7-letter words containing d, r, y
- gyrated — Simple past tense and past participle of gyrate.
- halyard — any of various lines or tackles for hoisting a spar, sail, flag, etc., into position for use.
- hard by — near; close by
- hardily — in a hardy manner: The plants thrived hardily.
- hayride — A ride taken for pleasure in a wagon carrying hay.
- hayward — Leland, 1902–71, U.S. theatrical producer.
- henyard — A yard or similar area where hens run free.
- herdboy — A boy who looks after a herd of livestock.
- heyward — DuBose [duh-bohz] /dəˈboʊz/ (Show IPA), 1885–1940, U.S. playwright, novelist, and poet.
- hurryed — Simple past tense and past participle of hurry; archaic spelling of hurried.
- hybrids — Plural form of hybrid.
- hydrant — an upright pipe with a spout, nozzle, or other outlet, usually in the street, for drawing water from a main or service pipe, especially for fighting fires.
- hydrase — any of the class of enzymes that catalyze the addition of a water molecule into a compound without causing hydrolysis.
- hydrate — any of a class of compounds containing chemically combined water. In the case of some hydrates, as washing soda, Na 2 CO 3 ⋅10H 2 O, the water is loosely held and is easily lost on heating; in others, as sulfuric acid, SO 3 ⋅H 2 O, or H 2 SO 4 , it is strongly held as water of constitution.
- hydride — a binary compound formed by hydrogen and another, usually more electropositive, element or group, as sodium hydride, NaH, or methyl hydride, CH 4 .
- hydroid — noting or pertaining to that form of hydrozoan that is asexual and grows into branching colonies by budding.
- hydrops — (formerly) edema.
- hydrous — containing water.
- hydroxo — (chemistry, in combination) A hydroxy group as a substituent in a molecule.
- hydroxy — containing the hydroxyl group.
- innyard — The yard of an inn.
- jaybird — jay1 .
- joyride — a pleasure ride in an automobile, especially when the vehicle is driven recklessly or used without the owner's permission.
- joyrode — Simple past tense and past participle of joyride.
- juddery — shaky
- keycard — a plastic card, similar to a credit card, containing data on an embedded magnetized strip that can electronically unlock a door, activate a machine, etc.
- keyword — a word that serves as a key, as to the meaning of another word, a sentence, passage, or the like.
- laddery — like or with ladders
- lairdly — belonging or relating to a laird or lairds
- lanyard — Nautical. a short rope or wire rove through deadeyes to hold and tauten standing rigging.
- laundry — articles of clothing, linens, etc., that have been or are to be washed.
- layered — a thickness of some material laid on or spread over a surface: a layer of soot on the window sill; two layers of paint.
- ledyard — a town in SE Connecticut.
- luridly — gruesome; horrible; revolting: the lurid details of an accident.
- lyndora — a female given name.
- lyrated — Alternative form of lyrate.
- marybud — a bud of a marigold
- maybird — the bobolink.
- maynard — a male given name.
- midyear — the middle of the year.
- my lord — a respectful form of address used to a judge, bishop, or nobleman
- myriads — Plural form of myriad.
- nayward — the negative view
- nayword — a proverb or byword
- nordkyn — Cape, a cape in N Norway, E of North Cape: northernmost point of the European mainland.
- orderly — arranged or disposed in a neat, tidy manner or in a regular sequence: an orderly desk.
- orebody — a well-defined mass of ore-bearing rock.
- organdy — a fine, thin cotton fabric usually having a durable crisp finish, white, dyed, or printed: used for blouses, dresses, curtains, trimmings, etc.
- ormandy — Eugene, 1899–1985, U.S. conductor and violinist, born in Hungary.
- overdry — to dry too much