7-letter words containing y, a, r, d
- lyrated — Alternative form of lyrate.
- marybud — a bud of a marigold
- maybird — the bobolink.
- maynard — a male given name.
- midyear — the middle of the year.
- myriads — Plural form of myriad.
- nayward — the negative view
- nayword — a proverb or byword
- organdy — a fine, thin cotton fabric usually having a durable crisp finish, white, dyed, or printed: used for blouses, dresses, curtains, trimmings, etc.
- ormandy — Eugene, 1899–1985, U.S. conductor and violinist, born in Hungary.
- paydirt — soil, gravel, or ore that can be mined profitably.
- pedlary — peddlery.
- per day — relating to an allowance for daily expenses, usually those incurred while working
- picardy — a region in N France: formerly a province.
- pyralid — any of numerous slender-bodied moths of the family Pyralidae, having elongated triangular forewings, and in the larval phase including many crop pests.
- pyramid — Architecture. (in ancient Egypt) a quadrilateral masonry mass having smooth, steeply sloping sides meeting at an apex, used as a tomb. (in ancient Egypt and pre-Columbian Central America) a quadrilateral masonry mass, stepped and sharply sloping, used as a tomb or a platform for a temple.
- quandry — Misspelling of quandary.
- rabidly — irrationally extreme in opinion or practice: a rabid isolationist; a rabid baseball fan.
- raggedy — ragged.
- rapidly — occurring within a short time; happening speedily: rapid growth.
- raymond — Henry Jarvis [jahr-vis] /ˈdʒɑr vɪs/ (Show IPA), 1820–69, U.S. publicist: founder of The New York Times.
- readily — promptly; quickly; easily: The information is readily available.
- red bay — an evergreen tree, Persea borbonia, of the eastern coast of the U.S., having faintly bluish-green leaves and blue or blue-black, red-stalked fruit, grown as an ornamental.
- relayed — a series of persons relieving one another or taking turns; shift.
- reynard — a name given to the fox, originally in the medieval beast epic Reynard the Fox.
- reynaud — Paul [pawl] /pɔl/ (Show IPA), 1878–1966, French statesman: premier 1940.
- ridgway — Matthew Bunker, 1895–1993, U.S. army general: chief of staff 1953–55.
- roadway — the land over which a road is built; a road together with the land at its edge.
- rudyard — a male given name: from Germanic words meaning “red” and “guarded.”.
- ryeland — one of an English breed of white-faced sheep, yielding wool of high quality.
- satyrid — Classical Mythology. one of a class of woodland deities, attendant on Bacchus, represented as part human, part horse, and sometimes part goat and noted for riotousness and lasciviousness.
- scaredy — someone who is easily frightened
- shandry — a light horse-drawn cart on springs
- skyward — Also, skywards. toward the sky.
- tanyard — an area of a tannery set aside for the operation of tanning vats.
- tardily — late; behind time; not on time: How tardy were you today?
- tardyon — a particle travelling slower than the speed of light
- thready — consisting of or resembling a thread or threads; fibrous; filamentous.
- tragedy — a lamentable, dreadful, or fatal event or affair; calamity; disaster: stunned by the tragedy of so many deaths.
- unhardy — fragile
- unready — not ready; not made ready: The new stadium is as yet unready for use.
- wayward — turned or turning away from what is right or proper; willful; disobedient: a wayward son; wayward behavior.
- workday — a day on which work is done; working day.
- yandere — (chiefly, Japanese fiction) A fictional character who fits the archetype of being genuinely romantic, loving, kind, merciful, sparing, sweet and gentle, but is at the same time brutal, psychotic or deranged in behavior. The psychotic tendency can be both sudden and ever-present. Often used for both comedic and dramatic displays of character.
- yardage — the use of a yard or enclosure, as in loading or unloading cattle or other livestock at a railroad station.
- yardang — a keel-shaped crest or ridge of rock, formed by the action of the wind, usually parallel to the prevailing wind direction.
- yardarm — either of the outer portions of the yard of a square sail.
- yarding — the ground that immediately adjoins or surrounds a house, public building, or other structure.
- yardman — a sailor assigned to the yards of a vessel.
- yardmen — Plural form of yardman.