9-letter words containing y, n
- carpingly — In a carping manner.
- cartooney — Misspelling of cartoony.
- cautionry — the position or function of a surety, a person who protects and takes responsibility for another person
- centenary — The centenary of an event such as someone's birth is the 100th anniversary of that event.
- centrally — of or forming the center: the central hut in the village.
- ceromancy — divination by interpreting the significance of shapes formed when melted wax is dropped into water
- certainly — You use certainly to emphasize what you are saying when you are making a statement.
- certainty — Certainty is the state of being definite or of having no doubts at all about something.
- ceylonese — of or relating to Ceylon or its inhabitants
- ceylonite — a dark blue or black form of spinel
- ch'u yuan — 343–289 b.c, Chinese poet: author of the Li-sao.
- chalybean — of or relating to the Chalybes, an ancient tribe of central Asia noted for their skill with iron and steel
- chandlery — the business, warehouse, or merchandise of a chandler
- chantilly — a town in N France, near the Forest of Chantilly formerly famous for lace and porcelain. Pop: 10 902 (1999)
- chatoyant — having changeable lustre; twinkling
- chernobyl — a town in N Ukraine; site of a nuclear power station accident in 1986
- cherylene — a female given name.
- chicanery — Chicanery is using cleverness to cheat people.
- chidingly — In a chiding manner.
- chimneyed — Containing chimneys, or a particular type or number of chimney.
- chipewyan — a member of a North American Indian people of NW Canada
- chironomy — the craft or artistry of moving the hands by following a standard or formula in relation to theatrical, oratory, or musical performance
- chivvying — Present participle of chivvy.
- chokingly — in a strangling, suffocating, or choking manner
- chomskyan — of or relating to Noam Chomsky or his linguistic theories, especially to transformational-generative grammar.
- chondrify — to become or convert into cartilage
- chrononym — (semiotics) A term for a specific period of time, such as
- cinnamony — reminiscent of cinnamon
- citizenly — Pertaining to citizens.
- citizenry — The people living in a country, state, or city can be referred to as the citizenry.
- city plan — the developmental plan for a city or town arrived at through the process of city planning.
- city-born — born in a city.
- clamantly — urgently
- claystone — a compact very fine-grained rock consisting of consolidated clay particles
- claytonia — any low-growing North American succulent portulacaceous plant of the genus Claytonia
- clemently — In a clement manner.
- clergyman — A clergyman is a male member of the clergy.
- clergymen — a member of the clergy.
- clonality — The fact or condition of being genetically identical, as to a parent, sibling, or other biological source.
- clonicity — of or relating to clonus.
- clonotype — (taxonomy) A herbarium specimen made from plants vegetatively propagated from (and thus clones of) the same plant from which a type specimen was made.
- cloyingly — In a cloying manner; with distasteful excess.
- clydebank — a town in W Scotland, in West Dunbartonshire on the north bank of the River Clyde. Pop: 29 858 (2001)
- cnidocyst — a nematocyst.
- coaxingly — to attempt to influence by gentle persuasion, flattery, etc.; cajole: He coaxed her to sing, but she refused.
- cob money — crude silver coins issued in the Spanish colonies of the New World from about 1600 until 1820
- coccygian — of or relating to the coccyx
- cockneyfy — to cause (one's speech, manners, etc) to fit the stereotyped idea of a cockney
- cocoonery — a place where silkworms feed and make cocoons
- codifying — Present participle of codify.