7-letter words containing s, a, l, y
- sassily — impertinent; insolent; saucy: a sassy reply; a sassy teen.
- satyral — a mythical beast in heraldry thought to have a lion's body, an antelope's tail and horns, and an old man's face
- saucily — impertinent; insolent: a saucy remark; a saucy child.
- saveloy — a highly seasoned, dried sausage.
- savvily — in a savvy manner
- sayable — of the sort that can be said or spoken; utterable: He felt a great deal that was not sayable.
- scantly — barely sufficient in amount or quantity; not abundant; almost inadequate: to do scant justice.
- scarily — in a scary or frightening manner
- schally — Andrew Victor, born 1926, U.S. physiologist, born in Poland: Nobel prize 1977.
- scrawly — written or drawn awkwardly or carelessly.
- scytale — a tool used to transmit secret messages by way of wrapping a strip of leather around a cylinder and writing on it. The leather is then unwound and must be wrapped around a cylinder of the same size to read the message. Used by the Ancient Greeks, particularly the Spartans
- sealery — a place where seals are caught.
- shadfly — mayfly (def 1).
- shadily — abounding in shade; shaded: shady paths.
- shakily — tending to shake or tremble.
- shambly — characterized by awkward, lazy, or unsteady movements, esp in walking
- shankly — Bill. 1913–81, Scottish footballer and manager of Liverpool FC (1959–74)
- shapely — having a pleasing shape, especially with reference to a woman's figure.
- shapley — Harlow [hahr-loh] /ˈhɑr loʊ/ (Show IPA), 1885–1972, U.S. astronomer.
- sharply — having a thin cutting edge or a fine point; well-adapted for cutting or piercing: a sharp knife.
- sibylla — an Asian maiden who gained from her lover Apollo the gift of prophecy and long life.
- skyclad — naked
- skylark — a brown-speckled European lark, Alauda arvensis, famed for its melodious song.
- skysail — (in a square-rigged vessel) a light square sail next above the royal.
- skywalk — skybridge (def 1).
- slackly — not tight, taut, firm, or tense; loose: a slack rope.
- slavery — the condition of a slave; bondage.
- slaying — A slaying is a murder.
- slayton — Donald Kent ("Deke") 1924–1993, U.S. astronaut.
- slipway — (in a shipyard) the area sloping toward the water, on which the ways are located.
- slydial — a telephone service that enables the caller to ring a person’s telephone number and leave a voice message on their answering machine but which eliminates the possibility of the caller having to have an unwanted conversation with that person
- smartly — to be a source of sharp, local, and usually superficial pain, as a wound.
- solyman — Suleiman I.
- spangly — Spangly clothes are decorated with a lot of small shiny objects.
- sparkly — tending to sparkle; animated; lively: a row of sparkly cheerleaders.
- splashy — making a splash or splashes.
- splayed — to spread out, expand, or extend.
- sprawly — tending to sprawl; straggly: The colt's legs were long and sprawly.
- squally — characterized by squalls.
- staidly — of settled or sedate character; not flighty or capricious.
- stanley — Arthur Penrhyn [pen-rin] /ˈpɛn rɪn/ (Show IPA), (Dean Stanley) 1815–81, English clergyman and author.
- starkly — sheer, utter, downright, or complete: stark madness.
- stately — majestic; imposing in magnificence, elegance, etc.: a stately home.
- stylate — having a style.
- suavely — (of persons or their manner, speech, etc.) smoothly agreeable or polite; agreeably or blandly urbane.
- syllabi — a plural of syllabus.
- synodal — an assembly of ecclesiastics or other church delegates, convoked pursuant to the law of the church, for the discussion and decision of ecclesiastical affairs; ecclesiastical council.
- tastily — good-tasting; savory: a tasty canapé.
- trysail — a triangular or quadrilateral sail having its luff hooped or otherwise bent to a mast, used for lying to or keeping a vessel headed into the wind; spencer.
- usually — habitual or customary: her usual skill.