10-letter words that end in y
- calla lily — any southern African plant of the aroid genus Zantedeschia, esp Z. aethiopica, which has a white funnel-shaped spathe enclosing a yellow spadix
- calla-lily — Also called calla lily, arum lily. any of several plants belonging to the genus Zantedeschia, of the arum family, especially Z. aethiopica, having arrow-shaped leaves and a large white spathe enclosing a yellow spike.
- caloricity — Ectothermy.
- camera-shy — Someone who is camera-shy is nervous and uncomfortable about being filmed or about having their photograph taken.
- campimetry — a technique for assessing the central part of the visual field
- canada day — (in Canada) July 1, the anniversary of the day in 1867 when Canada became the first British colony to receive dominion status: a bank holiday
- canada jay — a large common jay of North America, Perisoreus canadensis, with a grey body, and a white-and-black crestless head
- cankeredly — spitefully or crabbedly
- cannibally — in the manner of a cannibal
- canon city — a town in central Colorado.
- canonicity — the fact or quality of being canonical
- canorously — In a canorous manner.
- canterbury — a late 18th-century low wooden stand with partitions for holding cutlery and plates: often mounted on casters
- capability — If you have the capability or the capabilities to do something, you have the ability or the qualities that are necessary to do it.
- capitulary — any of the collections of ordinances promulgated by the Frankish kings (8th–10th centuries ad)
- capnomancy — divination by observing smoke patterns
- captiously — In a captious manner.
- cardboardy — like cardboard, esp in stiffness, texture, or taste
- cardinally — of prime importance; chief; principal: of cardinal significance.
- cardiology — Cardiology is the study of the heart and its diseases.
- cardiotomy — (surgery) The procedure of making an incision in the heart.
- carelessly — If someone does something carelessly, they do it without much thought or effort.
- carol city — a town in SE Florida, near Miami.
- carpellary — (botany) Of or pertaining to carpels.
- carphology — the action of grasping at imaginary objects or plucking at one's bed linen, a characteristic of people affected by delirium
- carrot fly — a dipterous insect, Psila rosae, that is a serious pest of carrots. The larvae tunnel into the root to feed
- carry away — to remove forcefully
- cartomancy — the telling of fortunes with playing cards
- cartophily — the hobby of collecting cigarette cards
- case study — A case study is a written account that gives detailed information about a person, group, or thing and their development over a period of time.
- cash money — cash, as distinguished from a check or money order.
- castellany — the office or position of a castellan
- castratory — of or relating to castration
- catchpenny — designed to have instant appeal, esp in order to sell quickly and easily without regard for quality
- cauliflory — the production of flowers on the trunk, branches, etc, of a woody plant, as opposed to the ends of the twigs
- causticity — capable of burning, corroding, or destroying living tissue.
- cautionary — A cautionary story or a cautionary note to a story is one that is intended to give a warning to people.
- cautiously — showing, using, or characterized by caution: a cautious man; To be cautious is often to show wisdom.
- cavalierly — a horseman, especially a mounted soldier; knight.
- cecutiency — the state of or tendency to full or partial blindness
- cedar city — a town in SW Utah.
- celibately — In a celibate way.
- celioscopy — celoscope.
- centrality — the state or condition of being central
- centricity — pertaining to or situated at the center; central.
- cephalalgy — Dated form of cephalalgia.
- cerebrally — Anatomy, Zoology. of or relating to the cerebrum or the brain.
- ceroferary — Candleholder (especially for a large, church candle).
- cerography — the art of engraving on a waxed plate on which a printing surface is created by electrotyping
- certainity — Misspelling of certainty.