7-letter words containing y, r
- cellary — Characteristic of a cellar; musty, gloomy, etc.
- century — A century is a period of a hundred years that is used when stating a date. For example, the 19th century was the period from 1801 to 1900.
- certify — If someone in an official position certifies something, they officially state that it is true.
- chantry — an endowment for the singing of Masses for the soul of the founder or others designated by him or her
- charily — cautiously; carefully
- charity — A charity is an organization which raises money in order to help people who are sick, very poor, or who have a disability.
- charley — Victor Charlie.
- charpoy — a bedstead of woven webbing or hemp stretched on a wooden frame on four legs, common in India
- cheerly — cheerful or cheerfully
- chicory — Chicory is a plant with crunchy bitter-tasting leaves. It is eaten in salads, and its roots are sometimes used instead of coffee.
- choltry — a place where travellers can rest
- chorley — a town in NW England, in S Lancashire: cotton textiles. Pop: 33 424 (2001)
- christy — a turn in which the body is swung sharply round with the skis parallel, originating in Norway and used for stopping, slowing down, or changing direction quickly
- chromyl — of, consisting of, or containing the divalent radical CrO2
- chryso- — indicating gold or the colour of gold
- churchy — like a church, church service, etc
- chytrid — any aquatic fungus of the phylum Chytridiomycota. Some species, esp Batrachochytrium dendrobatidis, are fatal to amphibians
- ciliary — of or relating to cilia
- cindery — a partially or mostly burned piece of coal, wood, etc.
- circusy — Reminiscent of a circus.
- citrusy — having the flavor or smell of lemons, limes, or oranges; tangy, tart, etc.
- clairty — Misspelling of clarity.
- clarify — To clarify something means to make it easier to understand, usually by explaining it in more detail.
- clarity — The clarity of something such as a book or argument is its quality of being well explained and easy to understand.
- clearly — in a clear, distinct, or obvious manner
- clerisy — learned or educated people collectively
- clerkly — of or like a clerk
- clovery — relating to clover; covered in clover
- clyster — an enema
- coloury — possessing colour
- comfrey — Comfrey is a herb that is used to make drinks and medicines.
- conakry — the capital of Guinea, a port on the island of Tombo. Pop: 1 465 000 (2005 est)
- conjury — magic
- connery — Sir Sean, real name Thomas Connery. born 1929, Scottish film actor, who played James Bond in such films as Goldfinger (1964). His later films include The Name of the Rose (1986), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989), and Finding Forrester (2000)
- cookery — Cookery is the activity of preparing and cooking food.
- coopery — the work, shop, or product of a cooper
- coppery — A coppery colour is reddish-brown like copper.
- corally — Having the shape or form of coral.
- corcyra — Corfu
- cornfly — a small fly of the genera Oscinis whose larvae cause swollen, gouty stems in cereal crops
- cornify — (of soft tissue) to become converted into horn or hard tissue
- cornily — in a corny manner
- corrody — Old English Law. corody.
- coryate — Thomas, 1577–1617, English traveler and author.
- corydon — (in pastoral literature) a shepherd or rustic
- coryell — John Russell, 1848–1924, U.S. author of detective and adventure stories.
- corylus — any of various shrubs or trees of the genus Corylus of the Betulaceae family (or the Corylaceae family, depending on the botanist), which bear nuts and are found in temperate regions of the northern hemisphere
- corymbs — Plural form of corymb.
- coryzal — relating to coryza
- coryzas — Plural form of coryza.