7-letter words containing l, y
- crumbly — Something that is crumbly is easily broken into a lot of little pieces.
- crumply — easily crumpled
- crusily — (in heraldry) decorated with small crosses
- crystal — A crystal is a small piece of a substance that has formed naturally into a regular symmetrical shape.
- cubicly — Alt form cubically.
- curably — In a curable manner.
- curlily — in a curly manner
- cushily — in a cushy manner
- cutlery — Cutlery consists of the knives, forks, and spoons that you eat your food with.
- cyclase — an enzyme that acts as a catalyst in the formation of a cyclic compound
- cyclery — a business dealing in bicycles and bicycle accessories
- cycling — any complete round or series of occurrences that repeats or is repeated.
- cyclise — to cause cyclization.
- cyclist — A cyclist is someone who rides a bicycle, or is riding a bicycle.
- cyclize — to cause (a compound) to undergo cyclization
- cycloid — resembling a circle
- cyclone — A cyclone is a violent tropical storm in which the air goes round and round.
- cyclops — one of a race of giants having a single eye in the middle of the forehead, encountered by Odysseus in the Odyssey
- cymbals — Plural form of cymbal.
- cymling — a type of squash with scalloped edges and creamy-white flesh
- cynical — If you describe someone as cynical, you mean they believe that people always act selfishly.
- cynwulf — Cynewulf.
- cypsela — the dry one-seeded fruit of the daisy and related plants, which resembles an achene but is surrounded by a calyx sheath
- cytosol — the solution of proteins and metabolites inside a biological cell, in which the organelles are suspended
- d layer — the lowest area of the ionosphere, having increased ion density and existing only in the daytime: it begins at an altitude of about 70 km (c. 43 mi) and merges with the E layer
- dactyli — an enlarged portion of the leg after the first joint in some insects, as the pollen-carrying segment in the hind leg of certain bees.
- dactyls — Plural form of dactyl.
- daffily — In a daffy manner.
- dandily — In a dandy way.
- darnley — Lord. title of Henry Stuart (or Stewart). 1545–67, Scottish nobleman; second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots and father of James I of England. After murdering his wife's secretary, Rizzio (1566), he was himself assassinated (1567)
- datedly — in a dated or unfashionable manner
- day-glo — Day-Glo colours are shades of orange, pink, green, and yellow which are so bright that they seem to glow.
- day-old — having been in existence or alive for one day
- daygirl — a girl who attends a boarding school daily, but returns home each evening
- dayglow — the light given off by the atmosphere of the Earth as seen during daytime
- daylily — any lily of the genus Hemerocallis, having yellow, orange, or red flowers that commonly last only for a day.
- daylong — Daylong is used to describe an event or activity that lasts for the whole of one day.
- daysail — to go boating in a day sailer.
- daytale — the calculation of work or earnings on a daily basis
- dazedly — to stun or stupefy with a blow, shock, etc.: He was dazed by a blow on the head.
- dearnly — in a solitary or unseen manner
- deathly — If you say that someone is deathly pale or deathly still, you are emphasizing that they are very pale or still, like a dead person.
- deedily — in an active or eagerly hardworking manner
- deerfly — a fly of the order Diptera and the genus Chrysops
- delaney — Shelagh [shee-luh] /ˈʃi lə/ (Show IPA), 1939–2011, English playwright.
- delayed — of or relating to a particle, as a neutron or alpha particle, that is emitted from an excited nucleus formed in a nuclear reaction, the emission occurring some time after the reaction is completed.
- delayer — to prune the administrative structure of (a large organization) by reducing the number of tiers in its hierarchy
- delibly — In a delible way.
- demonly — Of, relating to, or like a demon; demonic.
- densely — having the component parts closely compacted together; crowded or compact: a dense forest; dense population.