9-letter words containing y, n
- coenocyte — a mass of protoplasm containing many nuclei and enclosed by a cell wall: occurs in many fungi and some algae
- coenzymes — Plural form of coenzyme.
- cognately — In a way that is cognate.
- coherency — the act or state of cohering; cohesion.
- cohyponym — a word that is one of multiple hyponyms of another word
- colocynth — a cucurbitaceous climbing plant, Citrullus colocynthis, of the Mediterranean region and Asia, having bitter-tasting fruit
- colonelcy — the rank, position, or status of a colonel.
- colophony — rosin
- community — The community is all the people who live in a particular area or place.
- company's — a number of individuals assembled or associated together; group of people.
- complying — Present participle of comply.
- concavity — the state or quality of being concave
- concisely — expressing or covering much in few words; brief in form but comprehensive in scope; succinct; terse: a concise explanation of the company's retirement plan.
- concyclic — (of a set of geometric points) lying on a common circle
- condignly — (especially of a punishment) appropriate.
- condyloid — of or resembling a condyle
- condyloma — a skin tumour near the anus or genital organs, esp as a result of syphilis
- congo dye — any of certain azo dyes, derived mainly from benzidine
- congruity — the condition or fact of being congruous or congruent
- conically — Also, conical. having the form of, resembling, or pertaining to a cone.
- connately — In a connate fashion.
- connivery — the act of conniving
- constancy — Constancy is the quality of staying the same even though other things change.
- contently — satisfied with what one is or has; not wanting more or anything else.
- contranym — A word that has two opposing meanings, such as 'cleave' (“come together” or “split apart”).
- contrasty — (of a photograph or subject) having sharp gradations in tone, esp between light and dark areas
- contronym — A word with two opposite meanings, e.g., sanction (which can mean both ‘a penalty for disobeying a law’ and ‘official permission or approval for an action’).
- contumacy — obstinate and wilful rebelliousness or resistance to authority; insubordination; disobedience
- contumely — scornful or insulting language or behaviour
- convexity — the state or quality of being convex
- conveyers — Plural form of conveyer.
- conveying — to carry, bring, or take from one place to another; transport; bear.
- conveyors — Plural form of conveyor.
- convoying — Present participle of convoy.
- conybeare — William Daniel. 1787–1857, British geologist. He summarized all that was known about rocks at the time in Outlines of the Geology of England and Wales (1822)
- coparceny — (legal) An equal share of an inheritance.
- copayment — a fee paid by a subscriber to a service for the use of additional services not covered by the subscription
- copy down — If you copy down something that someone has said or written, you write it down exactly.
- cordyline — any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Cordyline that are native to eastern Asia, Australasia, and Polynesia
- coregency — Monarchical position (such as king, queen, emperor or empress) held by two persons when normally held by only one.
- corkingly — (informal) In a corking manner; splendidly.
- corn lily — any of several South African iridaceous plants of the genus Ixia, which have coloured lily-like flowers
- coronally — in a coronal manner
- coryphene — either of two large marine percoid fishes, Coryphaena hippurus or C. equisetis, that resemble the cetacean dolphins and have an iridescent coloration
- cosmogeny — (dated) cosmogony.
- cosmogony — the study of the origin and development of the universe or of a particular system in the universe, such as the solar system
- cotyledon — a simple embryonic leaf in seed-bearing plants, which, in some species, forms the first green leaf after germination
- countably — in a countable manner
- countrify — to make countrified.
- countryfy — Alternative spelling of countrify.