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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.
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