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9-letter words containing o, y, l

  • cordately — In a cordate form.
  • 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
  • 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
  • corollary — A corollary of something is an idea, argument, or fact that results directly from it.
  • coronally — in a coronal manner
  • correctly — to set or make true, accurate, or right; remove the errors or faults from: The native guide corrected our pronunciation. The new glasses corrected his eyesight.
  • corruptly — guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked: a corrupt judge.
  • cortelyouGeorge Bruce, 1862–1940, U.S. cabinet officer and public utility director.
  • corydalis — any erect or climbing plant of the N temperate genus Corydalis, having finely-lobed leaves and spurred yellow or pinkish flowers: family Fumariaceae
  • cosmology — A cosmology is a theory about the origin and nature of the universe.
  • cosplayer — One who takes part in cosplay.
  • costively — In a costive manner.
  • cotyledon — a simple embryonic leaf in seed-bearing plants, which, in some species, forms the first green leaf after germination
  • countably — in a countable manner
  • covalency — the formation and nature of covalent bonds
  • coyotillo — a thorny poisonous rhamnaceous shrub, Karwinskia humboldtiana of Mexico and the southwestern US, the berries of which cause paralysis
  • crookedly — not straight; bending; curved: a crooked path.
  • cross-ply — (of a motor tyre) having the fabric cords in the outer casing running diagonally to stiffen the sidewalls
  • crowdedly — In a crowded manner.
  • cryocable — a highly conducting electrical cable cooled with a refrigerant such as liquid nitrogen
  • cryolathe — an instrument for reshaping the cornea to correct severe nearsightedness or farsightedness: the cornea is removed from the eye, rapidly frozen, reshaped, and reinserted.
  • cryophile — (biology) An organism that thrives at low temperatures.
  • cryosleep — (science fiction) A deep sleep during which the body is stored at very cold temperature, to preserve it; cryogenic sleep.
  • cubbyhole — A cubbyhole is a very small room or space for storing things.
  • cuckoldly — having the qualities of a cuckold
  • cuckoldry — the act of making someone's husband a cuckold.
  • cullionly — rascally; despicable
  • culpatory — expressing blame
  • curiously — eager to learn or know; inquisitive.
  • curly top — a disease of plants, especially beets, characterized by puckered or cupped leaves and stunting or distortion, caused by a virus, Ruga verrucosans.
  • cursorily — going rapidly over something, without noticing details; hasty; superficial: a cursory glance at a newspaper article.
  • cybersoul — The supposed equivalent of a soul in cyberspace.
  • cyclogiro — an aircraft lifted and propelled by pivoted blades rotating parallel to roughly horizontal transverse axes
  • cycloidal — Pertaining to or resembling a cycloid; or a circle.
  • cyclolith — a stone circle
  • cyclonite — a white crystalline insoluble explosive prepared by the action of nitric acid on hexamethylenetetramine; cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine: used in bombs and shells. Formula: C3H6N6O6
  • cyclopean — of, relating to, or resembling the Cyclops
  • cyclopian — having only one eye
  • cyclorama — a large picture, such as a battle scene, on the interior wall of a cylindrical room, designed to appear in natural perspective to a spectator in the centre
  • cyclotome — a type of scalpel for performing a cyclotomy.
  • cyclotomy — Surgery. incision of the ciliary muscle.
  • cyclotron — a type of particle accelerator in which the particles spiral inside two D-shaped hollow metal electrodes placed facing each other under the effect of a strong vertical magnetic field, gaining energy by a high-frequency voltage applied between these electrodes
  • cynomolgi — plural form of singular cynomolgus: type of monkey
  • cynophile — A person who loves canines; a dog lover.
  • cystocele — a hernia of the urinary bladder, esp one protruding into the vagina
  • cystolith — a knoblike deposit of calcium carbonate in the epidermal cells of such plants as the stinging nettle
  • cytocidal — capable of killing cells.
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