7-letter words containing o, y
- by-word — a word or phrase associated with some person or thing; a characteristic expression, typical greeting, or the like.
- by-work — work done in addition to one's regular work, as in intervals of leisure.
- bycoket — a type of high-crowned hat
- byelovo — a city in W central Russia. Pop: 65 000 (2005 est)
- bygones — past; gone by; earlier; former: The faded photograph brought memories of bygone days.
- byronic — of, like, or characteristic of Byron or his writings; romantic, passionate, cynical, ironic, etc.
- byssoid — byssaceous
- bywoner — a poor tenant farmer
- cacodyl — an oily poisonous liquid with a strong garlic smell; tetramethyldiarsine. Formula: [(CH3)2As]2
- cacoepy — bad or mistaken pronunciation
- caconym — an erroneous name, esp in taxonomic classification
- callboy — a person who notifies actors when it is time to go on stage
- caloyer — a monk of the Greek Orthodox Church, esp of the Basilian Order
- calydon — ancient city in S Aetolia, central Greece
- calypso — A calypso is a song about a current subject, sung in a style which originally comes from the West Indies.
- canonry — the office, benefice, or status of a canon
- canyons — Plural form of canyon.
- carboys — Plural form of carboy.
- carolyn — a feminine name
- carroty — of a reddish or yellowish-orange colour
- carryon — Alternative spelling of carry-on.
- castory — the dye derived from beaver pelts
- chanoyu — a Japanese ceremony at which tea is prepared, served, and taken with an ancient and involved ritual.
- charpoy — a bedstead of woven webbing or hemp stretched on a wooden frame on four legs, common in India
- chayote — a tropical American cucurbitaceous climbing plant, Sechium edule, that has edible pear-shaped fruit enclosing a single enormous seed
- chicory — Chicory is a plant with crunchy bitter-tasting leaves. It is eaten in salads, and its roots are sometimes used instead of coffee.
- chogyal — the title of the ruler of Sikkim
- choltry — a place where travellers can rest
- chomsky — (Avram) Noam (ˈnəʊəm). born 1928, US linguist and political critic. His theory of language structure, transformational generative grammar, superseded the behaviourist view of Leonard Bloomfield
- choosey — Alternative spelling of choosy.
- chorley — a town in NW England, in S Lancashire: cotton textiles. Pop: 33 424 (2001)
- choyote — chayote.
- chromyl — of, consisting of, or containing the divalent radical CrO2
- chryso- — indicating gold or the colour of gold
- chylous — (physiology) Consisting of, or similar to, chyle.
- ciphony — the process of enciphering audio information to produce encrypted speech
- city of — a council area in central Scotland, created from part of Lothian region in 1996. Pop: 448 370 (2003 est). Area: 262 sq km (101 sq miles)
- clayton — John Middleton, 1796–1856, U.S. jurist and politician: senator 1829–36, 1845–49, 1853–56; secretary of state 1849–50.
- clooney — George. born 1961, US film actor; starred in the television series ER (1994–99) and the films The Perfect Storm (2000), Ocean's Eleven (2001), Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002, also directed), Syriana (2005, also directed), and The American (2010)
- closeby — nearby; adjacent; neighboring.
- closely — to put (something) in a position to obstruct an entrance, opening, etc.; shut.
- clovery — relating to clover; covered in clover
- cloying — You use cloying to describe something that you find unpleasant because it is much too sweet, or too sentimental.
- coalify — to turn into coal
- cockeye — an eye affected with strabismus or one that squints
- cockily — in a cocky manner
- cockney — A cockney is a person who was born in the East End of London.
- cockshy — a target aimed at in throwing games
- cocoyam — either of two food plants of West Africa, the taro or the yantia, both of which have edible underground stems
- cocytus — the river of wailing, a tributary of the Acheron in Hades