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8-letter words that end in y

  • charlady — a charwoman
  • charnley — Sir John. 1911–82, British surgeon noted for his invention of an artificial hip joint and his development of hip-replacement surgery
  • chastely — refraining from sexual intercourse that is regarded as contrary to morality or religion; virtuous.
  • chastity — the state of being chaste; purity
  • chattery — to talk rapidly in a foolish or purposeless way; jabber.
  • chattily — In a chatty manner.
  • chauncey — a masculine name
  • cheatery — the act of cheating or deceiving
  • checkedy — checkered; having a checked pattern.
  • cheddary — resembling or pertaining to cheddar cheese
  • cheekily — impudent; insolent: a cheeky fellow; cheeky behavior.
  • cheerily — in good spirits; cheerful; happy.
  • cheesily — in a cheesy manner
  • chemurgy — the branch of chemistry concerned with the industrial use of organic raw materials, esp materials of agricultural origin
  • chertsey — a town in S England, in N Surrey on the River Thames. Pop: 10 323 (2001)
  • chestily — in a self-important and arrogant manner
  • chevrony — showing or displaying chevrons
  • chiccory — chicory.
  • chickory — Alternative spelling of chicory.
  • chiefery — the responsibility and lands belonging to an Irish chief
  • chillily — in a cold manner
  • chimbley — (UK, dialect) A chimney.
  • chirally — In a chiral manner; exhibiting chirality; like a left- or right-handed spiral.
  • chirpily — In a chirpy way.
  • chirrupy — chirpy; cheerful.
  • chivalry — Chivalry is polite, kind, and unselfish behaviour, especially by men towards women.
  • choicely — With care in choosing; with attention to preference.
  • choirboy — A choirboy is a boy who sings in a church choir.
  • choosily — In a choosy manner; pickily.
  • choppily — (of the sea, a lake, etc.) forming short, irregular, broken waves.
  • chorally — of a chorus or a choir: She heads our new choral society.
  • choultry — Alternative form of choltry.
  • christly — of Jesus Christ; Christlike
  • chronaxy — Alternative form of chronaxie.
  • chubbily — in a chubby way or in the manner of someone who is chubby
  • chummery — (India) The building in which unmarried British army officers were quartered during the w British Raj.
  • chummily — friendly; intimate; sociable.
  • chunkily — In a chunky way.
  • chupatty — Alternative spelling of chapatti.
  • churchly — appropriate to, associated with, or suggestive of church life and customs
  • cinerary — holding or intended for ashes, especially the ashes of cremated bodies: a cinerary urn.
  • circuity — (of speech, reasoning, etc) a roundabout or devious quality
  • circussy — characteristic of a circus
  • citrussy — having or resembling the taste or colour of a citrus fruit
  • civility — politeness or courtesy, esp when formal
  • clackety — A clacking sound suggesting mechanical motion, as of a railway train.
  • clamancy — urgency
  • clammily — In a clammy manner.
  • classify — To classify things means to divide them into groups or types so that things with similar characteristics are in the same group.
  • classily — of high class, rank, or grade; stylish; admirably smart; elegant.
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