10-letter words containing o, y, a
- coprophagy — feeding on dung, as certain beetles.
- copulatory — to engage in sexual intercourse.
- copy paper — paper specially prepared for the writing of advertising copy, newspaper copy, etc., usually having guidelines to indicate margins and the number of spaces per line.
- copycatted — Simple past tense and past participle of copycat.
- copyreader — a person who edits and prepares newspaper copy for publication; subeditor
- coral lily — a bulbous herb, Lilium pumilum, of eastern Asia, having scarlet flowers with recurved petals.
- coralberry — a small shrub, Symphoricarpos orbiculatus, that is native to North America and is cultivated for its berries
- cordiality — warmth of feeling
- cornbrandy — any of various alcoholic spirits made from grain, esp whisky
- corpocracy — a corporate bureaucracy.
- corporally — of the human body; bodily; physical: corporal suffering.
- cortically — Anatomy. of, pertaining to, resembling, or consisting of cortex.
- corybantic — frenzied; agitated; unrestrained.
- corydaline — an alkaloid, C22H27NO4, that is found in the roots of certain plants of the genus Corydalis
- coryphaeus — (in ancient Greek drama) the leader of the chorus
- cosmic ray — a radiation of high penetrating power that originates in outer space and consists partly of high-energy atomic nuclei.
- cosmically — of or relating to the cosmos: cosmic laws.
- cosmolatry — the worship of the cosmos
- cosy along — to reassure (someone), esp with false assurances
- cotylosaur — any of various members of the extinct order of primitive and massive reptiles known as Cotylosauria, which lived between the Carboniferous and Triassic ages
- countryman — Your countrymen are people from your own country.
- courantyne — a river in N South America, rising in S Guyana and flowing north to the Atlantic, forming the boundary between Guyana and Surinam. Length: 765 km (475 miles)
- courtyards — Plural form of courtyard.
- covalently — the number of electron pairs that an atom can share with other atoms.
- cowboy hat — a wide-brimmed hat as worn by cowboys
- craniology — the branch of science concerned with the shape and size of the human skull, esp with reference to variations between different races
- craniotomy — any surgical incision into the skull, esp to expose the brain for neurosurgery
- crazy bone — funny bone
- crazy golf — a putting game in which the ball has to be played via various obstacles
- cryostasis — the deep-freezing of human bodies or other organisms at death; cryonics.
- cryostatic — of or relating to a cryostat
- cryptogams — Plural form of cryptogam.
- cryptogamy — the state of being a cryptogam
- cryptogram — a secret symbol
- crystallo- — crystal
- cuckoo ray — a fish, Raja naevus
- cunctatory — prone to delaying
- cyanogenic — having the capability to generate or produce cyanide
- cyanometer — an instrument used for measuring the blueness of the sky
- cyanopathy — (medicine) A disease in which the surface of the body turns blue, usually arising from a malformation of the heart, which causes an imperfect arterialization of the blood.
- cyanophyta — a phylum, or subkingdom, in the kingdom Monera, comprising the blue-green algae.
- cyanophyte — a former name for a cyanobacterium
- cyanotypes — Plural form of cyanotype.
- cyathiform — shaped like a drinking glass or cup, with a wider upper section
- cyclograph — Arcograph.
- cycloidian — of or pertaining to a cycloid
- cyclomatic — (mathematics) Used to describe the number of edges that must be removed from a graph to ensure that no graph cycle remains; equal to the number of edges, minus the number of nodes plus one.
- cyclopedia — encyclopedia
- cycloramas — Plural form of cyclorama.
- cycloramic — a pictorial representation, in perspective, of a landscape, battle, etc., on the inner wall of a cylindrical room or hall, viewed by spectators occupying a position in the center.