7-letter words containing g, y
- hygieia — the ancient Greek goddess of health.
- hygiene — Also, hygienics. the science that deals with the preservation of health.
- hyginus — Saint, died a.d. 140, pope 136–140.
- hygroma — a swelling in the soft tissue that occurs over a joint, usually caused by repeated injury
- hymning — Present participle of hymn.
- hypogea — Ancient Architecture. the underground part of a building, as a vault.
- hypogyn — (botany) Any hypogynous plant.
- ignobly — of low character, aims, etc.; mean; base: his ignoble purposes.
- imagery — the formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things, or of such images collectively: the dim imagery of a dream.
- inlying — located near the center or farther in; lying inside.
- inyanga — (Africa) In Zulu communities, a traditional doctor or healer.
- isogamy — the fusion of two gametes of similar form, as in certain algae.
- isogeny — The condition of being isogenous.
- isogony — the growth of two or more organs at a consistent rate, meaning that the difference in size between each organ remains constant
- jaggedy — (informal) jagged.
- jaggery — a coarse, dark sugar, especially that made from the sap of East Indian palm trees.
- japygid — any eyeless, wingless, primitive insect of the family Japygidae, having a pair of pincers at the rear of its abdomen.
- jargony — the language, especially the vocabulary, peculiar to a particular trade, profession, or group: medical jargon.
- jurying — Present participle of jury.
- kayoing — Present participle of kayo.
- kerygma — the preaching of the gospel of Christ, especially in the manner of the early church.
- keyring — A ring, normally of metal or plastic, for holding keys together.
- kludgey — Alternative form of kludgy.
- kosygin — Aleksei Nikolayevich [uh-lek-sey nik-uh-lah-yuh-vich;; Russian uh-lyi-ksyey nyi-kuh-lah-yi-vyich] /əˈlɛk seɪ ˌnɪk əˈlɑ yə vɪtʃ;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksyeɪ nyɪ kʌˈlɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1904–80, Russian politician: premier of the U.S.S.R. 1964–80.
- kything — Present participle of kythe.
- ladybug — any of numerous small, round, often brightly colored and spotted beetles of the family Coccinellidae, feeding chiefly on aphids and other small insects, but including several forms that feed on plants.
- langley — Edmund of, York, 1st Duke of.
- langtry — Lillie [lil-ee] /ˈlɪl i/ (Show IPA), (Emily Charlotte Le Breton"the Jersey Lily") 1852–1929, English actress.
- largely — to a great extent; in great part; generally; chiefly: The plan depends largely on his willingness to cooperate. That is largely incorrect.
- lazying — averse or disinclined to work, activity, or exertion; indolent.
- leg bye — a run or bye scored on a bowled ball that ricochets off any part of the batsman's body except the hand.
- legally — permitted by law; lawful: Such acts are not legal.
- legibly — capable of being read or deciphered, especially with ease, as writing or printing; easily readable.
- lengthy — having or being of great length; very long: a lengthy journey.
- levying — an imposing or collecting, as of a tax, by authority or force.
- lightly — with little weight, force, intensity, etc.; gently: to press lightly on a door bell.
- lignify — to convert into wood; cause to become woody.
- liturgy — a form of public worship; ritual.
- loungey — suggestive of a lounge bar or easy-listening music
- loxygen — liquid oxygen
- lozengy — divided by diagonal lines to form a lattice
- luoyang — a city in N Henan province, in E China.
- lydgate — John, c1370–1451? English monk, poet, and translator.
- lygaeid — Also called lygaeid bug, lygus bug [lahy-guh s] /ˈlaɪ gəs/ (Show IPA). any of numerous, often brightly marked bugs of the family Lygaeidae, which feed on the juices of plants in both the larval and adult stages and are important pests of cultivated crops and some fruit trees.
- lyingly — In a lying manner; deceptively, mendaciously.
- lysogen — a bacterial cell or strain that has been infected with a temperate virus, one that does not cause destruction of the cell.
- maggoty — infested with maggots, as food.
- magnify — to increase the apparent size of, as a lens does.
- magueys — Plural form of maguey.
- magyars — a member of the ethnic group, of the Finno-Ugric stock, that forms the predominant element of the population of Hungary.