7-letter words containing n, a, y
- cyanine — a blue dye used to extend the sensitivity of photographic emulsions to colours other than blue and ultraviolet
- cyanite — kyanite
- cyanize — to turn into cyanide
- cycasin — a glucoside occurring in cycads, toxic and carcinogenic to mammals
- cynical — If you describe someone as cynical, you mean they believe that people always act selfishly.
- cynthia — a feminine name: dim. Cindy
- cyprian — of or relating to Cyprus
- dacryon — the point of junction of the maxillary, lacrimal, and frontal bones.
- damnify — to cause loss or damage to (a person); injure
- danbury — city in SW Conn., near Bridgeport: pop. 75,000
- dandify — to dress like or cause to resemble a dandy
- 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)
- darrayn — clear of guilt
- day man — a seaman who is a member of a deck gang.
- day one — If something happens from day one of a process, it happens right from the beginning. If it happens on day one, it happens right at the beginning.
- daylong — Daylong is used to describe an event or activity that lasts for the whole of one day.
- daysman — an adjudicator, judge, or intermediary
- deanery — the office or residence of dean
- dearnly — in a solitary or unseen manner
- delaney — Shelagh [shee-luh] /ˈʃi lə/ (Show IPA), 1939–2011, English playwright.
- dentary — a bone in the lower jaw of non-mammalian vertebrates, which holds the teeth
- diandry — the phenomenon in which an egg is fertilized either by two sperm or by a diploid sperm, thus making the fertilized egg triploid, resulting in early miscarriage
- dittany — a Cretan plant, Origanum dictamnus, of the mint family, having spikes of purple flowers and formerly believed to have medicinal qualities.
- doryman — a person who uses a dory, especially a person who engages in fishing, lobstering, etc.
- draying — a low, strong cart without fixed sides, for carrying heavy loads.
- drayman — a person who drives a dray.
- drayton — Michael, 1563–1631, English poet.
- dryland — Often, drylands. a tract of land having dry, often sandy soil, as on the floor of a valley: Acres of the drylands have been reclaimed by irrigation.
- dunsany — Edward John Moreton Drax Plunkett [mawr-tn draks pluhng-ket,, -kit,, mohr-] /ˈmɔr tn dræks ˈplʌŋ kɛt,, -kɪt,, ˈmoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 18th Baron ("Lord Dunsany") 1878–1957, Irish dramatist, poet, and essayist.
- duranty — Walter, 1884–1957, English journalist and author in the U.S.
- dynamic — (of a process or system) Characterized by constant change, activity, or progress.
- dynamo- — indicating power
- dynamos — Plural form of dynamo.
- dynasts — Plural form of dynast.
- dynasty — A line of hereditary rulers of a country.
- dysania — (very, rare) A state of finding it hard to get out of bed in the morning.
- dyspnea — difficult or labored breathing.
- elysian — of or relating to Elysium
- encraty — the control of one's desires and actions
- endplay — A way of playing the last few tricks that forces an opponent to make a disadvantageous lead.
- endways — With its end facing upward, forward, or toward the viewer.
- enfancy — Obsolete form of infancy.
- errancy — The state of being in error; fallibility.
- eyebank — a place in which corneas are stored for use in corneal grafts
- faintly — lacking brightness, vividness, clearness, loudness, strength, etc.: a faint light; a faint color; a faint sound.
- fanboys — Plural form of fanboy.
- fancify — to make fancy or fanciful; dress up; embellish.
- fancily — In a fancy manner.
- fantasy — imagination, especially when extravagant and unrestrained.