7-letter words containing l, y
- allying — to unite formally, as by treaty, league, marriage, or the like (usually followed by with or to): Russia allied itself to France.
- allylic — characteristic of or involving an allyl
- almondy — containing or resembling almond
- almonry — the house of an almoner, usually the place where alms were given
- alonely — in a solitary, or lonely, manner
- aloofly — at a distance, especially in feeling or interest; apart: They always stood aloof from their classmates.
- already — You use already to show that something has happened, or that something had happened before the moment you are referring to. Speakers of British English use already with a verb in a perfect tense, putting it after 'have', 'has', or 'had', or at the end of a clause. Some speakers of American English use already with the simple past tense of the verb instead of a perfect tense.
- alt key — either of two keys on a PC keyboard that is held down while pressing another key, as to perform a specific operation or type a special character.
- alveary — a beehive
- alyssum — any widely cultivated herbaceous garden plant of the genus Alyssum, having clusters of small yellow or white flowers: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- amiably — having or showing pleasant, good-natured personal qualities; affable: an amiable disposition.
- amplify — If you amplify a sound, you make it louder, usually by using electronic equipment.
- amyclas — a son of Lacedaemon and Sparta.
- amyelia — congenital absence of the spinal cord.
- amygdal — an almond
- amylase — any of several enzymes that hydrolyse starch and glycogen to simple sugars, such as glucose. They are present in saliva
- amylate — (organic chemistry) A compound of the radical amyl with oxygen and a positive atom or radical.
- amylene — any of several liquid isomeric hydrocarbons having the formula C5H10; pentene
- amyloid — a complex protein resembling starch, deposited in tissues in some degenerative diseases
- amylose — the minor component (about 20 per cent) of starch, consisting of long unbranched chains of glucose units. It is soluble in water and gives an intense blue colour with iodine
- anality — the characteristic or psychological state of being anal
- analogy — If you make or draw an analogy between two things, you show that they are similar in some way.
- analyse — If you analyse something, you consider it carefully or use statistical methods in order to fully understand it.
- analyst — An analyst is a person whose job is to analyse a subject and give opinions about it.
- analyte — a substance or sample being analysed
- analyze — to separate (a thing, idea, etc.) into its parts so as to find out their nature, proportion, function, interrelationship, etc.
- angerly — angrily
- anglify — to Anglicize
- angrily — feeling or showing anger or strong resentment (usually followed by at, with, or about): to be angry at the dean; to be angry about the snub.
- anility — of or like a foolish, doddering old woman.
- anolyte — the section of an electrolyte that is around or attached to the anode
- anomaly — If something is an anomaly, it is different from what is usual or expected.
- anomoly — Misspelling of anomaly.
- antalya — a port in SW Turkey, on the Gulf of Antalya. Pop: 751 000 (2005 est)
- anticly — ludicrously or grotesquely
- any old — You use any old to emphasize that the quality or type of something is not important. If you say that a particular thing is not any old thing, you are emphasizing how special or famous it is.
- apishly — In an apish manner; in the manner of an ape.
- aplenty — If you have something aplenty, you have a lot of it.
- aplysia — Any sea slug of the genus Aplysia.
- apology — An apology is something that you say or write in order to tell someone that you are sorry that you have hurt them or caused trouble for them.
- apopyle — (in sponges) a pore in each of the saclike chambers formed by the evagination of the body wall, through which water passes into the excurrent canals.
- appleby — a town in NW England, in Cumbria: famous for its annual horse fair. Pop: 2862 (2001)
- areally — from an areal point of view
- argyles — Plural form of argyle.
- argyrol — a dark brown compound of silver and a protein, used medicinally as a local antiseptic
- arrayal — the act or process of arraying
- arylate — to introduce one or more aryl groups into (a compound).
- astylar — without columns or pilasters
- asylees — Plural form of asylee.
- asylums — Plural form of asylum.