7-letter words containing l, a, y, e
- opaleye — a green game fish, Girella nigricans, common off rocky shores from California southward, having opalescent blue eyes.
- overlay — to lie over or upon, as a covering or stratum.
- paisley — a soft woolen fabric woven with a pattern of colorful and minutely detailed figures.
- palfrey — a riding horse, as distinguished from a war horse.
- 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.
- payable — to be paid; due: a loan payable in 30 days.
- pedlary — peddlery.
- penalty — a punishment imposed or incurred for a violation of law or rule.
- plaguey — such as to plague, torment, or annoy; vexatious: a plaguy pile of debts.
- 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.
- playlet — a short play.
- playpen — a small enclosure, usually portable, in which a young child can play safely alone without constant supervision.
- plenary — full; complete; entire; absolute; unqualified: plenary powers.
- prelacy — the office or dignity of a prelate, or high-ranking member of the Christian clergy.
- pteryla — one of the feathered areas on the skin of a bird.
- 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.
- raylike — resembling a ray
- readily — promptly; quickly; easily: The information is readily available.
- reality — the state or quality of being real.
- reapply — to make use of as relevant, suitable, or pertinent: to apply a theory to a problem.
- regally — of or relating to a king; royal: the regal power.
- relayed — a series of persons relieving one another or taking turns; shift.
- retally — an account or reckoning; a record of debit and credit, of the score of a game, or the like.
- rokelay — a type of short cloak
- royalet — a minor king
- ryeland — one of an English breed of white-faced sheep, yielding wool of high quality.
- 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.
- 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.
- slavery — the condition of a slave; bondage.
- splayed — to spread out, expand, or extend.
- stanley — Arthur Penrhyn [pen-rin] /ˈpɛn rɪn/ (Show IPA), (Dean Stanley) 1815–81, English clergyman and author.
- stately — majestic; imposing in magnificence, elegance, etc.: a stately home.
- stylate — having a style.
- suavely — (of persons or their manner, speech, etc.) smoothly agreeable or polite; agreeably or blandly urbane.
- tenafly — a borough in NE New Jersey.
- treacly — contrived or unrestrained sentimentality: a movie plot of the most shameless treacle.
- tyndale — William, c1492–1536, English religious reformer, translator of the Bible into English, and martyr.
- typable — capable of being typed
- vaguely — not clearly or explicitly stated or expressed: vague promises.
- valency — valence.
- vilayet — a province or main administrative division of Turkey.
- virelay — an old French form of short poem, composed of short lines running on two rhymes and having two opening lines recurring at intervals.
- viyella — a soft fabric made of wool and cotton, used esp for blouses and shirts
- walleye — Also called walleyed pike, jack salmon. a large game fish, Stizostedion vitreum, inhabiting the lakes and rivers of northeastern North America; pikeperch.
- wayless — lacking a way, road, or path; trackless: wayless jungle.