7-letter words containing y, a
- ahungry — hungry
- ainsley — Sir Ben, full name Charles Benedict Ainsley. born 1977, English competitive sailor: won gold medals for Britain at four consecutive Olympics (2000–2012)
- air-dry — to dry by exposure to the air
- airplay — The airplay which a piece of popular music receives is the number of times it is played on the radio.
- airways — The passage by which air reaches a person's lungs.
- alcayde — alcaide.
- alchemy — Alchemy was a form of chemistry studied in the Middle Ages, which was concerned with trying to discover ways to change ordinary metals into gold.
- alcyone — the daughter of Aeolus and wife of Ceyx, who drowned herself in grief for her husband's death. She was transformed into a kingfisher
- alertly — fully aware and attentive; wide-awake; keen: an alert mind.
- aleyard — yard-of-ale.
- algol y — (language) A proposed successor to ALGOL 60, a "radical reconstruction". Originally a language that could manipulate its own programs at run time, it became a collection of features that were not accepted for ALGOL X.
- alienly — in an alien, foreign, or unfamiliar manner
- alimony — Alimony is money that a court of law orders someone to pay regularly to their former wife or husband after they have got divorced. Compare palimony.
- alkenyl — (organic chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or derived from an alkene.
- alkoxyl — The alkoxy radical.
- alkylic — relating to an alkyl
- alkynyl — (organic chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or derived from an alkyne.
- all-day — available throughout the day
- allayed — to put (fear, doubt, suspicion, anger, etc.) to rest; calm; quiet.
- allayer — a person who or that which reduces, moderates or subdues
- allenby — Edmund Henry Hynman, 1st Viscount. 1861–1936, British field marshal who captured Palestine and Syria from the Turks in 1918; high commissioner in Egypt (1919–25)
- allergy — If you have a particular allergy, you become ill or get a rash when you eat, smell, or touch something that does not normally make people ill.
- alleyed — having an alley or alleys
- allonym — a name, often one of historical significance or that of another person, assumed by a person, esp an author
- alloquy — (obsolete) Act of speaking to another; an address.
- alloway — a village in Scotland, in South Ayrshire, S of Ayr: birthplace of Robert Burns
- alloyed — a substance composed of two or more metals, or of a metal or metals with a nonmetal, intimately mixed, as by fusion or electrodeposition.
- allways — Misspelling of always.
- allying — to unite formally, as by treaty, league, marriage, or the like (usually followed by with or to): Russia allied itself to France.
- allylic — characteristic of or involving an allyl
- almondy — containing or resembling almond
- almonry — the house of an almoner, usually the place where alms were given
- alonely — in a solitary, or lonely, manner
- aloofly — at a distance, especially in feeling or interest; apart: They always stood aloof from their classmates.
- already — You use already to show that something has happened, or that something had happened before the moment you are referring to. Speakers of British English use already with a verb in a perfect tense, putting it after 'have', 'has', or 'had', or at the end of a clause. Some speakers of American English use already with the simple past tense of the verb instead of a perfect tense.
- alt key — either of two keys on a PC keyboard that is held down while pressing another key, as to perform a specific operation or type a special character.
- alveary — a beehive
- alyssum — any widely cultivated herbaceous garden plant of the genus Alyssum, having clusters of small yellow or white flowers: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- amatory — of, relating to, or inciting sexual love or desire
- ambassy — an embassy
- ambitty — relating to glass which has become crystalline or brittle
- amboyna — the mottled curly-grained wood of an Indonesian leguminous tree, Pterocarpus indicus, used in making furniture
- amenity — Amenities are things such as shopping centres or sports facilities that are provided for people's convenience, enjoyment, or comfort.
- amiably — having or showing pleasant, good-natured personal qualities; affable: an amiable disposition.
- aminity — the state of being an amine
- amnesty — An amnesty is an official pardon granted to a group of prisoners by the state.
- amorphy — (obsolete) shapelessness.
- amplify — If you amplify a sound, you make it louder, usually by using electronic equipment.
- ampycus — a son of Pelias, husband of Chloris, and father of Mopsus.
- amscray — Leave quickly.