7-letter words containing a, y, s
- 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.
- sibylla — an Asian maiden who gained from her lover Apollo the gift of prophecy and long life.
- sickbay — a hospital or dispensary, especially aboard ship.
- sideway — a byway.
- signary — a set of symbols, such as an alphabet
- sir kay — (in Arthurian legend) the braggart foster brother and steward of King Arthur
- skagway — a town in SE Alaska, near the famous White and Chilkoot passes to the Klondike gold fields: railway terminus.
- skidway — a road or path formed of logs, planks, etc., for sliding objects.
- skyclad — naked
- skyjack — to hijack (an airliner), especially in order to hold the passengers and plane for ransom or for political reasons.
- skylark — a brown-speckled European lark, Alauda arvensis, famed for its melodious song.
- skysail — (in a square-rigged vessel) a light square sail next above the royal.
- skywalk — skybridge (def 1).
- skyward — Also, skywards. toward the sky.
- slackly — not tight, taut, firm, or tense; loose: a slack rope.
- slavery — the condition of a slave; bondage.
- slaying — A slaying is a murder.
- slayton — Donald Kent ("Deke") 1924–1993, U.S. astronaut.
- slipway — (in a shipyard) the area sloping toward the water, on which the ways are located.
- slydial — a telephone service that enables the caller to ring a person’s telephone number and leave a voice message on their answering machine but which eliminates the possibility of the caller having to have an unwanted conversation with that person
- smartly — to be a source of sharp, local, and usually superficial pain, as a wound.
- snatchy — consisting of, occurring in, or characterized by snatches; spasmodic; irregular.
- so many — a large number of
- sokaiya — (in Japan) an extortionist
- solyman — Suleiman I.
- someday — at an indefinite future time.
- someway — in some way; somehow.
- sonancy — the characteristic of being sonant
- soybean — a bushy Old World plant, Glycine max, of the legume family, grown in the U.S., chiefly for forage and soil improvement.
- soyinka — Wole [woh-ley] /ˈwoʊ leɪ/ (Show IPA), born 1934, Nigerian playwright, novelist, and poet: Nobel prize 1986.
- spangly — Spangly clothes are decorated with a lot of small shiny objects.
- sparkly — tending to sparkle; animated; lively: a row of sparkly cheerleaders.
- spassky — Boris (Vasilyevich) [bawr-is vuh-seel-yuh-vich,, bohr-,, bor-;; Russian buh-ryees vuh-syee-lyi-vyich] /ˈbɔr ɪs vəˈsil yə vɪtʃ,, ˈboʊr-,, ˈbɒr-;; Russian bʌˈryis vʌˈsyi lyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), born 1937, Russian chess player.
- splashy — making a splash or splashes.
- splayed — to spread out, expand, or extend.
- sprawly — tending to sprawl; straggly: The colt's legs were long and sprawly.
- sprayer — device that sprays a liquid
- sprayey — like, spattered with, or sending out spray
- spurway — a path used by horse riders
- 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.
- squabby — short and stout; squat.
- squally — characterized by squalls.