9-letter words containing r, o, y
- choirboys — Plural form of choirboy.
- chondrify — to become or convert into cartilage
- chorology — the study of the causal relations between geographical phenomena occurring within a particular region
- chromakey — (in colour television) a special effect in which a coloured background can be eliminated and a different background substituted
- chrononym — (semiotics) A term for a specific period of time, such as
- city room — the room in which local news is handled for a newspaper, a radio or television station, or for another journalistic agency.
- city-born — born in a city.
- clay road — an unsealed and unmetalled road in a rural area
- claymores — Plural form of claymore.
- climatory — Having to do with climate.
- clothyard — (historical) An old unit of measure for cloth, 36 or 37 inches.
- clouterly — clumsy
- cocoonery — a place where silkworms feed and make cocoons
- coercibly — in a coercible way
- coherency — the act or state of cohering; cohesion.
- collutory — mouthwash.
- collyrium — any medicated preparation for the eyes; eyewash
- color-key — color-code.
- colorably — in a colourable manner
- colorways — Plural form of colorway.
- colourway — one of several different combinations of colours in which a given pattern is printed on fabrics, wallpapers, etc
- columbary — a dovecote
- comradely — If you do something in a comradely way, you are being pleasant and friendly to other people.
- comradery — camaraderie or comradeship
- congruity — the condition or fact of being congruous or congruent
- connivery — the act of conniving
- contranym — A word that has two opposing meanings, such as 'cleave' (“come together” or “split apart”).
- contrasty — (of a photograph or subject) having sharp gradations in tone, esp between light and dark areas
- contronym — A word with two opposite meanings, e.g., sanction (which can mean both ‘a penalty for disobeying a law’ and ‘official permission or approval for an action’).
- conveyers — Plural form of conveyer.
- conveyors — Plural form of conveyor.
- conybeare — William Daniel. 1787–1857, British geologist. He summarized all that was known about rocks at the time in Outlines of the Geology of England and Wales (1822)
- coparceny — (legal) An equal share of an inheritance.
- copolymer — a chemical compound of high molecular weight formed by uniting the molecules of two or more different compounds (monomers)
- coprology — preoccupation with excrement
- copy-read — to work on (copy) as a copyreader.
- copybroke — (security) /kop'ee-brohk/ (Or "copywronged" - a play on "copyright") 1. Used to describe an instance of a copy-protected program that has been "broken"; that is, a copy with the copy-protection scheme disabled or removed. 2. Copy-protected software which is unusable because of some bit-rot or bug that has confused the copy protection. 3. Used to describe data damaged because of a side effect of a copy protection system.
- copyright — If someone has copyright on a piece of writing or music, it is illegal to reproduce or perform it without their permission.
- copytaker — (esp in a newspaper office) a person employed to type reports as journalists dictate them over the telephone
- copywrite — (rare) To write the copy (or text) of an advertisement; to have a job as a copywriter.
- cordately — In a cordate form.
- cordially — courteous and gracious; friendly; warm: a cordial reception.
- cordotomy — a sugrical method of pain relief in which nerves in the spinal cord are cut
- corduroys — trousers or breeches of corduroy
- cordyline — any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Cordyline that are native to eastern Asia, Australasia, and Polynesia
- core city — central city.
- coregency — Monarchical position (such as king, queen, emperor or empress) held by two persons when normally held by only one.
- 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