7-letter words containing y, i, n
- claying — a natural earthy material that is plastic when wet, consisting essentially of hydrated silicates of aluminum: used for making bricks, pottery, etc.
- cloying — You use cloying to describe something that you find unpleasant because it is much too sweet, or too sentimental.
- coligny — Gaspard de (ɡaspar də), Seigneur de Châtillon. 1519–72, French Huguenot leader
- copy in — If you copy someone in on something, you send them a copy of something you have written to someone else.
- copying — the act of copying
- cornify — (of soft tissue) to become converted into horn or hard tissue
- cornily — in a corny manner
- cosying — snugly warm and comfortable: a cozy little house.
- criminy — used to express surprise, anger, etc.
- cringey — causing acute feelings of embarrassment or disgust
- crinkly — A crinkly object has many small creases or folds in it or in its surface.
- cryonic — relating to or involving cryonics
- cyanide — Cyanide is a highly poisonous substance.
- cyanine — a blue dye used to extend the sensitivity of photographic emulsions to colours other than blue and ultraviolet
- cyanite — kyanite
- cyanize — to turn into cyanide
- cycasin — a glucoside occurring in cycads, toxic and carcinogenic to mammals
- cycling — any complete round or series of occurrences that repeats or is repeated.
- cygnine — (zoology) Being of the genus Cygnus (swan), within subfamily Anserinae of the family Anatidae, though sometimes considered a distinct subfamily, Cygninae.
- cymling — a type of squash with scalloped edges and creamy-white flesh
- cynical — If you describe someone as cynical, you mean they believe that people always act selfishly.
- cynipid — (zoology) Any member of the Cynipidae.
- cynthia — a feminine name: dim. Cindy
- cyprian — of or relating to Cyprus
- cyprine — a type of silicate mineral
- cystine — a sulphur-containing amino acid present in proteins: yields two molecules of cysteine on reduction. Formula: HOOCCH(NH2)CH2SSCH2CH(NH2)COOH
- damnify — to cause loss or damage to (a person); injure
- dandify — to dress like or cause to resemble a dandy
- dandily — In a dandy way.
- de indy — Vincent [van-sahn] /vɛ̃ˈsɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1851–1931, French composer.
- defying — to challenge the power of; resist boldly or openly: to defy parental authority.
- densify — to make or become denser
- density — Density is the extent to which something is filled or covered with people or things.
- denying — to state that (something declared or believed to be true) is not true: to deny an accusation.
- destiny — A person's destiny is everything that happens to them during their life, including what will happen in the future, especially when it is considered to be controlled by someone or something else.
- diandry — the phenomenon in which an egg is fertilized either by two sperm or by a diploid sperm, thus making the fertilized egg triploid, resulting in early miscarriage
- dignify — to confer honor or dignity upon; honor; ennoble.
- dignity — bearing, conduct, or speech indicative of self-respect or appreciation of the formality or gravity of an occasion or situation.
- dingily — In a dingy manner.
- dittany — a Cretan plant, Origanum dictamnus, of the mint family, having spikes of purple flowers and formerly believed to have medicinal qualities.
- divinyl — (chemistry) Two vinyl functional groups in a molecule.
- draying — a low, strong cart without fixed sides, for carrying heavy loads.
- dyeline — a contact print of a line drawing, giving brown lines on an off-white background.
- dyingly — in a dying manner
- dynamic — (of a process or system) Characterized by constant change, activity, or progress.
- dysania — (very, rare) A state of finding it hard to get out of bed in the morning.
- eddying — a current at variance with the main current in a stream of liquid or gas, especially one having a rotary or whirling motion.
- elysian — of or relating to Elysium
- endysis — the formation of new layers of integument after ecdysis
- enquiry — (British, Australian, NZ) A question.