8-letter words that end in y
- clattery — (informal) Tending to cause a clatter; noisy and possibly cumbersome.
- clearway — a stretch of road on which motorists may stop only in an emergency
- clemency — If someone is granted clemency, they are punished less severely than they could be.
- cleruchy — (in the ancient world) a special type of Athenian colony, in which settlers (cleruchs) retained their Athenian citizenship and the community remained a political dependency of Athens
- cleverly — mentally bright; having sharp or quick intelligence; able.
- clinally — Biology. the gradual change in certain characteristics exhibited by members of a series of adjacent populations of organisms of the same species.
- clonally — (chiefly, botany) By means of asexual reproduction. (from 20th c.).
- close-by — nearby; adjacent; neighboring.
- cloudily — In a cloudy way.
- clovelly — a village in SW England, in Devon on the Bristol Channel: famous for its steep cobbled streets: tourism, fishing. Pop: 472 (2001)
- clownery — clownish behavior.
- clumsily — awkward in movement or action; without skill or grace: He is very clumsy and is always breaking things.
- clustery — Growing in, or full of, clusters; like clusters.
- cluttery — full of clutter
- co derry — County Londonderry
- coagency — a joint agency
- coarsely — composed of relatively large parts or particles: The beach had rough, coarse sand.
- cobblery — the occupation of shoemaking or shoemending
- cobwebby — bearing an accumulation of cobwebs.
- codology — the art or practice of bluffing or deception
- coembody — to embody jointly
- coemploy — to employ together
- cogently — convincing or believable by virtue of forcible, clear, or incisive presentation; telling.
- coitally — in the manner of coitus
- colliery — A colliery is a coal mine and all the buildings and equipment which are connected with it.
- colloquy — a formal conversation or conference
- colonsay — an island in W Scotland, in the Inner Hebrides. Area: about 41 sq km (16 sq miles)
- colorway — (arts) The scheme of two or more colors in which a design is available. It is often used to describe variegated or ombre (shades of one color) print yarns, fabric, or thread. It can also be applied to apparel, to wallpaper and other interior design motifs, and to specifications for printed materials such as magazines or newspapers.
- colotomy — a colonic incision
- comelily — in a comely manner
- cometary — a celestial body moving about the sun, usually in a highly eccentric orbit, consisting of a central mass surrounded by an envelope of dust and gas that may form a tail that streams away from the sun.
- commoney — (in the game of marbles) a standard marble
- commonly — usually; ordinarily
- compathy — feelings, as happiness or grief, shared with another or others.
- conceity — full of conceit
- congiary — (in ancient Rome) a gift from the emperor to the people or soldiers
- conicity — the state of being conical
- connelly — Marc(us Cook) 1890–1980, U.S. dramatist.
- connolly — Billy. born 1942, Scottish comedian, musician, and actor: his films include Mrs Brown (1997)
- contrary — Ideas, attitudes, or reactions that are contrary to each other are completely different from each other.
- convexly — having a surface that is curved or rounded outward. Compare concave (def 1).
- cooingly — In a cooing way.
- cool guy — man: likeable
- coos bay — a town in SW Oregon.
- copurify — (of a compound) to purify, and be purified by, another compound
- copy boy — an employee who runs errands in a newspaper office
- coquetry — flirtation
- corduroy — Corduroy is thick cotton cloth with parallel raised lines on the outside.
- cornetcy — the commission or rank of a cornet
- coronary — Coronary means belonging or relating to the heart.