7-letter words containing o, y
- codasyl — Conference On DAta SYstems Languages
- cogency — the quality or condition of being cogent; power to convince
- colicky — If someone, especially a baby, is colicky, they are suffering from colic.
- coligny — Gaspard de (ɡaspar də), Seigneur de Châtillon. 1519–72, French Huguenot leader
- coloury — possessing colour
- come by — To come by something means to obtain it or find it.
- comfily — (informal) comfortably.
- comfrey — Comfrey is a herb that is used to make drinks and medicines.
- company — A company is a business organization that makes money by selling goods or services.
- compony — made up of alternating metal and colour, colour and fur, or fur and metal
- comsymp — a Communist Party sympathizer
- conakry — the capital of Guinea, a port on the island of Tombo. Pop: 1 465 000 (2005 est)
- condyle — the rounded projection on the articulating end of a bone, such as the ball portion of a ball-and-socket joint
- conjury — magic
- connery — Sir Sean, real name Thomas Connery. born 1929, Scottish film actor, who played James Bond in such films as Goldfinger (1964). His later films include The Name of the Rose (1986), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), and Finding Forrester (2000)
- conveys — to carry, bring, or take from one place to another; transport; bear.
- convoys — to accompany or escort, usually for protection: A destroyer convoyed the merchant ship.
- cookery — Cookery is the activity of preparing and cooking food.
- coopery — the work, shop, or product of a cooper
- coppery — A coppery colour is reddish-brown like copper.
- copy in — If you copy someone in on something, you send them a copy of something you have written to someone else.
- copyboy — a boy employed by a newspaper or broadcast news office to carry copy and run errands
- copycat — A copycat crime is committed by someone who is copying someone else.
- copying — the act of copying
- copyism — the practice of copying slavishly
- copyist — A copyist copies other people's music or paintings or, in the past, made written copies of documents.
- corally — Having the shape or form of coral.
- corcyra — Corfu
- cornfly — a small fly of the genera Oscinis whose larvae cause swollen, gouty stems in cereal crops
- cornify — (of soft tissue) to become converted into horn or hard tissue
- cornily — in a corny manner
- corrody — Old English Law. corody.
- coryate — Thomas, 1577–1617, English traveler and author.
- corydon — (in pastoral literature) a shepherd or rustic
- coryell — John Russell, 1848–1924, U.S. author of detective and adventure stories.
- corylus — any of various shrubs or trees of the genus Corylus of the Betulaceae family (or the Corylaceae family, depending on the botanist), which bear nuts and are found in temperate regions of the northern hemisphere
- corymbs — Plural form of corymb.
- coryzal — relating to coryza
- coryzas — Plural form of coryza.
- coshery — (in Ireland) a chief's right to lodge at his tenants' houses with his followers
- cosplay — a recreational activity in which people interact with one another while dressed as fictional characters
- cosy up — to seek to become intimate or to ingratiate oneself (with someone)
- cosying — snugly warm and comfortable: a cozy little house.
- cottony — of or like cotton; downy; fluffy
- country — A country is one of the political units which the world is divided into, covering a particular area of land.
- coursey — (nautical) A space in the galley; a part of the hatches.
- courtly — You use courtly to describe someone whose behaviour is very polite, often in a rather old-fashioned way.
- cowardy — A cowardly person (often used as a taunt by children).
- cowboys — Plural form of cowboy.
- cowdrey — (Michael) Colin, Baron. 1932–2000, English cricketer. He played for Kent and in 114 Test matches (captaining England 27 times)