8-letter words containing y, a
- cranefly — A cranefly is a harmless flying insect with long legs.
- crankily — In a cranky manner.
- cravenly — In a craven manner.
- crawlway — a low passageway in a cave or mine that can only be negotiated by crawling
- crayfish — A crayfish is a small shellfish with five pairs of legs which lives in rivers and streams. You can eat some types of crayfish.
- crayoned — Simple past tense and past participle of crayon.
- creakily — creaking or apt to creak: a creaky stairway.
- creamery — A creamery is a place where milk and cream are made into butter and cheese.
- creamily — In a creamy manner.
- creatify — To edit, rewrite, and/or revise standard text using creative writing tools and techniques.
- croakily — In a croaky manner.
- crossway — a junction
- cryobank — a facility for storing living tissue, such as sperm, embryos, cells, etc, at a low temperature
- cryonaut — a person whose dead body has been preserved by the technique of cryonics.
- cryostat — an apparatus for maintaining a constant low temperature or a vessel in which a substance is stored at a low temperature
- cryptand — (chemistry) any of a class of polycyclic compounds related to the crown ethers, having three chains attached at two nitrogen atoms.
- crystall — Obsolete form of crystal.
- crystals — Plural form of crystal.
- culinary — Culinary means concerned with cooking.
- culpably — deserving blame or censure; blameworthy.
- curatory — the office of a curator
- curranty — full of currants
- custardy — resembling custard
- cutaways — Plural form of cutaway.
- cyanates — Plural form of cyanate.
- cyaneous — deep blue; cerulean.
- cyanides — Plural form of cyanide.
- cyanidin — (organic compound) A anthocyanidin pigment, 2-(3,4-dihydroxyphenyl) chromenylium-3,5,7-triol, found in many red berries.
- cyanines — Plural form of cyanine.
- cyanogen — an extremely poisonous colourless flammable gas with an almond-like odour: has been used in chemical warfare. Formula: (CN)2
- cyanosed — (pathology) Afflicted with cyanosis.
- cyanosis — a bluish-purple discoloration of skin and mucous membranes usually resulting from a deficiency of oxygen in the blood
- cyanotic — blueness or lividness of the skin, as from imperfectly oxygenated blood.
- cyanuret — cyanide
- cyanuric — of or derived from cyanuric acid.
- cyathium — a form of inflorescence of the type found on the poinsettia
- cyberwar — The use of computers to disrupt the activities of an enemy country, especially the deliberate attacking of communication systems.
- cyclable — fit or designed for bicycle riding: a cyclable road.
- cyclades — a group of over 200 islands in the S Aegean Sea, forming a department of Greece. Capital: Hermoupolis (Ermoupoli, on Syros). Pop: 112 615 (2001). Area: 2572 sq km (993 sq miles)
- cycladic — of or relating to the Cyclades or their inhabitants
- cyclamen — A cyclamen is a plant with white, pink, or red flowers.
- cyclecar — a light, open-air automobile with three or four wheels
- cycleway — A cycleway is a road, route, or path for cyclists.
- cyclical — A cyclical process is one in which a series of events happens again and again in the same order.
- cyclonal — of or like a cyclone.
- cyclopia — a congenital defect characterized by fusion of the orbits into a single cavity containing one eye.
- cygnus a — a strong radio source in the constellation Cygnus associated with a distant peculiar galaxy.
- cymatics — the study of wave phenomena, esp sound, and their visual representations
- cymation — cymatium.
- cymatium — the top moulding of a classical cornice or entablature