9-letter words containing s, y, a
- catalyser — Alternative form of catalyzer.
- catalyses — Chemistry. the causing or accelerating of a chemical change by the addition of a catalyst.
- catalysis — Catalysis is the speeding up of a chemical reaction by adding a catalyst to it.
- catalysts — Plural form of catalyst.
- catalyzes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of catalyze.
- cattishly — In a cattish manner.
- cattleyas — Plural form of cattleya.
- causality — Causality is the relationship of cause and effect.
- causeways — Plural form of causeway.
- cetshwayo — ?1826–84, king of the Zulus (1873–79): defeated the British at Isandhlwana (1879) but was overwhelmed by them at Ulundi (1879); captured, he stated his case in London, and was reinstated as ruler of part of Zululand (1883)
- chairdays — old age, or the point in life when resting in a chair is the most comfortable way of passing time
- chamberys — a city in and the capital of Savoie, in SE France.
- charybdis — a ship-devouring monster in classical mythology, identified with a whirlpool off the north coast of Sicily, lying opposite Scylla on the Italian coast
- chayefsky — Paddy [pad-ee] /ˈpæd i/ (Show IPA), 1923–1981, U.S. playwright and director.
- cherkassy — city & port in central Ukraine, on the Dnepr River: pop. 302,000
- chishtiya — a Sufi order of the Indian subcontinent.
- chlamydes — Plural form of chlamys.
- chomskyan — of or relating to Noam Chomsky or his linguistic theories, especially to transformational-generative grammar.
- 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.
- cityscape — an urban landscape; view of a city
- class day — a day during the commencement season on which the members of the graduating class in U.S. colleges and schools celebrate the completion of their course with special ceremonies.
- claymores — Plural form of claymore.
- claystone — a compact very fine-grained rock consisting of consolidated clay particles
- clearways — Plural form of clearway.
- clepsydra — an ancient device for measuring time by the flow of water or mercury through a small aperture
- coastally — In a coastal manner.
- colorways — Plural form of colorway.
- company's — a number of individuals assembled or associated together; group of people.
- constancy — Constancy is the quality of staying the same even though other things change.
- contrasty — (of a photograph or subject) having sharp gradations in tone, esp between light and dark areas
- copypasta — (Internet slang) A block of text which has been copied and pasted from somewhere else.
- corydalis — any erect or climbing plant of the N temperate genus Corydalis, having finely-lobed leaves and spurred yellow or pinkish flowers: family Fumariaceae
- cosplayer — One who takes part in cosplay.
- crayonist — (dated) An artist who uses crayons.
- crossways — crosswise.
- cruiseway — a canal used for recreational purposes
- crybabies — Plural form of crybaby.
- cryobanks — Plural form of cryobank.
- cryostats — Plural form of cryostat.
- crystall- — crystallo-
- customary — Customary is used to describe things that people usually do in a particular society or in particular circumstances.
- custumary — Obsolete form of customary.
- cybercash — Funds used in electronic financial transactions, especially over the Internet.
- cybercast — (Internet) A broadcast of audiovisual material over the Internet.
- cyclamens — Plural form of cyclamen.
- cyclicals — Stocks in cyclical companies (those whose success varies with the seasonal or economic cycle).
- cymbalist — A musician who plays the cymbals.
- cystidean — any one of the order of fossil echinoderms Cystidea
- cystocarp — a reproductive body in red algae, developed after fertilization and consisting of filaments bearing carpospores