6-letter words containing o, y
- corday — Charlotte (ʃarlɔt), full name Marie Anne Charlotte Corday d'Armont. 1768–93, French Girondist revolutionary, who assassinated Marat
- corody — (originally) the right of a lord to receive free quarters from his vassal
- corsey — a pavement or pathway
- corymb — an inflorescence in the form of a flat-topped flower cluster with the oldest flowers at the periphery. This type of raceme occurs in the candytuft
- coryza — acute inflammation of the mucous membrane of the nose, with discharge of mucus; a head cold
- cosily — In a cosy manner.
- costly — If you say that something is costly, you mean that it costs a lot of money, often more than you would want to pay.
- cosyra — ancient name of Pantelleria.
- cotyle — a cavity that resembles a cup
- cotype — an additional type specimen from the same brood as the original type specimen
- county — A county is a region of Britain, Ireland, or the USA which has its own local government.
- couthy — Alternative form of couthie.
- covary — to vary in correlation with another related variant
- covery — (rare) a dispelling of false or misleading notions.
- coveys — Plural form of covey.
- cowboy — A cowboy is a male character in a western.
- cowley — Abraham. 1618–67, English poet and essayist, who introduced the Pindaric ode to English literature
- coydog — the hybrid of a male coyote and a female dog
- coyest — Superlative form of coy.
- coying — artfully or affectedly shy or reserved; slyly hesitant; coquettish.
- coyish — artfully or affectedly shy or reserved; slyly hesitant; coquettish.
- coyote — A coyote is a small wolf which lives in the plains of North America.
- coypel — Antoine. 1661–1722, French baroque painter, noted esp for his large biblical compositions
- coypus — Plural form of coypu.
- cozily — snugly warm and comfortable: a cozy little house.
- crayon — A crayon is a pencil containing coloured wax or clay, or a rod of coloured wax used for drawing.
- croaky — If someone's voice is croaky, it is low and rough.
- crocky — Smutty, muddy.
- croggy — a ride on a bicycle as a passenger
- cronyn — Hume, 1911–2003, Canadian actor in the U.S.
- croony — Characterized by crooning.
- croppy — a person with cropped hair, esp rebels in the Irish rising of 1798 who had their hair cropped as a display of solidarity with the French Revolution
- crosby — a town in NW England, in Sefton unitary authority, Merseyside. Pop: 51 789 (2001)
- croupy — pertaining to or resembling croup.
- crowdy — a dish of meal, especially oatmeal and water, or sometimes milk, stirred together; gruel; brose; porridge.
- crypto — a person who secretly supports or adheres to a group, party, or belief.
- cyano- — blue or dark blue
- cyborg — In science fiction, a cyborg is a being that is part human and part machine, or a machine that looks like a human being.
- cyclo- — indicating a circle or ring
- cyclon — A kind of large round artifact made by aboriginal Australians.
- cymoid — resembling a cyme or cyma
- cymose — having the characteristics of a cyme
- cymous — Cymose.
- cysto- — indicating a cyst or bladder
- cytode — a unicellular non-nucleated mass of protoplasm, the simplest form of life
- cytoid — resembling a cell
- cytost — any cellular substance liberated because of injury to the cell or cells.
- daimyo — (in Japan) one of the territorial magnates who dominated much of the country from about the 11th to the 19th century
- dayboy — a boy who attends a boarding school daily, but returns home each evening
- dayhop — a day's journey; a distance that can be traveled in one day.