7-letter words containing a, y, u
- cayuses — Plural form of cayuse.
- chanoyu — a Japanese ceremony at which tea is prepared, served, and taken with an ancient and involved ritual.
- curably — In a curable manner.
- cutaway — In a film or video, a cutaway or a cutaway shot is a picture that shows something different from the main thing that is being shown.
- cyathus — an ancient measure of wine equivalent to approximately one twelfth of a pint
- danbury — city in SW Conn., near Bridgeport: pop. 75,000
- dasyure — any small carnivorous marsupial, such as Dasyurus quoll (eastern dasyure), of the subfamily Dasyurinae, of Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands
- daubery — the act or an instance of daubing
- duality — a dual state or quality.
- duarchy — a government or form of government in which power is vested equally in two rulers.
- ducally — in the manner of or pertaining to a duke.
- dunsany — Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett [mawr-tn draks pluhng-ket,, -kit,, mohr-] /ˈmɔr tn dræks ˈplʌŋ kɛt,, -kɪt,, ˈmoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 18th Baron ("Lord Dunsany") 1878–1957, Irish dramatist, poet, and essayist.
- durably — In a durable manner.
- duranty — Walter, 1884–1957, English journalist and author in the U.S.
- dysuria — difficult or painful urination.
- epulary — of or relating to feasting
- equably — In an equable manner.
- equally — In the same manner.
- estuary — The tidal mouth of a large river, where the tide meets the stream.
- eucrasy — (medicine, archaic) A mixture of qualities that constitutes health or soundness.
- euryale — one of the three Gorgons
- eustasy — A change of sea level throughout the world, caused typically by movements of parts of the earth’s crust or melting of glaciers.
- faculty — an ability, natural or acquired, for a particular kind of action: a faculty for making friends easily.
- fatuity — complacent stupidity; foolishness.
- feudary — a feudal tenant, one who holds the lands of an overlord on condition of fealty
- feydeau — Georges (ʒɔrʒ). 1862–1921, French dramatist, noted for his farces, esp La Dame de chez Maxim (1899) and Occupe-toi d'Amélie (1908)
- flaunty — (of persons) given to display; inclined to be ostentatious, showy, or vain.
- fugally — In a fugal manner.
- gaudery — ostentatious show.
- gaudily — brilliantly or excessively showy: gaudy plumage.
- gauntly — extremely thin and bony; haggard and drawn, as from great hunger, weariness, or torture; emaciated.
- gauntry — gantry.
- gauzily — In a gauzy manner.
- grayout — a temporary impairment of vision due to lack of oxygen
- guanyin — Kwan-yin.
- guayama — a city in S Puerto Rico.
- guaymas — a seaport in NW Mexico.
- guayule — a composite shrub, Parthenium argentatum, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, yielding a form of rubber.
- guayusa — a tree, Ilex guayusa , native to the rainforest in the upper Amazon river basin.
- guiyang — Also, Kweichow. a province in S China. 67,181 sq. mi. (173,999 sq. km). Capital: Guiyang.
- gunplay — the exchange of gunshots, usually with intent to wound or kill.
- gunyahs — Plural form of gunyah.
- hakluyt — Richard, 1552?–1616, English geographer and editor of explorers' narratives.
- haughey — Charles James. 1925–2006, Irish politician; leader of the Fianna Fáil party; prime minister of the Republic of Ireland (1979–81; 1982; 1987–92)
- haughty — disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious: haughty aristocrats; a haughty salesclerk.
- hautboy — oboe1 (def 1).
- houssay — Bernardo Alberto [ber-nahr-th aw ahl-ver-taw] /bɛrˈnɑr ðɔ ɑlˈvɛr tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1887–1971, Argentine physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- humanly — in a human manner.
- humayun — 1508–56, Mogul emperor of Hindustan 1530–56 (son of Baber).
- humpday — Alternative spelling of hump day.