7-letter words containing e, y, l
- chiefly — You use chiefly to indicate that a particular reason, emotion, method, or feature is the main or most important one.
- chifley — Joseph Benedict. 1885–1951, Australian statesman; prime minister of Australia (1945–49)
- chimley — Alternative form of chimbley.
- chorley — a town in NW England, in S Lancashire: cotton textiles. Pop: 33 424 (2001)
- cicelys — a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- cleanly — in a fair manner
- clearly — in a clear, distinct, or obvious manner
- clerisy — learned or educated people collectively
- clerkly — of or like a clerk
- cliquey — If you describe a group of people or their behaviour as cliquey, you mean they spend their time only with other members of the group and seem unfriendly towards people who are not in the group.
- clooney — George. born 1961, US film actor; starred in the television series ER (1994–99) and the films The Perfect Storm (2000), Ocean's Eleven (2001), Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002, also directed), Syriana (2005, also directed), and The American (2010)
- closeby — nearby; adjacent; neighboring.
- closely — to put (something) in a position to obstruct an entrance, opening, etc.; shut.
- clovery — relating to clover; covered in clover
- clypeus — a cuticular plate on the head of some insects between the labrum and the frons
- clyster — an enema
- condyle — the rounded projection on the articulating end of a bone, such as the ball portion of a ball-and-socket joint
- coryell — John Russell, 1848–1924, U.S. author of detective and adventure stories.
- cowedly — in a cowed or frightened manner
- crawley — a town in S England, in NE West Sussex: designated a new town in 1956. Pop: 100 547 (2001)
- creeley — Robert, 1926–2005, U.S. poet.
- crowley — a city in S Louisiana.
- crudely — in a raw or unprepared state; unrefined or natural: crude sugar.
- cruelly — willfully or knowingly causing pain or distress to others.
- cruelty — Cruelty is behaviour that deliberately causes pain or distress to people or animals.
- cutlery — Cutlery consists of the knives, forks, and spoons that you eat your food with.
- cyclase — an enzyme that acts as a catalyst in the formation of a cyclic compound
- cyclery — a business dealing in bicycles and bicycle accessories
- cyclise — to cause cyclization.
- cyclize — to cause (a compound) to undergo cyclization
- cyclone — A cyclone is a violent tropical storm in which the air goes round and round.
- cypsela — the dry one-seeded fruit of the daisy and related plants, which resembles an achene but is surrounded by a calyx sheath
- d layer — the lowest area of the ionosphere, having increased ion density and existing only in the daytime: it begins at an altitude of about 70 km (c. 43 mi) and merges with the E layer
- darnley — Lord. title of Henry Stuart (or Stewart). 1545–67, Scottish nobleman; second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots and father of James I of England. After murdering his wife's secretary, Rizzio (1566), he was himself assassinated (1567)
- datedly — in a dated or unfashionable manner
- daytale — the calculation of work or earnings on a daily basis
- dazedly — to stun or stupefy with a blow, shock, etc.: He was dazed by a blow on the head.
- dearnly — in a solitary or unseen manner
- deathly — If you say that someone is deathly pale or deathly still, you are emphasizing that they are very pale or still, like a dead person.
- deedily — in an active or eagerly hardworking manner
- deerfly — a fly of the order Diptera and the genus Chrysops
- delaney — Shelagh [shee-luh] /ˈʃi lə/ (Show IPA), 1939–2011, English playwright.
- delayed — of or relating to a particle, as a neutron or alpha particle, that is emitted from an excited nucleus formed in a nuclear reaction, the emission occurring some time after the reaction is completed.
- delayer — to prune the administrative structure of (a large organization) by reducing the number of tiers in its hierarchy
- delibly — In a delible way.
- demonly — Of, relating to, or like a demon; demonic.
- densely — having the component parts closely compacted together; crowded or compact: a dense forest; dense population.
- deploys — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of deploy.
- devilry — reckless or malicious fun or mischief
- dialyse — to separate by dialysis