9-letter words containing y, o, n, i
- cabin boy — a boy who waits on the officers and passengers of a ship
- canopying — The activity of going through the canopy of a forest on a zipline.
- canyoning — the sport of travelling down a river situated in a canyon by a variety of means including scrambling, floating, swimming, and abseiling
- carnivory — the eating of animal flesh
- carnosity — an abnormal fleshy protrusion growing on any part of the body
- cautionry — the position or function of a surety, a person who protects and takes responsibility for another person
- ceylonite — a dark blue or black form of spinel
- chironomy — the craft or artistry of moving the hands by following a standard or formula in relation to theatrical, oratory, or musical performance
- chokingly — in a strangling, suffocating, or choking manner
- chondrify — to become or convert into cartilage
- cinnamony — reminiscent of cinnamon
- city-born — born in a city.
- claytonia — any low-growing North American succulent portulacaceous plant of the genus Claytonia
- clonality — The fact or condition of being genetically identical, as to a parent, sibling, or other biological source.
- clonicity — of or relating to clonus.
- cloyingly — In a cloying manner; with distasteful excess.
- cnidocyst — a nematocyst.
- coaxingly — to attempt to influence by gentle persuasion, flattery, etc.; cajole: He coaxed her to sing, but she refused.
- coccygian — of or relating to the coccyx
- codifying — Present participle of codify.
- community — The community is all the people who live in a particular area or place.
- 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
- congruity — the condition or fact of being congruous or congruent
- conically — Also, conical. having the form of, resembling, or pertaining to a cone.
- connivery — the act of conniving
- convexity — the state or quality of being convex
- conveying — to carry, bring, or take from one place to another; transport; bear.
- convoying — Present participle of convoy.
- cordyline — any of various trees or shrubs of the genus Cordyline that are native to eastern Asia, Australasia, and Polynesia
- 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
- countrify — to make countrified.
- cowboying — Present participle of cowboy.
- crayoning — Draw with a crayon or crayons.
- crayonist — (dated) An artist who uses crayons.
- crinosity — Hairiness.
- cryogenic — of or relating to the production or use of very low temperatures: cryogenic storage.
- cullionly — rascally; despicable
- cyclonite — a white crystalline insoluble explosive prepared by the action of nitric acid on hexamethylenetetramine; cyclotrimethylenetrinitramine: used in bombs and shells. Formula: C3H6N6O6
- cyclopian — having only one eye
- cynomolgi — plural form of singular cynomolgus: type of monkey
- cynophile — A person who loves canines; a dog lover.
- 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
- cytokines — Plural form of cytokine.