7-letter words containing l, y, c, a
- laicity — The principles, status, or influence of the laity.
- larceny — the wrongful taking and carrying away of the personal goods of another from his or her possession with intent to convert them to the taker's own use.
- latency — the state of being latent.
- layback — Figure Skating. a spin, usually performed by a woman, in which the upper body is arched backward and the free leg lifted and turned out from the hip.
- letchya — Alt form letcha.
- lichway — a path used to carry a coffin into a church or to burial
- locally — in a particular place, area, location, etc.
- lyncean — of or relating to a lynx; lynxlike.
- lyrical — (of poetry) having the form and musical quality of a song, and especially the character of a songlike outpouring of the poet's own thoughts and feelings, as distinguished from epic and dramatic poetry.
- malachy — Saint. 1094–1148, Irish prelate; he became Archbishop of Armagh (1132) and founded (1142) the first Cistercian abbey in Ireland. Feast day: Nov 3
- masculy — covered with mascles
- mauchly — John William, 1907–80, U.S. physicist and coinventor of the ENIAC, the first electronic computer 1946.
- mcnally — Terrance, born 1938, U.S. playwright.
- myalgic — Pertaining to myalgia.
- mycelia — Plural form of mycelium.
- mycella — a blue-veined Danish cream cheese, less strongly flavoured than Danish blue
- nicolay — John George, 1832–1901, U.S. biographer.
- playact — to engage in make-believe.
- pliancy — bending readily; flexible; supple; adaptable: She manipulated the pliant clay.
- polyact — (of a sea creature) having many tentacles or limb-like protrusions
- prelacy — the office or dignity of a prelate, or high-ranking member of the Christian clergy.
- saucily — impertinent; insolent: a saucy remark; a saucy child.
- scantly — barely sufficient in amount or quantity; not abundant; almost inadequate: to do scant justice.
- scarily — in a scary or frightening manner
- schally — Andrew Victor, born 1926, U.S. physiologist, born in Poland: Nobel prize 1977.
- scrawly — written or drawn awkwardly or carelessly.
- 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
- skyclad — naked
- slackly — not tight, taut, firm, or tense; loose: a slack rope.
- tacitly — understood without being openly expressed; implied: tacit approval.
- treacly — contrived or unrestrained sentimentality: a movie plot of the most shameless treacle.
- typical — of the nature of or serving as a type or representative specimen.
- ucayali — a river in W South America, flowing N from E Peru and joining the Marañón to form the Amazon. 1200 miles (1930 km) long.
- valency — valence.
- vicarly — of, pertaining to, suggesting, or resembling a vicar: vicarly duties; a vicarly manner.
- vocally — of, relating to, or uttered with the voice: the vocal mechanism; vocal criticism.
- wackily — In a way or to an extent that is wacky.