9-letter words containing u, y
- calyculus — a small, cuplike part, as a taste bud, or a cuplike depression, as in a coral skeleton
- candytuft — either of two species of Iberis grown as annual garden plants for their umbels ("tufts") of white, red, or purplish flowers
- capsulary — Archaic form of capsular.
- carefully — cautious in one's actions: Be careful when you cross the street.
- carry out — If you carry out a threat, task, or instruction, you do it or act according to it.
- carry-out — food: take-away
- cartulary — a collection of charters or records, esp relating to the title to an estate or monastery
- casuistry — Casuistry is the use of clever arguments to persuade or trick people.
- causality — Causality is the relationship of cause and effect.
- causeways — Plural form of causeway.
- cautionry — the position or function of a surety, a person who protects and takes responsibility for another person
- ch'u yuan — 343–289 b.c, Chinese poet: author of the Li-sao.
- chop suey — Chop suey is a Chinese-style dish that consists of meat and vegetables that have been stewed together.
- chudskoye — Lakelake on the Estonian-Russian border: with its S extension, Lake Pskov, c. 1,400 sq mi (3,626 sq km)
- churchway — a road that leads to a church
- circuitry — Circuitry is a system of electric circuits.
- circulary — (obsolete) circular; illogical.
- clouterly — clumsy
- coccygeus — (anatomy) A muscle of the pelvic wall, that in combination with the levator ani forms the pelvic diaphragm.
- coequally — In a coequal manner.
- collutory — mouthwash.
- collyrium — any medicated preparation for the eyes; eyewash
- colourway — one of several different combinations of colours in which a given pattern is printed on fabrics, wallpapers, etc
- columbary — a dovecote
- comayagua — a city in W central Honduras.
- community — The community is all the people who live in a particular area or place.
- congruity — the condition or fact of being congruous or congruent
- contumacy — obstinate and wilful rebelliousness or resistance to authority; insubordination; disobedience
- contumely — scornful or insulting language or behaviour
- copiously — large in quantity or number; abundant; plentiful: copious amounts of food.
- corduroys — trousers or breeches of corduroy
- corruptly — guilty of dishonest practices, as bribery; lacking integrity; crooked: a corrupt judge.
- cortelyou — George Bruce, 1862–1940, U.S. cabinet officer and public utility director.
- costumery — multiple costumes considered collectively
- countably — in a countable manner
- countrify — to make countrified.
- countryfy — Alternative spelling of countrify.
- courtyard — A courtyard is an open area of ground which is surrounded by buildings or walls.
- cowboy up — to adopt a tough approach or course of action
- credulity — Credulity is a willingness to believe that something is real or true.
- crucially — involving an extremely important decision or result; decisive; critical: a crucial experiment.
- cruiseway — a canal used for recreational purposes
- cry quits — to give up a task, fight, etc
- cry uncle — a brother of one's father or mother.
- cubbyhole — A cubbyhole is a very small room or space for storing things.
- cubically — In a cubic manner.
- cuckoldly — having the qualities of a cuckold
- cuckoldry — the act of making someone's husband a cuckold.
- cullionly — rascally; despicable
- culpatory — expressing blame