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7-letter words starting with CY
There are 34 7-letter words starting with CY in the standard word-game list. The most common are cynical, cyanide, cycling, cyclops, cyclone, cyclist.
Most common, with meanings
| Word | Meaning | Points |
|---|---|---|
| cynical | believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others | 14 |
| cyanide | any of a class of organic compounds containing the cyano radical -CN | 13 |
| cycling | the sport of traveling on a bicycle or motorcycle | 15 |
| cyclops | (Greek mythology) one of a group of giants having a single eye in the middle of their forehead | 16 |
| cyclone | (meteorology) rapid inward circulation of air masses about a low pressure center; circling counterclockwise… | 14 |
| cyclist | a person who rides a bicycle | 14 |
| cypress | wood of any of various cypress trees especially of the genus Cupressus | 14 |
| cyanate | Any salt or ester of cyanic acid | 12 |
| cyanine | Any of a family of synthetic polymethine blue dyes used in photography etc. | 12 |
| cyanite | a grey or greenish-blue mineral consisting of aluminum silicate in crystalline form; occurs in metaphoric… | 12 |
| cycasin | A toxin found in certain plants that affects the gastrointestinal tract and nervous system. | 14 |
| cyclase | Any enzyme that catalyzes the cyclization of a compound | 14 |
| cyclize | To undergo, or cause to undergo, a reaction resulting in the formation of an aromatic or ring structure. | 23 |
| cycloid | resembling a circle | 15 |
| cymling | squash plant having flattened round fruit with a scalloped edge; usually greenish white | 15 |
| cyprian | of or relating to Cyprus or its people or culture | 14 |
| cypsela | An achene formed from an inferior bicarpellary ovary of which only one carpel develops into a seed, as in… | 14 |
| cystine | a crystalline amino acid found in proteins (especially keratin); discovered in bladder stones | 12 |
| cystoid | Resembling a cyst or bladder. | 13 |
| cytosol | the aqueous part of the cytoplasm within which various particles and organelles are suspended | 12 |