7-letter words containing u, y
- country — A country is one of the political units which the world is divided into, covering a particular area of land.
- coursey — (nautical) A space in the galley; a part of the hatches.
- courtly — You use courtly to describe someone whose behaviour is very polite, often in a rather old-fashioned way.
- cozy up — snugly warm and comfortable: a cozy little house.
- crucify — If someone is crucified, they are killed by being tied or nailed to a cross and left to die.
- crudely — in a raw or unprepared state; unrefined or natural: crude sugar.
- crudity — the condition or quality of being crude
- cruelly — willfully or knowingly causing pain or distress to others.
- cruelty — Cruelty is behaviour that deliberately causes pain or distress to people or animals.
- cruisey — Alternative spelling of cruisy.
- crumbly — Something that is crumbly is easily broken into a lot of little pieces.
- crumply — easily crumpled
- crunchy — Food that is crunchy is pleasantly hard or crisp so that it makes a noise when you eat it.
- crusily — (in heraldry) decorated with small crosses
- cry out — If you cry out, you call out loudly because you are frightened, unhappy, or in pain.
- cubicly — Alt form cubically.
- cumfrey — Alternative form of comfrey.
- curably — In a curable manner.
- curlily — in a curly manner
- cursory — A cursory glance or examination is a brief one in which you do not pay much attention to detail.
- curtesy — the tenure that a widower holds over the property of his deceased wife
- curtsey — A small bow, generally performed by a woman or a girl, where she crosses one calf of her leg behind the other and briefly bends her knees and lowers her body in deference.
- curvity — the state of being curved or bent
- cushily — in a cushy manner
- custody — Custody is the legal right to keep and look after a child, especially the right given to a child's mother or father when they get divorced.
- cutaway — In a film or video, a cutaway or a cutaway shot is a picture that shows something different from the main thing that is being shown.
- cutlery — Cutlery consists of the knives, forks, and spoons that you eat your food with.
- cyathus — an ancient measure of wine equivalent to approximately one twelfth of a pint
- cynwulf — Cynewulf.
- cyperus — Any sedge of genus Cyperus.
- cytisus — any of a member of a diverse genus of fragrant plants of the family Fabaceae, native to Europe, western Asia, and north Africa, and having brightly coloured flowers
- cyzicus — an ancient Greek colony in NW Asia Minor on the S shore of the Sea of Marmara: site of Alcibiades' naval victory over the Peloponnesians (410 bc)
- d'urfey — Thomas, 1653–1723, English dramatist.
- danbury — city in SW Conn., near Bridgeport: pop. 75,000
- dasyure — any small carnivorous marsupial, such as Dasyurus quoll (eastern dasyure), of the subfamily Dasyurinae, of Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands
- daubery — the act or an instance of daubing
- debussy — (Achille) Claude (klod). 1862–1918, French composer and critic, the creator of impressionism in music and a profound influence on contemporary composition. His works include Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune (1894) and La Mer (1905) for orchestra, the opera Pelléas et Mélisande (1902), and many piano pieces and song settings
- dibutyl — (of a substance) that contains two butyl groups per molecule
- douchey — (slang, derogatory) Characteristic of a douche (jerk).
- doughty — steadfastly courageous and resolute; valiant.
- dreyfus — Alfred [al-frid;; French al-fred] /ˈæl frɪd;; French alˈfrɛd/ (Show IPA), 1859–1935, French army officer of Jewish descent: convicted of treason 1894, 1899; acquitted 1906.
- drouthy — droughty.
- dry out — free from moisture or excess moisture; not moist; not wet: a dry towel; dry air.
- dry run — a rehearsal or practice exercise.
- drysuit — a suit worn by divers to keep them warm and dry
- duality — a dual state or quality.
- duarchy — a government or form of government in which power is vested equally in two rulers.
- dubiety — doubtfulness; doubt.
- ducally — in the manner of or pertaining to a duke.
- duddery — a place where fabric made of wool is produced or retailed