7-letter words that end in y
- chiefly — You use chiefly to indicate that a particular reason, emotion, method, or feature is the main or most important one.
- chifley — Joseph Benedict. 1885–1951, Australian statesman; prime minister of Australia (1945–49)
- childly — childlike; childish
- chimley — Alternative form of chimbley.
- chimney — A chimney is a pipe through which smoke goes up into the air, usually through the roof of a building.
- chinchy — miserly
- chintzy — Something that is chintzy is decorated or covered with chintz.
- choltry — a place where travellers can rest
- chomsky — (Avram) Noam (ˈnəʊəm). born 1928, US linguist and political critic. His theory of language structure, transformational generative grammar, superseded the behaviourist view of Leonard Bloomfield
- choosey — Alternative spelling of choosy.
- 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
- chunkey — A sport or game played by the Cherokee and other Native Americans in the Carolinas, which involved rolling stone disks across the ground and throwing spears at them in an attempt to place the spear as close to the stopped stone as possible.
- churchy — like a church, church service, etc
- chutney — Chutney is a cold sauce made from fruit, vinegar, sugar, and spices. It is sold in jars and you eat it with meat or cheese.
- chylify — to turn into, or produce, chyle
- chymify — to form into chyme
- ciliary — of or relating to cilia
- cindery — a partially or mostly burned piece of coal, wood, etc.
- ciphony — the process of enciphering audio information to produce encrypted speech
- circusy — Reminiscent of a circus.
- citrusy — having the flavor or smell of lemons, limes, or oranges; tangy, tart, etc.
- civilly — with civility; politely
- 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.
- cleanly — in a fair manner
- clearly — in a clear, distinct, or obvious manner
- clerisy — learned or educated people collectively
- clerkly — of or like a clerk
- cliquey — If you describe a group of people or their behaviour as cliquey, you mean they spend their time only with other members of the group and seem unfriendly towards people who are not in the group.
- clooney — George. born 1961, US film actor; starred in the television series ER (1994–99) and the films The Perfect Storm (2000), Ocean's Eleven (2001), Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002, also directed), Syriana (2005, also directed), and The American (2010)
- closeby — nearby; adjacent; neighboring.
- closely — to put (something) in a position to obstruct an entrance, opening, etc.; shut.
- clovery — relating to clover; covered in clover
- clutchy — (of a person) tending to cling
- coalify — to turn into coal
- cockily — in a cocky manner
- cockney — A cockney is a person who was born in the East End of London.
- cockshy — a target aimed at in throwing games
- cogency — the quality or condition of being cogent; power to convince
- colicky — If someone, especially a baby, is colicky, they are suffering from colic.
- coligny — Gaspard de (ɡaspar də), Seigneur de Châtillon. 1519–72, French Huguenot leader
- coloury — possessing colour
- come by — To come by something means to obtain it or find it.
- comfily — (informal) comfortably.
- comfrey — Comfrey is a herb that is used to make drinks and medicines.
- company — A company is a business organization that makes money by selling goods or services.
- compony — made up of alternating metal and colour, colour and fur, or fur and metal
- conakry — the capital of Guinea, a port on the island of Tombo. Pop: 1 465 000 (2005 est)