7-letter words containing l, y, c
- cavally — Caranx hippos, a carangoid fish of the Atlantic coast.
- cavalry — The cavalry is the part of an army that uses armoured vehicles for fighting.
- cecally — through the caecum, the large bowel
- cellary — Characteristic of a cellar; musty, gloomy, etc.
- chambly — a city in S Quebec, in E Canada.
- charily — cautiously; carefully
- charley — Victor Charlie.
- cheaply — costing very little; relatively low in price; inexpensive: a cheap dress.
- cheerly — cheerful or cheerfully
- chiefly — You use chiefly to indicate that a particular reason, emotion, method, or feature is the main or most important one.
- chifley — Joseph Benedict. 1885–1951, Australian statesman; prime minister of Australia (1945–49)
- childly — childlike; childish
- chimley — Alternative form of chimbley.
- chlamys — a short woollen cloak, secured on the right shoulder, worn by ancient Greek men and soldiers
- chogyal — the title of the ruler of Sikkim
- choltry — a place where travellers can rest
- chorley — a town in NW England, in S Lancashire: cotton textiles. Pop: 33 424 (2001)
- chromyl — of, consisting of, or containing the divalent radical CrO2
- chylify — to turn into, or produce, chyle
- chylous — (physiology) Consisting of, or similar to, chyle.
- cicelys — a female given name, form of Cecilia.
- ciliary — of or relating to cilia
- civilly — with civility; politely
- clairty — Misspelling of clarity.
- clarify — To clarify something means to make it easier to understand, usually by explaining it in more detail.
- clarity — The clarity of something such as a book or argument is its quality of being well explained and easy to understand.
- claying — a natural earthy material that is plastic when wet, consisting essentially of hydrated silicates of aluminum: used for making bricks, pottery, etc.
- clayish — Resembling clay.
- claypan — a layer of stiff impervious clay situated just below the surface of the ground, which holds water after heavy rain
- clayton — John Middleton, 1796–1856, U.S. jurist and politician: senator 1829–36, 1845–49, 1853–56; secretary of state 1849–50.
- cleanly — in a fair manner
- clearly — in a clear, distinct, or obvious manner
- clerisy — learned or educated people collectively
- clerkly — of or like a clerk
- cliquey — If you describe a group of people or their behaviour as cliquey, you mean they spend their time only with other members of the group and seem unfriendly towards people who are not in the group.
- clooney — George. born 1961, US film actor; starred in the television series ER (1994–99) and the films The Perfect Storm (2000), Ocean's Eleven (2001), Confessions of a Dangerous Mind (2002, also directed), Syriana (2005, also directed), and The American (2010)
- closeby — nearby; adjacent; neighboring.
- closely — to put (something) in a position to obstruct an entrance, opening, etc.; shut.
- clovery — relating to clover; covered in clover
- cloying — You use cloying to describe something that you find unpleasant because it is much too sweet, or too sentimental.
- clutchy — (of a person) tending to cling
- clypeus — a cuticular plate on the head of some insects between the labrum and the frons
- clyster — an enema
- clytius — (in the Iliad) a brother of Priam killed by Hercules.
- coalify — to turn into coal
- cockily — in a cocky manner
- codasyl — Conference On DAta SYstems Languages
- colicky — If someone, especially a baby, is colicky, they are suffering from colic.
- coligny — Gaspard de (ɡaspar də), Seigneur de Châtillon. 1519–72, French Huguenot leader
- coloury — possessing colour