7-letter words containing y, a, r
- argyrol — a dark brown compound of silver and a protein, used medicinally as a local antiseptic
- aridity — being without moisture; extremely dry; parched: arid land; an arid climate.
- armoury — A country's armoury is all the weapons and military equipment that it has.
- armscye — the armhole opening in a garment.
- armseye — the armhole opening in a garment.
- arrayal — the act or process of arraying
- arrayed — If things are arrayed in a particular way, they are arranged or displayed in that way.
- arrayer — a person who arrays
- arroyos — Plural form of arroyo.
- arylate — to introduce one or more aryl groups into (a compound).
- ashbery — John, born 1927, U.S. poet.
- ashtray — An ashtray is a small dish in which smokers can put the ash from their cigarettes and cigars.
- assayer — to examine or analyze: to assay a situation; to assay an event.
- assyria — an ancient kingdom of N Mesopotamia: it established an empire that stretched from Egypt to the Persian Gulf, reaching its greatest extent between 721 and 633 bc. Its chief cities were Assur and Nineveh
- astbury — John. 1688–1743, English potter; earliest of the great Staffordshire potters
- astylar — without columns or pilasters
- ataraxy — a state of freedom from emotional disturbance and anxiety; tranquillity.
- atrophy — If a muscle or other part of the body atrophies, it decreases in size or strength, often as a result of an illness.
- attorny — (obsolete, or, proscribed) alternative spelling of attorney.
- aurally — of or relating to the ear or to the sense of hearing.
- aureity — the attributes or properties of gold
- aurigny — one of the Channel Islands, in the English Channel: separated from the French coast by a dangerous tidal channel (the Race of Alderney). Pop: 2294 (2001). Area: 8 sq km (3 sq miles)
- autarky — (esp of a political unit) a system or policy of economic self-sufficiency aimed at removing the need for imports
- avebury — a village in Wiltshire, site of an extensive Neolithic stone circle
- aveyron — a department of S France in Midi-Pyrénées region. Capital: Rodez. Pop: 266 940 (2003 est). Area: 8771 sq km (3421 sq miles)
- aykroyd — Dan. born 1952, Canadian film actor and screenwriter, best known for the television show Saturday Night Live (1975–80) and the films The Blues Brothers (1980), Ghostbusters (1984), and Driving Miss Daisy (1989)
- aylward — Gladys. 1903–70, English missionary in China
- azurely — With an azure colour.
- bairnly — childish, childlike, young
- banbury — a town in central England, in N Oxfordshire: telecommunications, financial services. Pop: 43 867 (2001)
- barbary — a historic name for a region of N Africa extending from W Egypt to the Atlantic and including the former Barbary States of Tripolitania, Tunisia, Algeria, and Morocco
- barclay — Alexander. c. 1475–1552, English poet. His works include The Ship of Fools (1509) and Eclogues (c. 1513–14)
- barkley — Alben William [al-buh n] /ˈæl bən/ (Show IPA), 1877–1956, vice president of the U.S. 1949–53.
- barnaby — a masculine name
- barneys — Plural form of barney.
- baryons — Plural form of baryon.
- barytes — a colourless or white mineral consisting of barium sulphate in orthorhombic crystalline form, occurring in sedimentary rocks and with sulphide ores: a source of barium. Formula: BaSO4
- baryton — a bass viol with sympathetic strings as well as its six main strings
- bat ray — batfish (def 2).
- battery — Batteries are small devices that provide the power for electrical items such as radios and children's toys.
- bay rum — an aromatic liquid, used in medicines and cosmetics, originally obtained by distilling the leaves of the bayberry tree (Pimenta racemosa) with rum: now also synthesized from alcohol, water, and various oils
- beanery — a cheap restaurant
- beavery — a place in which beavers may be kept
- beggary — extreme poverty or need
- belayer — a person who controls the safety rope for a climber
- beweary — to cause to be weary
- bilayer — a cell membrane consisting of two layers
- biliary — of or relating to bile, to the ducts that convey bile, or to the gall bladder
- biparty — involving two parties
- biryani — any of a variety of Indian dishes made with rice, highly flavoured and coloured with saffron or turmeric, mixed with meat or fish