7-letter words containing o, y
- cowedly — in a cowed or frightened manner
- coyness — artfully or affectedly shy or reserved; slyly hesitant; coquettish.
- coyotes — Plural form of coyote.
- cozy up — snugly warm and comfortable: a cozy little house.
- crayola — /kray-oh'l*/ A super-minicomputer or super-microcomputer that provides some reasonable percentage of supercomputer performance for an unreasonably low price. A crayola might also be a killer micro.
- crayons — Plural form of crayon.
- crossly — in a cross or angry manner.
- crowley — a city in S Louisiana.
- croydon — a borough in S Greater London (since 1965): formerly important for its airport (1915–59). Pop: 336 700 (2003 est). Area: 87 sq km (33 sq miles)
- cry for — shed tears for
- cry off — If you cry off, you tell someone that you cannot do something that you have agreed or arranged to do.
- cry out — If you cry out, you call out loudly because you are frightened, unhappy, or in pain.
- cryogen — a substance used to produce low temperatures; a freezing mixture
- cryonic — relating to or involving cryonics
- crypto- — Crypto- is added to adjectives and nouns to form other adjectives and nouns which refer to people who have hidden beliefs and principles.
- crypton — a hypothetical particle important in string theory and explanations of dark matter
- cryptos — Plural form of crypto.
- cursory — A cursory glance or examination is a brief one in which you do not pay much attention to detail.
- custody — Custody is the legal right to keep and look after a child, especially the right given to a child's mother or father when they get divorced.
- cyborgs — Plural form of cyborg.
- cycloid — resembling a circle
- cyclone — A cyclone is a violent tropical storm in which the air goes round and round.
- cyclops — one of a race of giants having a single eye in the middle of the forehead, encountered by Odysseus in the Odyssey
- cypriot — Cypriot means belonging or relating to Cyprus, or to its people or culture.
- cystoid — resembling a cyst or bladder
- cystoma — a cystic tumor.
- cystose — Containing, or resembling, a cyst or cysts; cystic; bladdery.
- cytosis — (pathology) An abnormal increase in the number of a specified type of cells.
- cytosol — the solution of proteins and metabolites inside a biological cell, in which the organelles are suspended
- dacoity — (in India and Myanmar) a robbery by an armed gang
- dacryo- — tear or tears
- dacryon — the point of junction of the maxillary, lacrimal, and frontal bones.
- dahomey — Benin
- daimyos — Plural form of daimyo.
- dakoity — dacoity.
- dasypod — an animal of the genus Dasypus, a type of armadillo
- day boy — a boy who attends a boarding school daily, but returns home each evening
- day job — the job that a person during the day to earn a living, as opposed to some more glamorous activity such as being a singer, dancer, actor, writer that they aspire to make their main source of income
- day off — A day off is a day when you do not go to work, even though it is usually a working day.
- day one — If something happens from day one of a process, it happens right from the beginning. If it happens on day one, it happens right at the beginning.
- day-glo — Day-Glo colours are shades of orange, pink, green, and yellow which are so bright that they seem to glow.
- day-old — having been in existence or alive for one day
- dayboat — a small sailing boat with no sleeping accommodation
- daybook — a book in which the transactions of each day are recorded as they occur
- dayglow — the light given off by the atmosphere of the Earth as seen during daytime
- daylong — Daylong is used to describe an event or activity that lasts for the whole of one day.
- dayroom — A dayroom is a room in a hospital where patients can sit and relax during the day.
- daywork — a form of work that is calculated and paid for on a daily basis
- decoity — Alternative form of dacoity.
- decoyed — Simple past tense and past participle of decoy.