7-letter words containing u, y
- myotube — a cylindrical cell found in muscle fibre
- mytilus — Any of the genus Mytilus of marine bivalve shells, including the common mussel.
- naughty — improper, tasteless, indecorous, or indecent: a naughty word.
- neuilly — a suburb of Paris, in N France: treaty of peace (1919) between the Allies and Bulgaria. 66,095.
- newbury — a market town in West Berkshire unitary authority, S England: scene of a Parliamentarian victory (1643) and a Royalist victory (1644) during the Civil War; telecommunications, racecourse. Pop: 32 675 (2001)
- nonjury — a trial without a jury
- nuggety — a lump of something, as of precious metal.
- nullary — (programming) A description of an operator or function which takes no arguments, e.g. a function that returns the current time. "Nullary" is part of the unary, binary, ternary sequence, and is more common than its synonym niladic.
- nullify — to render or declare legally void or inoperative: to nullify a contract.
- nullity — the state or quality of being null; nothingness; invalidity.
- nummary — of or relating to coins or money.
- nunnery — a building or group of buildings for nuns; convent.
- nureyev — Rudolf (Hametovich) [khuh-mye-tuh-vyich] /xʌˈmyɛ tə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1938–93, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer; Austrian citizen 1982.
- nursery — a room or place set apart for young children.
- nut key — a tool for extracting a nut, chock, etc, from a crack after use
- nuttery — an area where trees that bear nuts are grown
- nuttily — In a nutty way.
- nylghau — nilgai.
- nyungar — an Australian Aboriginal language spoken over a large area of southwest Western Australia, including Perth and Albany.
- obloquy — censure, blame, or abusive language aimed at a person or thing, especially by numerous persons or by the general public.
- obsequy — a funeral rite or ceremony.
- octuply — in an octuple or eightfold manner
- olympus — Mount, a mountain in NE Greece, on the boundary between Thessaly and Macedonia: mythical abode of the greater Grecian gods. 9730 feet (2966 meters).
- on duty — something that one is expected or required to do by moral or legal obligation.
- onymous — Having a name.
- ossuary — a place or receptacle for the bones of the dead.
- ouguiya — a cupronickel-aluminum coin, paper money, and monetary unit of Mauritania, equal to five khoums.
- outcity — located outside a city's confines
- outlays — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of outlay.
- outpity — to exceed in pitying
- outplay — to play better than.
- outpray — to exceed in praying or overcome by prayer
- outstay — to stay longer than.
- outyear — the fiscal year after a year covered by a budget; any year beyond the budget year for which projections of spending are made.
- outyell — to yell louder or longer than
- outyelp — to outdo in yelping
- overbuy — to purchase in excessive quantities.
- ovulary — the part of a plant's anatomy where ovules develop
- papyrus — a tall, aquatic plant, Cyperus papyrus, of the sedge family, native to the Nile valley: the Egyptian subspecies, C. papyrus hadidii, thought to be common in ancient times, now occurs only in several sites.
- paucity — smallness of quantity; scarcity; scantiness: a country with a paucity of resources.
- paunchy — having a large and protruding belly; potbellied: a paunchy middle-aged man.
- pay cut — a decrease in pay or salary
- pay out — to settle (a debt, obligation, etc.), as by transferring money or goods, or by doing something: Please pay your bill.
- paystub — A paystub is a piece of paper given to an employee when he or she is paid stating how much money has been earned and how much has been taken from that sum for things such as tax.
- perfumy — perfumed; scented; fragrant
- perjury — the willful giving of false testimony under oath or affirmation, before a competent tribunal, upon a point material to a legal inquiry.
- piously — having or showing a dutiful spirit of reverence for God or an earnest wish to fulfill religious obligations.
- plaguey — such as to plague, torment, or annoy; vexatious: a plaguy pile of debts.
- play up — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- playbus — a mobile playground