7-letter words containing a, y, u
- paystub — A paystub is a piece of paper given to an employee when he or she is paid stating how much money has been earned and how much has been taken from that sum for things such as tax.
- plaguey — such as to plague, torment, or annoy; vexatious: a plaguy pile of debts.
- play up — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- playbus — a mobile playground
- playful — full of play or fun; sportive; frolicsome.
- qu yuan — Ch'ü Yüan.
- qualify — to provide with proper or necessary skills, knowledge, credentials, etc.; make competent: to qualify oneself for a job.
- quality — an essential or distinctive characteristic, property, or attribute: the chemical qualities of alcohol.
- quandry — Misspelling of quandary.
- quartzy — resembling quartz
- quavery — to shake tremulously; quiver or tremble: He stood there quavering with fear.
- quayage — quays collectively.
- queachy — unwell
- quesnay — François [frahn-swa] /frɑ̃ˈswa/ (Show IPA), 1694–1774, French economist and physician.
- quinary — pertaining to or consisting of five.
- raunchy — vulgar or smutty; crude; earthy; obscene: a raunchy joke.
- ray gun — a gun that can fire bursts of usually destructive or lethal rays: a science fiction novel whose hero has a ray gun made of gold.
- rayburn — Sam, 1882–1961, U.S. lawyer and political leader: Speaker of the House 1940–47, 1949–53, 1955–61.
- reynaud — Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1878–1966, French statesman: premier 1940.
- rudyard — a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “red” and “guarded.”.
- rufiyaa — rupee (def 3).
- runaway — a person who runs away; fugitive; deserter.
- rya rug — a decorative hand-woven area rug or tapestry of Scandinavian origin, with a thick pile and, usually, an abstract design
- saucily — impertinent; insolent: a saucy remark; a saucy child.
- savoury — pleasant or agreeable in taste or smell: a savory aroma.
- seabury — Samuel, 1729–96, American clergyman: first bishop of the Protestant Episcopal Church.
- sequoya — 1770?–1843, Cherokee Indian scholar: inventor of a syllabary for writing Cherokee.
- spurway — a path used by horse riders
- squabby — short and stout; squat.
- squally — characterized by squalls.
- squashy — easily squashed; pulpy.
- squatty — short and thick; low and broad.
- squawky — unpleasantly discordant or harsh in sound; cacophonous.
- squeaky — squeaking; tending to squeak: His squeaky shoes could be heard across the lobby.
- statusy — conferring or having status or prestige
- stay up — not go to bed
- suasory — the act of advising, urging, or attempting to persuade; persuasion.
- suavely — (of persons or their manner, speech, etc.) smoothly agreeable or polite; agreeably or blandly urbane.
- suavity — a suave or smoothly agreeable quality.
- suiyuan — a former province in N China: now part of the Inner Mongolian Autonomous Region
- summary — a comprehensive and usually brief abstract, recapitulation, or compendium of previously stated facts or statements.
- sundays — on Sundays.
- sunyata — that which exists absolutely and without predication.
- taiyuan — a province in N China. 60,656 sq. mi. (157,099 sq. km). Capital: Taiyuan.
- tatouay — a naked-tailed armadillo, Cabassous unicintus, of tropical South America.
- thruway — a limited-access toll highway providing a means of direct transportation between distant areas for high-speed automobile traffic.
- torquay — formerly a borough in SW England: incorporated 1968 with Torbay.
- trayful — as many or as much as will fit on a tray
- truancy — the act or state of being truant.
- tuesday — the third day of the week, following Monday.