7-letter words containing a, s, h, y
- sandhya — a ritual of worship and meditation performed three times a day by Hindus of the higher castes.
- sankhya — one of the six leading systems of Hindu philosophy, stressing the reality and duality of spirit and matter.
- schally — Andrew Victor, born 1926, U.S. physiologist, born in Poland: Nobel prize 1977.
- scythia — the ancient name of a region in SE Europe and Asia, between the Black and Aral seas.
- shadfly — mayfly (def 1).
- shadily — abounding in shade; shaded: shady paths.
- shadowy — resembling a shadow in faintness, slightness, etc.: shadowy outlines.
- shakhty — a city in the SW Russian Federation in Europe, in the Donets Basin.
- shakily — tending to shake or tremble.
- shambly — characterized by awkward, lazy, or unsteady movements, esp in walking
- shandry — a light horse-drawn cart on springs
- shankly — Bill. 1913–81, Scottish footballer and manager of Liverpool FC (1959–74)
- shantey — chantey.
- shapely — having a pleasing shape, especially with reference to a woman's figure.
- shapley — Harlow [hahr-loh] /ˈhɑr loʊ/ (Show IPA), 1885–1972, U.S. astronomer.
- sharply — having a thin cutting edge or a fine point; well-adapted for cutting or piercing: a sharp knife.
- shaytan — Ash-Shaytān.
- sheathy — resembling or constituting a sheath
- shipway — the structure that supports a ship being built.
- shishya — a pupil of a guru.
- snatchy — consisting of, occurring in, or characterized by snatches; spasmodic; irregular.
- splashy — making a splash or splashes.
- squashy — easily squashed; pulpy.
- stachys — any plant of the genus Stachys, esp S. lanata (lamb's ears) and S. officinalis (betony)
- starchy — of, relating to, or of the nature of starch.
- swarthy — (of skin color, complexion, etc.) dark.
- synthia — the informal name for a self-replicating synthetic bacterium, created in 2010 from a version of the Mycoplasma mycoides genome and implanted into a DNA-free Mycoplasma capricolum bacterial shell. It is the world’s first artificial life form
- thrymsa — a coin of Anglo-Saxon England.
- unhasty — not speedy
- washday — the day set apart in a household for washing clothes: Monday is always washday at our house.
- washery — a plant at a mine where water or other liquid is used to remove dirt from a mineral, esp coal
- yahwism — the worship of Yahweh or the religious system based on such worship.
- yahwist — a writer of the earliest major source of the Hexateuch, in which God is characteristically referred to as Yahweh rather than Elohim.
- yakshas — Plural form of yaksha.
- yarrish — (UK dialectal) Having a rough, dry taste.
- yashmac — Alternative spelling of yashmak.
- yashmak — the veil worn by Muslim women to cover the face in public.
- yeshiva — an Orthodox Jewish school for the religious and secular education of children of elementary school age.
- zanyish — fairly or quite zany