9-letter words containing y, n
- covalency — the formation and nature of covalent bonds
- cowboying — Present participle of cowboy.
- cranberry — Cranberries are red berries with a sour taste. They are often used to make a sauce or jelly that you eat with meat.
- crane fly — any dipterous fly of the family Tipulidae, having long legs, slender wings, and a narrow body
- cranially — With regard to the cranium.
- cravingly — With longing or craving.
- crayoning — Draw with a crayon or crayons.
- crayonist — (dated) An artist who uses crayons.
- crinosity — Hairiness.
- cry uncle — a brother of one's father or mother.
- cryobanks — Plural form of cryobank.
- cryogenic — of or relating to the production or use of very low temperatures: cryogenic storage.
- cryptonym — a code name or secret name
- cullionly — rascally; despicable
- cunningly — skill employed in a shrewd or sly manner, as in deceiving; craftiness; guile.
- currently — at the presenttime; now: She is currently working as a lab technician.
- curtsying — Present participle of curtsey.
- cuttingly — In a cutting manner.
- cuttyhunk — a twisted, linen fishline, especially one laid by hand.
- cyan blue — a moderate greenish-blue to bluish-green color.
- cyanamide — a white or colourless crystalline soluble weak dibasic acid, which can be hydrolysed to urea. Formula: H2NCN
- cyanotype — a process of photographic printing, used chiefly in copying architectural and mechanical drawings, that produces a blue line on a white background.
- cyanurate — a salt or ester derived from cyanide
- cybernate — to control (a manufacturing process) with a servomechanism or (of a process) to be controlled by a servomechanism
- cybernaut — a person who is an expert in or uses the internet a lot
- cyberporn — any pornography accessible online or on the internet
- cyberpunk — Cyberpunk is a type of science fiction.
- cyberwand — (hardware, virtual reality) A virtual reality controller. The CyberWand costs $99, or $765 with optional Polhemus sensor. It is basically the handle of a flight control system without the base. The controller's four buttons and 2-D hat sensor track six degrees of movement.
- cyberzine — (computing) A magazine published on the Internet.
- cybrarian — a person responsible for archives and information available on the internet
- cyclamens — Plural form of cyclamen.
- cyclizine — an antihistamine drug used to relieve the symptoms of motion sickness and vertigo
- cyclonite — a white crystalline insoluble explosive prepared by the action of nitric acid on hexamethylenetetramine; cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine: used in bombs and shells. Formula: C3H6N6O6
- cyclopean — of, relating to, or resembling the Cyclops
- cyclopian — having only one eye
- cyclotron — a type of particle accelerator in which the particles spiral inside two D-shaped hollow metal electrodes placed facing each other under the effect of a strong vertical magnetic field, gaining energy by a high-frequency voltage applied between these electrodes
- cylinders — Plural form of cylinder.
- cylindric — Of or relating to cylinders; shaped like a cylinder.
- cyllenian — of or relating to Mount Cyllene in Arcadia, Greece, or to the god Hermes, reputed to have been born there.
- cymbeline — a romantic drama (1610?) by Shakespeare.
- cymophane — a yellow or green opalescent variety of chrysoberyl
- cynegetic — of or relating to hunting with dogs
- cynically — If you say that someone is cynically doing something, you mean they are doing it to benefit themselves and they do not care that they are deceiving, harming, or using people.
- cynicisms — Plural form of cynicism.
- cynomolgi — plural form of singular cynomolgus: type of monkey
- cynophile — A person who loves canines; a dog lover.
- cynophobe — A person with cynophobia.
- cynosures — Plural form of cynosure.
- cyphonism — An ancient form of punishment involving a sort of wooden pillory by which the victim's neck was bent or weighed downward.
- cyprinoid — of, relating to, or belonging to the Cyprinoidea, a large suborder of teleost fishes including the cyprinids, characins, electric eels, and loaches