8-letter words containing y, n
- cogently — convincing or believable by virtue of forcible, clear, or incisive presentation; telling.
- colonsay — an island in W Scotland, in the Inner Hebrides. Area: about 41 sq km (16 sq miles)
- commoney — (in the game of marbles) a standard marble
- commonly — usually; ordinarily
- conceity — full of conceit
- condylar — Anatomy. the smooth surface area at the end of a bone, forming part of a joint.
- condyles — Plural form of condyle.
- congiary — (in ancient Rome) a gift from the emperor to the people or soldiers
- conicity — the state of being conical
- connelly — Marc(us Cook) 1890–1980, U.S. dramatist.
- connolly — Billy. born 1942, Scottish comedian, musician, and actor: his films include Mrs Brown (1997)
- contrary — Ideas, attitudes, or reactions that are contrary to each other are completely different from each other.
- convexly — having a surface that is curved or rounded outward. Compare concave (def 1).
- conveyal — the act or means of conveying
- conveyed — to carry, bring, or take from one place to another; transport; bear.
- conveyer — A conveyer is a device for moving large amounts of a solid.
- conveyor — a person or thing that conveys
- convoyed — Simple past tense and past participle of convoy.
- cooingly — In a cooing way.
- cornetcy — the commission or rank of a cornet
- coronary — Coronary means belonging or relating to the heart.
- corybant — a wild attendant of the goddess Cybele
- counthry — Irish eye dialect spelling of country.
- countrey — Archaic spelling of country.
- courtney — a feminine and masculine name
- cousinly — like or befitting a cousin.
- cousinry — a collection of cousins
- coventry — a city in central England, in Coventry unitary authority, West Midlands: devastated in World War II; modern cathedral (1954–62); industrial centre, esp for motor vehicles; two universities (1965, 1992). Pop: 303 475 (2001)
- coveying — Present participle of covey.
- cow pony — a horse used by cowboys when herding
- cranefly — A cranefly is a harmless flying insect with long legs.
- crankily — In a cranky manner.
- cravenly — In a craven manner.
- crayoned — Simple past tense and past participle of crayon.
- cronyism — If you accuse someone in authority of cronyism, you mean that they use their power or authority to get jobs for their friends.
- cry down — to belittle; disparage
- cryingly — exceptionally or markedly
- cryobank — a facility for storing living tissue, such as sperm, embryos, cells, etc, at a low temperature
- cryogens — Plural form of cryogen.
- cryonaut — a person whose dead body has been preserved by the technique of cryonics.
- cryonics — the practice of freezing a human corpse in the hope of restoring it to life in the future
- cryotron — a miniature switch working at the temperature of liquid helium and depending for its action on the production and destruction of superconducting properties in the conductor
- cryptand — (chemistry) any of a class of polycyclic compounds related to the crown ethers, having three chains attached at two nitrogen atoms.
- culinary — Culinary means concerned with cooking.
- curranty — full of currants
- currency — The money used in a particular country is referred to as its currency.
- currying — to rub and clean (a horse) with a currycomb.
- cushiony — soft and comfortable like a cushion.
- cyanates — Plural form of cyanate.
- cyaneous — deep blue; cerulean.