7-letter words containing a, s, y, e
- per say — a frequent misspelling of per se.
- pessary — a device worn in the vagina to support a displaced uterus.
- plassey — a village in NE India, about 80 miles (128 km) north of Kolkata: Clive's victory over a Bengal army here (1757) led to the establishment of British power in India.
- pylades — a son of Strophius who befriended Orestes, accompanied him in his wanderings, and eventually married Electra, sister of Orestes.
- pytheas — 4th century bc, Greek navigator. He was the first Greek to visit and describe the coasts of Spain, France, and the British Isles and may have reached Iceland
- quesnay — François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1694–1774, French economist and physician.
- rayless — lacking rays or raylike parts.
- respray — coat again with spray paint
- reynosa — a city in N Tamaulipas, in E Mexico, on the Rio Grande.
- rosebay — any of several rhododendrons, as the great laurel of eastern North America or Rhododendron macrophyllum, of the west coast of North America.
- rysanek — Leonie [le-aw-nee] /ˈlɛ ɔˌni/ (Show IPA), 1926–98, Austrian soprano.
- samoyed — a member of a Uralic people dwelling in W Siberia and the far NE parts of European Russia.
- satiety — the state of being satiated; surfeit.
- saveloy — a highly seasoned, dried sausage.
- sayable — of the sort that can be said or spoken; utterable: He felt a great deal that was not sayable.
- scaredy — someone who is easily frightened
- scenary — relating to theatre sets or scenery
- scytale — a tool used to transmit secret messages by way of wrapping a strip of leather around a cylinder and writing on it. The leather is then unwound and must be wrapped around a cylinder of the same size to read the message. Used by the Ancient Greeks, particularly the Spartans
- seabury — Samuel, 1729–96, American clergyman: first bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church.
- sealery — a place where seals are caught.
- sectary — a member of a particular sect, especially an adherent of a religious body regarded as heretical or schismatic.
- semenya — Caster. born 1991, South African female athlete; won gold in the 800 metres at the 2009 World Championships; subjected to gender testing then returned to competitive athletics in 2010
- sequoya — 1770?–1843, Cherokee Indian scholar: inventor of a syllabary for writing Cherokee.
- 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.
- sheathy — resembling or constituting a sheath
- sideway — a byway.
- slavery — the condition of a slave; bondage.
- someday — at an indefinite future time.
- someway — in some way; somehow.
- soybean — a bushy Old World plant, Glycine max, of the legume family, grown in the U.S., chiefly for forage and soil improvement.
- splayed — to spread out, expand, or extend.
- sprayer — device that sprays a liquid
- sprayey — like, spattered with, or sending out spray
- spyware — Computers. software that is installed surreptitiously and gathers information about an Internet user's browsing habits, intercepts the user's personal data, etc., transmitting this information to a third party: a parent's use of spyware to monitor a child's online activities.
- squeaky — squeaking; tending to squeak: His squeaky shoes could be heard across the lobby.
- stagery — theatrical effects or techniques, or the arrangement of a production on stage
- stanley — Arthur Penrhyn [pen-rin] /ˈpɛn rɪn/ (Show IPA), (Dean Stanley) 1815–81, English clergyman and author.
- starkey — a push button on a telephone or other electronic device that is marked with an asterisk, often in the lower left-hand area.
- stately — majestic; imposing in magnificence, elegance, etc.: a stately home.
- strayve — to wander aimlessly
- streaky — occurring in streaks or a streak.
- streamy — abounding in streams or watercourses: streamy meadows.
- stylate — having a style.
- suavely — (of persons or their manner, speech, etc.) smoothly agreeable or polite; agreeably or blandly urbane.
- synapse — a region where nerve impulses are transmitted and received, encompassing the axon terminal of a neuron that releases neurotransmitters in response to an impulse, an extremely small gap across which the neurotransmitters travel, and the adjacent membrane of an axon, dendrite, or muscle or gland cell with the appropriate receptor molecules for picking up the neurotransmitters.
- synapte — a litany.
- synnema — a spore-bearing structure having very compact conidiophores.
- tayside — a region in E Scotland. 1100 sq. mi. (2849 sq. km).