Index of English words, starting with "cy"

(1) - Cyprian (n.) A lewd woman; a harlot.
(2) - Cyprian (n.) A native or inhabitant of Cyprus, especially of ancient Cyprus; a Cypriot.
(3) - Cyprian (a.) Of, pertaining, or conducing to, lewdness.
(4) - Cyprian (a.) Belonging to Cyprus.

(1) - Cypripedium (n.) A genus of orchidaceous plants including the lady's slipper.

(1) - Cyrtostyle (n.) A circular projecting portion.

(1) - Cyst (n.) A form assumed by Protozoa in which they become saclike and quiescent. It generally precedes the production of germs. See Encystment.
(2) - Cyst (n.) A small capsule or sac of the kind in which many immature entozoans exist in the tissues of living animals; also, a similar form in Rotifera, etc.
(3) - Cyst (n.) One of the bladders or air vessels of certain algae, as of the great kelp of the Pacific, and common rockweeds (Fuci) of our shores.
(4) - Cyst (n.) In old authors, the urinary bladder, or the gall bladder.
(5) - Cyst (n.) A pouch or sac without opening, usually membranous and containing morbid matter, which is accidentally developed in one of the natural cavities or in the substance of an organ.