7-letter words containing s, o, y, e
- joyless — without joy or gladness; unhappy: the joyless days of the war.
- keyslot — a short, curved slot cut into a shaft for a Woodruff key. Compare keyway (def 1).
- leprosy — a chronic, mildly infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae, affecting the peripheral nervous system, skin, and nasal mucosa and variously characterized by ulcerations, tubercular nodules, and loss of sensation that sometimes leads to traumatic amputation of the anesthetized part.
- loosely — free or released from fastening or attachment: a loose end.
- lysenko — Trofim Denisovich [truh-fyeem dyi-nyee-suh-vyich] /trʌˈfyim dyɪˈnyi sə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1976, Russian biologist and agronomist.
- lysogen — a bacterial cell or strain that has been infected with a temperate virus, one that does not cause destruction of the cell.
- misyoke — To join or yoke improperly.
- modesty — the quality of being modest; freedom from vanity, boastfulness, etc.
- monkeys — A small to medium-sized primate that typically has a long tail, most kinds of which live in trees in tropical countries.
- moseley — Henry Gwyn Jeffreys [gwin] /gwɪn/ (Show IPA), 1887–1915, English physicist: pioneer in x-ray spectroscopy.
- moseyed — to wander or shuffle about leisurely; stroll; saunter (often followed by along, about, etc.).
- mousery — a place infested with mice
- mycoses — Plural form of mycosis.
- newsboy — a person, typically a boy, who sells or delivers newspapers.
- nosegay — a small bunch of flowers; bouquet; posy.
- noshery — (informal) A restaurant.
- nystose — (carbohydrate) An oligosaccharide consisting of three fructose and one glucose residues.
- o'casey — Sean [shawn,, shahn] /ʃɔn,, ʃɑn/ (Show IPA), 1880–1964, Irish playwright.
- obesely — very fat or overweight; corpulent.
- obesity — the condition of being very fat or overweight; corpulence: His obesity puts him at risk for major health problems.
- obsequy — a funeral rite or ceremony.
- odyssey — (italics) an epic poem attributed to Homer, describing Odysseus's adventures in his ten-year attempt to return home to Ithaca after the Trojan War.
- oleoyls — Plural form of oleoyl.
- oocytes — Plural form of oocyte.
- ospreys — Plural form of osprey.
- oxysome — a group of molecules
- phoresy — (among insects and arachnids) a nonparasitic relationship in which one species is carried about by another.
- reynosa — a city in N Tamaulipas, in E Mexico, on the Rio Grande.
- rosebay — any of several rhododendrons, as the great laurel of eastern North America or Rhododendron macrophyllum, of the west coast of North America.
- royster — roister.
- samoyed — a member of a Uralic people dwelling in W Siberia and the far NE parts of European Russia.
- saveloy — a highly seasoned, dried sausage.
- scroyle — a wretch or a mean or unfortunate person
- see you — 'See you', 'be seeing you', and 'see you later' are ways of saying goodbye to someone when you expect to meet them again soon.
- sensory — of or relating to the senses or sensation.
- sequoya — 1770?–1843, Cherokee Indian scholar: inventor of a syllabary for writing Cherokee.
- sex toy — device or aid for sexual stimulation
- seymour — Jane, c1510–37, third wife of Henry VIII of England and mother of Edward VI.
- showery — characterized by or abounding with showers: the showery season in the tropics.
- skydove — to engage in skydiving.
- skyhome — a sub-penthouse flat in a tall residential building
- soberly — not intoxicated or drunk.
- society — an organized group of persons associated together for religious, benevolent, cultural, scientific, political, patriotic, or other purposes.
- sockeye — an important food fish, Oncorhynchus nerka, inhabiting the North Pacific.
- softkey — any key on a keyboard, as a function key, that can be programmed.
- someday — at an indefinite future time.
- someway — in some way; somehow.
- somewhy — for some reason
- sorcery — the art, practices, or spells of a person who is supposed to exercise supernatural powers through the aid of evil spirits; black magic; witchery.
- southey — Robert, 1774–1843, English poet and prose writer: poet laureate 1813–43.