7-letter words containing a, y, s
- salmony — like salmon
- salsify — a purple-flowered, composite plant, Tragopogon porrifolius, whose root has an oyster-like flavor and is used as a culinary vegetable.
- saltily — in a salty manner
- samkhya — one of the six leading systems of Hindu philosophy, stressing the reality and duality of spirit and matter.
- samoyed — a member of a Uralic people dwelling in W Siberia and the far NE parts of European Russia.
- sandfly — any of several small, bloodsucking, dipterous insects of the family Psychodidae that are vectors of several diseases of humans.
- 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.
- sarkozy — Nicolas (niːkɒˌlaː). born 1955, French centre-right politician, president of France from 2007 to 2012
- saroyan — William, 1908–81, U.S. dramatist, short-story writer, and novelist.
- sassaby — a large, blackish-red South African antelope, Damaliscus lunatus, having curved horns.
- sassily — impertinent; insolent; saucy: a sassy reply; a sassy teen.
- satiety — the state of being satiated; surfeit.
- satisfy — to fulfill the desires, expectations, needs, or demands of (a person, the mind, etc.); give full contentment to: The hearty meal satisfied him.
- satrapy — the province or jurisdiction of a satrap.
- satyral — a mythical beast in heraldry thought to have a lion's body, an antelope's tail and horns, and an old man's face
- satyric — Classical Mythology. one of a class of woodland deities, attendant on Bacchus, represented as part human, part horse, and sometimes part goat and noted for riotousness and lasciviousness.
- satyrid — Classical Mythology. one of a class of woodland deities, attendant on Bacchus, represented as part human, part horse, and sometimes part goat and noted for riotousness and lasciviousness.
- saucily — impertinent; insolent: a saucy remark; a saucy child.
- saveloy — a highly seasoned, dried sausage.
- savigny — Friedrich Karl von (ˈfridrɪç ˈkɑl fɔn). 1779–1861, German legal scholar, who pioneered the historical approach to jurisprudence, emphasizing custom and precedent
- savoury — pleasant or agreeable in taste or smell: a savory aroma.
- savvily — in a savvy manner
- sayable — of the sort that can be said or spoken; utterable: He felt a great deal that was not sayable.
- sayings — something said, especially a proverb or apothegm.
- scantly — barely sufficient in amount or quantity; not abundant; almost inadequate: to do scant justice.
- scaredy — someone who is easily frightened
- scarify — to make scratches or superficial incisions in (the skin, a wound, etc.), as in vaccination.
- scarily — in a scary or frightening manner
- scenary — relating to theatre sets or scenery
- schally — Andrew Victor, born 1926, U.S. physiologist, born in Poland: Nobel prize 1977.
- scraggy — lean or thin; scrawny.
- scranny — scrawny or lean
- scrappy — fond of fighting, arguing, or competing.
- scrawly — written or drawn awkwardly or carelessly.
- scrawny — excessively thin; lean; scraggy: a long, scrawny neck.
- 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
- scythia — the ancient name of a region in SE Europe and Asia, between the Black and Aral seas.
- 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.
- 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