7-letter words containing f, r, y
- godfrey — a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “god” and “peace.”.
- gratify — to give pleasure to (a person or persons) by satisfying desires or humoring inclinations or feelings: Her praise will gratify all who worked so hard to earn it.
- grayfly — any of various stout-bodied hairy dipterous flies of the families Oestridae and Gasterophilidae; a botfly
- gruffly — low and harsh; hoarse: a gruff voice.
- hayfork — a forklike tool for pitching hay.
- homefry — Alt form home fry.
- horrify — to cause to feel horror; strike with horror: The accident horrified us all.
- introfy — to improve the ability of (a sanitary towel, nappy, etc) to absorb liquid
- jeffrey — Francis ("Lord Jeffrey") 1773–1850, Scottish jurist, editor, and critic.
- joffrey — Robert (Abdullah Jaffa Bey Khan) 1930–1988, U.S. ballet dancer, choreographer, and dance company director.
- lay for — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- leafery — leafage or foliage
- mayfair — a fashionable neighborhood in London, England, E of Hyde Park.
- mercify — (obsolete, rare, transitive) To have mercy on; to pity. (16th-19th c.).
- metrify — to put into meter; compose in verse.
- micrify — to make small or insignificant.
- mortify — to humiliate or shame, as by injury to one's pride or self-respect.
- nigrify — to blacken.
- nitrify — to oxidize (ammonia, ammonium compounds, or atmospheric nitrogen) to nitrites, nitrates, or their respective acids, especially by bacterial action.
- of yore — Of yore is used to refer to a period of time in the past.
- overfly — to fly over (a specified area, territory, country, etc.): The plane lost its way and overflew foreign territory.
- palfrey — a riding horse, as distinguished from a war horse.
- pan-fry — to fry in a small amount of fat, as in a skillet or shallow pan; sauté.
- pay for — to settle (a debt, obligation, etc.), as by transferring money or goods, or by doing something: Please pay your bill.
- perfidy — deliberate breach of faith or trust; faithlessness; treachery: perfidy that goes unpunished.
- perfumy — perfumed; scented; fragrant
- petrify — to convert into stone or a stony substance.
- pilfery — theft
- preyful — predatory
- prosify — to write or make into prose (esp of a dull nature)
- puffery — undue or exaggerated praise.
- putrefy — to render putrid; cause to rot or decay with an offensive odor.
- rectify — to make, put, or set right; remedy; correct: He sent them a check to rectify his account.
- reunify — bring together again
- rifaiya — a band of dervishes who achieved ecstasy during prayer by violent body movements and self-inflicted pain: formed in the 12th century; outlawed in 1925.
- riflery — the art, practice, or sport of shooting at targets with rifles.
- rufiyaa — rupee (def 3).
- russify — Russianize (defs 1, 2).
- sacrify — to offer a sacrifice or offer (something) as a sacrifice
- scarify — to make scratches or superficial incisions in (the skin, a wound, etc.), as in vaccination.
- scorify — to subject to scorification.
- scruffy — untidy; shabby.
- skysurf — to engage in skysurfing or hang gliding.
- sulfury — of or like sulfur
- terrify — to fill with terror or alarm; make greatly afraid.
- thrifty — practicing thrift or economical management; frugal: a thrifty shopper.
- thurify — to burn incense near or before an altar or shrine
- torpefy — to make torpid
- torrefy — to subject to fire or intense heat; parch, roast, or scorch.
- torrify — to subject to fire or intense heat; parch, roast, or scorch.