7-letter words containing l, a, y, i
- mislays — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mislay.
- misplay — a wrong or bad play.
- molniya — one of a series of Soviet communications satellites.
- myalgia — pain in the muscles; muscular rheumatism.
- myalgic — Pertaining to myalgia.
- myalism — a kind of witchcraft, similar to obi, practised esp in the Caribbean
- mycelia — Plural form of mycelium.
- mylitta — Ishtar.
- nailery — a nail factory
- naively — having or showing unaffected simplicity of nature or absence of artificiality; unsophisticated; ingenuous.
- nariyal — (India) coconut.
- nastily — physically filthy; disgustingly unclean: a nasty pigsty of a room.
- nattily — neatly or trimly smart in dress or appearance; spruce: a natty white uniform.
- nicolay — John George, 1832–1901, U.S. biographer.
- nylghai — nilgai.
- olivary — shaped like an olive.
- olympia — Booker T(aliaferro) [boo k-er tol-uh-ver] /ˈbʊk ər ˈtɒl ə vər/ (Show IPA), 1856–1915, U.S. reformer, educator, author, and lecturer.
- orality — the condition or quality of being oral; collectively, the personality traits characteristic of the oral phase of psychosexual development.
- ovality — the quality or state of being oval.
- paisley — a soft woolen fabric woven with a pattern of colorful and minutely detailed figures.
- palissy — Bernard [ber-nar] /bɛrˈnar/ (Show IPA), c1510–89, French potter, enameler, and author.
- paylist — a list of people to be paid
- payslip — paper slip detailing wage payment
- plainly — clear or distinct to the eye or ear: a plain trail to the river; to stand in plain view.
- platypi — a small, aquatic, egg-laying monotreme, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, of Australia and Tasmania, having webbed feet, a tail like that of a beaver, a sensitive bill resembling that of a duck, and, in adult males, venom-injecting spurs on the ankles of the hind limbs, used primarily for fighting with other males during the breeding season.
- play it — to act in a (specified) manner
- playing — the act of taking part in a game or sport
- pliancy — bending readily; flexible; supple; adaptable: She manipulated the pliant clay.
- ptyalin — an enzyme in the saliva that converts starch into dextrin and maltose.
- pyralid — any of numerous slender-bodied moths of the family Pyralidae, having elongated triangular forewings, and in the larval phase including many crop pests.
- qualify — to provide with proper or necessary skills, knowledge, credentials, etc.; make competent: to qualify oneself for a job.
- quality — an essential or distinctive characteristic, property, or attribute: the chemical qualities of alcohol.
- rabidly — irrationally extreme in opinion or practice: a rabid isolationist; a rabid baseball fan.
- railway — a rail line with lighter-weight equipment and roadbed than a main-line railroad.
- rapidly — occurring within a short time; happening speedily: rapid growth.
- raylike — resembling a ray
- readily — promptly; quickly; easily: The information is readily available.
- reality — the state or quality of being real.
- rivalry — the action, position, or relation of a rival or rivals; competition: rivalry between Yale and Harvard.
- saintly — pertaining to, like, or befitting a saint: saintly lives.
- salsify — a purple-flowered, composite plant, Tragopogon porrifolius, whose root has an oyster-like flavor and is used as a culinary vegetable.
- saltily — in a salty manner
- sassily — impertinent; insolent; saucy: a sassy reply; a sassy teen.
- saucily — impertinent; insolent: a saucy remark; a saucy child.
- savvily — in a savvy manner
- scarily — in a scary or frightening manner
- shadily — abounding in shade; shaded: shady paths.
- shakily — tending to shake or tremble.
- sibylla — an Asian maiden who gained from her lover Apollo the gift of prophecy and long life.
- skysail — (in a square-rigged vessel) a light square sail next above the royal.