9-letter words containing o, r, i, y
- copyright — If someone has copyright on a piece of writing or music, it is illegal to reproduce or perform it without their permission.
- copywrite — (rare) To write the copy (or text) of an advertisement; to have a job as a copywriter.
- 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
- core city — central city.
- corivalry — joint or mutual rivalry
- corkingly — (informal) In a corking manner; splendidly.
- corn lily — any of several South African iridaceous plants of the genus Ixia, which have coloured lily-like flowers
- corporify — to embody
- corydalis — any erect or climbing plant of the N temperate genus Corydalis, having finely-lobed leaves and spurred yellow or pinkish flowers: family Fumariaceae
- countrify — to make countrified.
- crayoning — Draw with a crayon or crayons.
- crayonist — (dated) An artist who uses crayons.
- crinosity — Hairiness.
- cryogenic — of or relating to the production or use of very low temperatures: cryogenic storage.
- cryophile — (biology) An organism that thrives at low temperatures.
- curiosity — Curiosity is a desire to know about something.
- curiously — eager to learn or know; inquisitive.
- cursorily — going rapidly over something, without noticing details; hasty; superficial: a cursory glance at a newspaper article.
- cyclogiro — an aircraft lifted and propelled by pivoted blades rotating parallel to roughly horizontal transverse axes
- cymbiform — having the shape of a boat
- cyprinoid — of, relating to, or belonging to the Cyprinoidea, a large suborder of teleost fishes including the cyprinids, characins, electric eels, and loaches
- cystiform — resembling a cyst
- dairy cow — a cow which is used to produce milk
- deformity — A deformity is a part of someone's body which is not the normal shape because of injury or illness, or because they were born this way.
- deglorify — to cause to be or treat as being more splendid, excellent, etc., than would normally be considered.
- deviatory — Tending to deviate.
- diachrony — a change over time, esp in languages
- dictatory — dictatorial
- dihydroxy — (of a molecule) containing two hydroxyl groups.
- dimissory — dismissing or giving permission to depart.
- directory — a book containing an alphabetical index of the names and addresses of persons in a city, district, organization, etc., or of a particular category of people.
- dirty dog — a despicable person
- discovery — the act or an instance of discovering.
- disobeyer — One who disobeys.
- ditionary — (obsolete) A subject; a tributary.
- dollybird — an attractive and fashionable girl, esp one who is considered to be unintelligent
- dormitory — a building, as at a college, containing a number of private or semiprivate rooms for residents, usually along with common bathroom facilities and recreation areas.
- dosimetry — the process or method of measuring the dosage of ionizing radiation.
- droningly — With a droning sound.
- dronishly — in a droning manner
- dry point — a technique of engraving, especially on copper, in which a sharp-pointed needle is used for producing furrows having a burr that is often retained in order to produce a print characterized by soft, velvety black lines.
- duobinary — denoting a communications system for coding digital data in which three data bands are used, 0, +1, –1
- dynorphin — (biochemistry) Any of a class of opioid peptides that arise from the precursor protein prodynorphin.
- dysphoria — a state of dissatisfaction, anxiety, restlessness, or fidgeting.
- dysphoric — a state of dissatisfaction, anxiety, restlessness, or fidgeting.
- ebriosity — the state of being regularly drunk
- embryonic — Of or relating to an embryo.
- embryotic — Embryonic.
- epirogeny — epeirogeny