9-letter words containing r, y
- chrysalid — of or relating to a chrysalis
- chrysalis — A chrysalis is a butterfly or moth in the stage between being a larva and an adult.
- churchway — a road that leads to a church
- chymistry — chemistry.
- circuitry — Circuitry is a system of electric circuits.
- circulary — (obsolete) circular; illogical.
- citizenry — The people living in a country, state, or city can be referred to as the citizenry.
- 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.
- city-bred — reared in a city.
- clay road — an unsealed and unmetalled road in a rural area
- claymores — Plural form of claymore.
- clear-eye — the clary, Salvia sclarea.
- cleareyed — having clear eyes or vision
- clearways — Plural form of clearway.
- clepsydra — an ancient device for measuring time by the flow of water or mercury through a small aperture
- clergyman — A clergyman is a male member of the clergy.
- clergymen — a member of the clergy.
- clericity — the condition of being a clergyman
- 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.