9-letter words that end in y
- carnality — pertaining to or characterized by the flesh or the body, its passions and appetites; sensual: carnal pleasures.
- carnivory — the eating of animal flesh
- carnosity — an abnormal fleshy protrusion growing on any part of the body
- carpentry — Carpentry is the activity of making and repairing wooden things.
- carpingly — In a carping manner.
- carpology — the branch of botany concerned with the study of fruits and seeds
- cartology — the theory or science of mapmaking
- cartooney — Misspelling of cartoony.
- cartulary — a collection of charters or records, esp relating to the title to an estate or monastery
- casco bay — bay on the SW coast of Maine, on which Portland is located
- cassowary — any large flightless bird of the genus Casuarius, inhabiting forests in NE Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands, having a horny head crest, black plumage, and brightly coloured neck and wattles: order Casuariiformes
- cast away — to throw or hurl; fling: The gambler cast the dice.
- casuistry — Casuistry is the use of clever arguments to persuade or trick people.
- catalepsy — a state of prolonged rigid posture, occurring for example in schizophrenia or in hypnotic trances
- cataplexy — sudden temporary paralysis, brought on by severe shock
- cattishly — In a cattish manner.
- causality — Causality is the relationship of cause and effect.
- cautionry — the position or function of a surety, a person who protects and takes responsibility for another person
- cecostomy — Alternative spelling of caecostomy.
- celebrity — A celebrity is someone who is famous, especially in areas of entertainment such as films, music, writing, or sport.
- celiotomy — laparotomy (def 2).
- cell body — the compact area of a nerve cell that constitutes the nucleus and surrounding cytoplasm, excluding the axons and dendrites.
- cellarway — the entrance leading into a cellar
- centenary — The centenary of an event such as someone's birth is the 100th anniversary of that event.
- centrally — of or forming the center: the central hut in the village.
- ceromancy — divination by interpreting the significance of shapes formed when melted wax is dropped into water
- certainly — You use certainly to emphasize what you are saying when you are making a statement.
- certainty — Certainty is the state of being definite or of having no doubts at all about something.
- chairlady — chairwoman.
- champerty — (formerly) an illegal bargain between a party to litigation and an outsider whereby the latter agrees to pay for the action and thereby share in any proceeds recovered
- chandlery — the business, warehouse, or merchandise of a chandler
- chantilly — a town in N France, near the Forest of Chantilly formerly famous for lace and porcelain. Pop: 10 902 (1999)
- charcoaly — resembling charcoal
- chayefsky — Paddy [pad-ee] /ˈpæd i/ (Show IPA), 1923–1981, U.S. playwright and director.
- cheat day — a day in which a person goes off a dietary regimen: Today’s my cheat day, so I’m eating pizza and ice cream.
- chemistry — Chemistry is the scientific study of the structure of substances and of the way that they react with other substances.
- chemitypy — the process of chemitype
- cherkassy — city & port in central Ukraine, on the Dnepr River: pop. 302,000
- chicanery — Chicanery is using cleverness to cheat people.
- chidingly — In a chiding manner.
- chippeway — Chippewa.
- chirality — the configuration or handedness (left or right) of an asymmetric, optically active chemical compound
- chirology — Palm reading.
- chironomy — the craft or artistry of moving the hands by following a standard or formula in relation to theatrical, oratory, or musical performance
- chiropody — Chiropody is the professional treatment and care of people's feet.
- chocolaty — a preparation of the seeds of cacao, roasted, husked, and ground, often sweetened and flavored, as with vanilla.
- choir-boy — a boy who sings in a choir, especially a church choir.
- chokingly — in a strangling, suffocating, or choking manner
- chondrify — to become or convert into cartilage
- chop suey — Chop suey is a Chinese-style dish that consists of meat and vegetables that have been stewed together.