8-letter words containing y, a
- callboys — Plural form of callboy.
- calloway — Cab(ell) 1907–1994, U.S. jazz bandleader and singer.
- calotype — an early photographic process invented by W. H. Fox Talbot, in which the image was produced on paper treated with silver iodide and developed by sodium thiosulphite
- calyceal — calycine
- calycine — relating to, belonging to, or resembling a calyx
- calycoid — resembling a calyx
- calycule — an epicalyx
- calyculi — Plural form of calyculus.
- calypsos — Plural form of calypso.
- calypter — a bastard wing or alula
- calyptra — a membranous hood covering the spore-bearing capsule of mosses and liverworts
- camaguey — a city in E central Cuba. Pop: 320 000 (2005 est)
- cambyses — died ?522 bc, king of Persia (529–?522 bc), who conquered Egypt (525); son of Cyrus the Great
- can buoy — a buoy with a flat-topped cylindrical shape above water, marking the left side of a channel leading into a harbour: red in British waters but green (occasionally black) in US waters
- candidly — frank; outspoken; open and sincere: a candid critic.
- candyass — a timid or cowardly person; sissy.
- candying — any of a variety of confections made with sugar, syrup, etc., often combined with chocolate, fruit, nuts, etc.
- candyman — a drug-dealer, esp one who targets young people
- caninity — the quality or state of being canine
- cannonry — a volley of artillery fire
- cantigny — a village in N France, S of Amiens: first major battle of U.S. forces in World War I, May 1918.
- capacity — The capacity of a container is its volume, or the amount of liquid it can hold, measured in units such as litres or gallons.
- cape ray — a promontory in SW Newfoundland, Canada
- caprylic — of or relating to an animal odor: the caprylic odor of a barn.
- capybara — the largest rodent: a pig-sized amphibious hystricomorph, Hydrochoerus hydrochaeris, resembling a guinea pig and inhabiting river banks in Central and South America: family Hydrochoeridae
- car keys — a key or keys used to lock, unlock, and operate an automobile
- carbamyl — a radical, NH2CO, that is derived from carbamic acid
- carbaryl — an organic compound of the carbamate group: used as an insecticide, esp to treat head lice
- carbonyl — of, consisting of, or containing the divalent group =CO
- carboxyl — the group COOH, characteristic of organic acids, including fatty acids and amino acids
- card key — a small plastic card with magnetic coding that is read electronically when inserted into a scanner and used in place of a key to open locks, hotel doors, etc.
- card-key — a small plastic card with magnetic coding that is read electronically when inserted into a scanner and used in place of a key to open locks, hotel doors, etc.
- caringly — In a caring manner.
- carnally — pertaining to or characterized by the flesh or the body, its passions and appetites; sensual: carnal pleasures.
- carraway — Alternative form of caraway.
- carry on — If you carry on doing something, you continue to do it.
- carry-in — of or relating to a type of after-sales service in which the customer must take the product to the service provider for repair
- carry-on — of a size and shape suitable for being carried onto and stowed in the passenger compartment of an airplane: carry-on luggage.
- carryall — A carryall is a large bag made of nylon, canvas, or leather, which you use to carry your clothes and other possessions, for example when you are travelling.
- carrycot — A carrycot is a small bed for babies which has handles so it can be carried.
- carrying — to take or support from one place to another; convey; transport: He carried her for a mile in his arms. This elevator cannot carry more than ten people.
- carryons — Plural form of carryon.
- carryout — designating or of prepared food sold as by a restaurant to be eaten away from the premises
- cartoony — cartoonish
- caryatid — a column, used to support an entablature, in the form of a draped female figure
- case bay — (in a roof or floor) the section between two principals.
- castaway — A castaway is a person who has managed to swim or float to a lonely island or shore after their boat has sunk.
- casually — happening by chance; fortuitous: a casual meeting.
- casualty — A casualty is a person who is injured or killed in a war or in an accident.
- cat yawl — a yawl having the mainmast close to the stem and the after mast on the counter.