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7-letter words containing o, y

  • any one — any single
  • anybody — Anybody means the same as anyone.
  • anymore — If something does not happen or is not true anymore, it has stopped happening or is no longer true.
  • anyroad — anyway; anyhow.
  • apogamy — a type of reproduction, occurring in some ferns, in which the sporophyte develops from the gametophyte without fusion of gametes
  • 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.
  • aptonym — A proper name that aptly describes the occupation or character of the person, especially by coincidence.
  • argyrol — a dark brown compound of silver and a protein, used medicinally as a local antiseptic
  • armoury — A country's armoury is all the weapons and military equipment that it has.
  • arroyos — Plural form of arroyo.
  • atemoya — a globe-shaped tropical fruit, a hybrid of the cherimoya (Annona cherimola) and the sweetsop (A. squamosa), which has a rough green skin and juicy white flesh. It is also known as the pineapple sweetsop
  • athodyd — ramjet (engine)
  • atrophy — If a muscle or other part of the body atrophies, it decreases in size or strength, often as a result of an illness.
  • attaboy — an expression of approval or exhortation
  • attorny — (obsolete, or, proscribed) alternative spelling of attorney.
  • autonym — a piece of literature published under the real name of an author
  • autopsy — An autopsy is an examination of a dead body by a doctor who cuts it open in order to try to discover the cause of death.
  • aveyron — a department of S France in Midi-Pyrénées region. Capital: Rodez. Pop: 266 940 (2003 est). Area: 8771 sq km (3421 sq miles)
  • aykroyd — Dan. born 1952, Canadian film actor and screenwriter, best known for the television show Saturday Night Live (1975–80) and the films The Blues Brothers (1980), Ghostbusters (1984), and Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
  • ayodhya — an ancient town in N India, in Uttar Pradesh state: as the birthplace of Rama it is sacred to Hindus; also a Buddhist centre
  • azo dye — any of a class of artificial dyes that contain the azo group. They are usually red, brown, or yellow and are obtained from aromatic amines
  • azygous — developing or occurring singly
  • azymous — unleavened
  • babylon — the chief city of ancient Mesopotamia: first settled around 3000 bc
  • bad boy — male child: naughty
  • balcony — A balcony is a platform on the outside of a building, above ground level, with a wall or railing around it.
  • ballboy — Alternative spelling of ball boy.
  • baloney — If you say that an idea or statement is baloney, you disapprove of it and think it is foolish or wrong.
  • baryons — Plural form of baryon.
  • baryton — a bass viol with sympathetic strings as well as its six main strings
  • bat boy — a boy or young man who takes care of the bats and sometimes other equipment of a team.
  • batboys — Plural form of batboy.
  • bay oil — a yellow essential oil distilled from the leaves of the tropical American bay, Pimenta racemosa, used in the manufacture of perfumes and bay rum.
  • bayamon — a city in NE central Puerto Rico, south of San Juan. Pop: 224 915 (2003 est)
  • bayonet — A bayonet is a long, sharp blade that can be fixed to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon.
  • bayonne — a port in SW France: a commercial centre for the Basque region. Pop: 45 636 (2006)
  • baytown — city in SE Tex., on Galveston Bay, near Houston: pop. 66,000
  • baywood — the light soft wood of a tropical American mahogany tree, Swietenia macrophylla, of the bay region of SE Mexico
  • bellboy — A bellboy is a man or boy who works in a hotel, carrying bags or bringing things to the guests' rooms.
  • benomyl — a fungicide, derived from imidazole, used on cereal and fruit crops: suspected of being carcinogenic
  • benzoyl — of, consisting of, or containing the monovalent group C6H5CO-
  • beworry — to beset with worry
  • beyoglu — a district of Istanbul, north of the Golden Horn: the European quarter
  • big boy — an articulated steam locomotive having a four-wheeled front truck, one section of eight driving wheels, a second section of eight driving wheels, and a four-wheeled rear truck.
  • bigotry — Bigotry is the possession or expression of strong, unreasonable prejudices or opinions.
  • billowy — full of or forming billows
  • biogeny — the evolutionary history of living organisms
  • biology — Biology is the science which is concerned with the study of living things.
  • bionomy — the branch of science concerned with the laws of life
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