =CO
- caringly — In a caring manner.
- carnally — pertaining to or characterized by the flesh or the body, its passions and appetites; sensual: carnal pleasures.
- carry on — If you carry on doing something, you continue to do it.
- carry-in — of or relating to a type of after-sales service in which the customer must take the product to the service provider for repair
- carry-on — of a size and shape suitable for being carried onto and stowed in the passenger compartment of an airplane: carry-on luggage.
- carrying — to take or support from one place to another; convey; transport: He carried her for a mile in his arms. This elevator cannot carry more than ten people.
- carryons — Plural form of carryon.
- cartoony — cartoonish
- catenary — the curve assumed by a heavy uniform flexible cord hanging freely from two points. When symmetrical about the y-axis and intersecting it at y = a, the equation is y = a cosh x/a
- cayenned — sprinkled or seasoned with cayenne
- centaury — any Eurasian plant of the genus Centaurium, esp C. erythraea, having purplish-pink flowers and formerly believed to have medicinal properties: family Gentianaceae
- centiday — One one-hundredth (1/100) of one day; that is, 14 minutes and 24 seconds.
- ceremony — A ceremony is a formal event such as a wedding.
- chancery — In Britain, the Chancery or Chancery Division is the Lord Chancellor's court, which is a division of the High Court of Justice.
- chancily — In a chancy manner.
- channery — an accumulation of thin, flat, coarse fragments of sandstone, limestone, or schist with diameters up to 6 inches (15 cm): used in Scotland and Ireland for gravel.
- chanteys — Plural form of chantey.
- charlyne — a female given name, form of Caroline.
- charnley — Sir John. 1911–82, British surgeon noted for his invention of an artificial hip joint and his development of hip-replacement surgery
- chauncey — a masculine name
- chechnya — ethnic region in the N Caucasus, Russia: since 1991 its status as a political subdivision of the Russian Federation has been disputed by the Chechens
- chevrony — showing or displaying chevrons
- cheyenne — a member of a Native American people of the western Plains, now living chiefly in Montana and Oklahoma
- chimneys — Plural form of chimney.
- chronaxy — Alternative form of chronaxie.
- chunkily — In a chunky way.
- chutneys — Plural form of chutney.
- chymosin — (enzyme) The proteolytic enzyme rennin.
- cinerary — holding or intended for ashes, especially the ashes of cremated bodies: a cinerary urn.
- cinnamyl — a univalent radical of cinnamic compounds
- clamancy — urgency
- claybank — a dull brownish-orange colour
- clayborn — a male given name.
- claypans — Plural form of claypan.
- clemency — If someone is granted clemency, they are punished less severely than they could be.
- 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.).
- clownery — clownish behavior.
- cloyment — satiety
- coagency — a joint agency
- cockayne — a fabled land of luxury and idleness.
- cockneys — Plural form of cockney.
- coenzyme — a nonprotein organic molecule that forms a complex with certain enzymes and is essential for their activity