10-letter words containing y, n
- candy-coat — sugarcoat (def 2).
- candyfloss — Candyfloss is a large pink or white mass of sugar threads that is eaten from a stick. It is sold at fairs or other outdoor events.
- candytufts — Plural form of candytuft.
- caney fork — a river in central Tennessee, flowing NW to the Cumberland River. 144 miles (232 km) long.
- cankeredly — spitefully or crabbedly
- cannibally — in the manner of a cannibal
- canon city — a town in central Colorado.
- canonicity — the fact or quality of being canonical
- canorously — In a canorous manner.
- canterbury — a late 18th-century low wooden stand with partitions for holding cutlery and plates: often mounted on casters
- capnomancy — divination by observing smoke patterns
- carbonylic — of, relating to, or characteristic of the carbonyl group.
- cardinally — of prime importance; chief; principal: of cardinal significance.
- carnifying — Present participle of carnify.
- cartomancy — the telling of fortunes with playing cards
- cash money — cash, as distinguished from a check or money order.
- castellany — the office or position of a castellan
- catalysing — Present participle of catalyse.
- catalyzing — Present participle of catalyze.
- catchpenny — designed to have instant appeal, esp in order to sell quickly and easily without regard for quality
- cautionary — A cautionary story or a cautionary note to a story is one that is intended to give a warning to people.
- cavalryman — A cavalryman is a soldier who is in the cavalry, especially one who rides a horse.
- cavalrymen — a soldier in the cavalry.
- cecutiency — the state of or tendency to full or partial blindness
- centrality — the state or condition of being central
- centricity — pertaining to or situated at the center; central.
- certainity — Misspelling of certainty.
- certaynely — Archaic spelling of certainly.
- certifying — Present participle of certify.
- cessionary — a person to whom something is transferred; assignee; grantee
- ceylon tea — a tea from Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)
- chaffingly — in a rallying yet light-hearted manner
- chalcedony — a microcrystalline often greyish form of quartz with crystals arranged in parallel fibres: a gemstone. Formula: SiO2
- chandlerly — like, or pertaining to, a chandler
- change key — a key opening only one lock.
- changeably — liable to change or to be changed; variable.
- chaplaincy — A chaplaincy is the building or office in which a chaplain works.
- chardonnay — a white grape originally grown in the Burgundy region of France, and now throughout the wine-producing world
- charmingly — In a charming manner.
- cheeringly — In a way that cheers; hearteningly, encouragingly.
- chelyuskin — Capenorthernmost point of Asia, on the Taimyr Peninsula, Siberia
- chemonasty — the nastic movement of a plant in response to a chemical stimulus
- chernovtsy — a city in Ukraine on the Prut River: formerly under Polish, Austro-Hungarian, and Romanian rule; part of the Soviet Union (1947–91). Pop: 237 000 (2005 est)
- chillingly — coldness, especially a moderate but uncomfortably penetrating coldness: the chill of evening.
- chilly bin — a portable insulated container with provision for packing food and drink in ice
- chimneypot — a short pipe on the top of a chimney, which increases the draught and directs the smoke upwards
- china clay — kaolin.
- chinaberry — a spreading Asian meliaceous tree, Melia azedarach, widely grown in the US for its ornamental white or purple flowers and beadlike yellow fruits
- chirognomy — the study of the hand in order to discern a person's nature or future events
- chiromancy — palmistry