7-letter words containing e, y, l, s
- lackeys — Plural form of lackey.
- lawyers — Plural form of lawyer.
- le-puys — a city in and the capital of Haute-Loire, in central France: cathedral.
- leprosy — a chronic, mildly infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae, affecting the peripheral nervous system, skin, and nasal mucosa and variously characterized by ulcerations, tubercular nodules, and loss of sensation that sometimes leads to traumatic amputation of the anesthetized part.
- leyster — Judith, 1609–60, Dutch painter.
- lindsey — Ben(jamin Barr) [bahr] /bɑr/ (Show IPA), 1869–1943, U.S. jurist and authority on juvenile delinquency.
- loosely — free or released from fastening or attachment: a loose end.
- lutyens — Sir Edwin Landseer, 1869–1944, English architect.
- lyceums — Plural form of lyceum.
- lychees — Plural form of lychee.
- lyefish — lutefisk.
- lynches — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lynch.
- lysenko — Trofim Denisovich [truh-fyeem dyi-nyee-suh-vyich] /trʌˈfyim dyɪˈnyi sə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1976, Russian biologist and agronomist.
- lysogen — a bacterial cell or strain that has been infected with a temperate virus, one that does not cause destruction of the cell.
- malmsey — a strong, sweet wine with a strong flavor, originally made in Greece but now made mainly in Madeira.
- medleys — Plural form of medley.
- messily — in a messy manner.
- miserly — of, like, or befitting a miser; penurious; stingy; niggardly.
- misrely — to rely wrongly
- moseley — Henry Gwyn Jeffreys [gwin] /gwɪn/ (Show IPA), 1887–1915, English physicist: pioneer in x-ray spectroscopy.
- myrtles — Plural form of myrtle.
- nybbles — Plural form of nybble.
- obesely — very fat or overweight; corpulent.
- oleoyls — Plural form of oleoyl.
- paisley — a soft woolen fabric woven with a pattern of colorful and minutely detailed figures.
- parsley — an herb, Pertoselinum crispum, native to the Mediterranean, having either curled leaf clusters (French parsley) or flat compound leaves (Italian parsley) widely cultivated for use in garnishing or seasoning food. Compare parsley family.
- plassey — a village in NE India, about 80 miles (128 km) north of Kolkata: Clive's victory over a Bengal army here (1757) led to the establishment of British power in India.
- presley — Elvis (Aron) 1935–77, U.S. rock-'n'-roll singer.
- pussley — purslane
- pylades — a son of Strophius who befriended Orestes, accompanied him in his wanderings, and eventually married Electra, sister of Orestes.
- rayless — lacking rays or raylike parts.
- restyle — a particular kind, sort, or type, as with reference to form, appearance, or character: the baroque style; The style of the house was too austere for their liking.
- saveloy — a highly seasoned, dried sausage.
- sayable — of the sort that can be said or spoken; utterable: He felt a great deal that was not sayable.
- scroyle — a wretch or a mean or unfortunate person
- 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
- sealery — a place where seals are caught.
- 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.
- sheerly — transparently thin; diaphanous, as some fabrics: sheer stockings.
- shelley — Mary Wollstonecraft (Godwin) [woo l-stuh n-kraft,, -krahft] /ˈwʊl stənˌkræft,, -ˌkrɑft/ (Show IPA), 1797–1851, English author (wife of Percy Bysshe Shelley).
- shellys — a male or female given name.
- shipley — Dame Jenny, full name Jennifer (Mary) Shipley. born 1952, New Zealand National Party politician; prime minister (1997–1999)
- shirley — James, 1596–1666, English dramatist.
- shively — a city in N Kentucky, near Louisville.
- sibylle — a female given name.
- sillery — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Quebec.
- silvery — resembling silver; of a lustrous grayish-white color: the silvery moon.
- skyless — having no sky
- skylike — the region of the clouds or the upper air; the upper atmosphere of the earth: airplanes in the sky; cloudy skies.