9-letter words containing o, y, a
- carryover — If something is a carryover from an earlier time, it began during an earlier time but still exists or happens now.
- cartology — the theory or science of mapmaking
- cartooney — Misspelling of cartoony.
- caryopses — Plural form of caryopsis.
- caryopsis — a dry seedlike fruit having the pericarp fused to the seed coat of the single seed: produced by the grasses
- casco bay — bay on the SW coast of Maine, on which Portland is located
- cassowary — any large flightless bird of the genus Casuarius, inhabiting forests in NE Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands, having a horny head crest, black plumage, and brightly coloured neck and wattles: order Casuariiformes
- cautionry — the position or function of a surety, a person who protects and takes responsibility for another person
- ceromancy — divination by interpreting the significance of shapes formed when melted wax is dropped into water
- cetshwayo — ?1826–84, king of the Zulus (1873–79): defeated the British at Isandhlwana (1879) but was overwhelmed by them at Ulundi (1879); captured, he stated his case in London, and was reinstated as ruler of part of Zululand (1883)
- charcoaly — resembling charcoal
- chatoyant — having changeable lustre; twinkling
- cherimoya — a deciduous shrub or small tree, native to the Andean highlands, which produces an oval fruit with cream-coloured flesh
- chirimoya — cherimoya.
- chiyogami — a type of highly decorated, colourful craft paper used for origami
- chocolaty — a preparation of the seeds of cacao, roasted, husked, and ground, often sweetened and flavored, as with vanilla.
- chomskyan — of or relating to Noam Chomsky or his linguistic theories, especially to transformational-generative grammar.
- chromakey — (in colour television) a special effect in which a coloured background can be eliminated and a different background substituted
- cinnamony — reminiscent of cinnamon
- clay road — an unsealed and unmetalled road in a rural area
- claymores — Plural form of claymore.
- claystone — a compact very fine-grained rock consisting of consolidated clay particles
- claytonia — any low-growing North American succulent portulacaceous plant of the genus Claytonia
- climatory — Having to do with climate.
- clonality — The fact or condition of being genetically identical, as to a parent, sibling, or other biological source.
- clothyard — (historical) An old unit of measure for cloth, 36 or 37 inches.
- coastally — In a coastal manner.
- coaxially — in a coaxial manner
- coaxingly — to attempt to influence by gentle persuasion, flattery, etc.; cajole: He coaxed her to sing, but she refused.
- coccygeal — a small triangular bone forming the lower extremity of the spinal column in humans, consisting of four ankylosed rudimentary vertebrae.
- coccygian — of or relating to the coccyx
- cockamamy — ridiculous, pointless, or nonsensical: full of wild schemes and cockamamie ideas.
- coequally — In a coequal manner.
- coevality — The condition of being coeval.
- cognately — In a way that is cognate.
- colorably — in a colourable manner
- colorways — Plural form of colorway.
- colourway — one of several different combinations of colours in which a given pattern is printed on fabrics, wallpapers, etc
- columbary — a dovecote
- comayagua — a city in W central Honduras.
- come away — to become detached
- comically — producing laughter; amusing; funny: a comical fellow.
- compacity — Any of several technical measures of compactness, especially, in a granular medium (e.g. sand), the volume fraction that is filled.
- compactly — joined or packed together; closely and firmly united; dense; solid: compact soil.
- company's — a number of individuals assembled or associated together; group of people.
- comradely — If you do something in a comradely way, you are being pleasant and friendly to other people.
- comradery — camaraderie or comradeship
- concavity — the state or quality of being concave
- condyloma — a skin tumour near the anus or genital organs, esp as a result of syphilis
- conically — Also, conical. having the form of, resembling, or pertaining to a cone.