7-letter words containing y, e, a
- cauvery — a river in S India, rising in the Western Ghats and flowing southeast to the Bay of Bengal. Length: 765 km (475 miles)
- cawdrey — Robert. 16th–17th-century English schoolmaster and lexicographer: compiled the first English dictionary (A Table Alphabeticall) in 1604
- cayenne — the capital of French Guiana, on an island at the mouth of the Cayenne River: French penal settlement from 1854 to 1938. Pop: 57 229 (2011)
- cayuses — Plural form of cayuse.
- cecally — through the caecum, the large bowel
- cellary — Characteristic of a cellar; musty, gloomy, etc.
- chantey — a song formerly sung by sailors in rhythm with their motions while working, as while turning a capstan
- charley — Victor Charlie.
- chayote — a tropical American cucurbitaceous climbing plant, Sechium edule, that has edible pear-shaped fruit enclosing a single enormous seed
- cheaply — costing very little; relatively low in price; inexpensive: a cheap dress.
- cleanly — in a fair manner
- clearly — in a clear, distinct, or obvious manner
- coryate — Thomas, 1577–1617, English traveler and author.
- crawley — a town in S England, in NE West Sussex: designated a new town in 1956. Pop: 100 547 (2001)
- cyanate — any salt or ester of cyanic acid, containing the ion –OCN or the group –OCN
- cyanide — Cyanide is a highly poisonous substance.
- cyanine — a blue dye used to extend the sensitivity of photographic emulsions to colours other than blue and ultraviolet
- cyanite — kyanite
- cyanize — to turn into cyanide
- cyclase — an enzyme that acts as a catalyst in the formation of a cyclic compound
- cymaise — a pewter wine jar having a spout, a fixed handle on the side opposite the spout, and a bail for carrying.
- cypsela — the dry one-seeded fruit of the daisy and related plants, which resembles an achene but is surrounded by a calyx sheath
- cythera — a Greek island off the SE coast of the Peloponnese: in ancient times a centre of the worship of Aphrodite. Pop: 3354 (2001). Area: about 285 sq km (110 sq miles)
- d layer — the lowest area of the ionosphere, having increased ion density and existing only in the daytime: it begins at an altitude of about 70 km (c. 43 mi) and merges with the E layer
- dahomey — Benin
- dairyer — a person who owns or runs a dairy farm or dairy.
- daresay — Dare say (in the sense of \"think something to be probable\").
- darnley — Lord. title of Henry Stuart (or Stewart). 1545–67, Scottish nobleman; second husband of Mary, Queen of Scots and father of James I of England. After murdering his wife's secretary, Rizzio (1566), he was himself assassinated (1567)
- dasyure — any small carnivorous marsupial, such as Dasyurus quoll (eastern dasyure), of the subfamily Dasyurinae, of Australia, New Guinea, and adjacent islands
- datedly — in a dated or unfashionable manner
- daubery — the act or an instance of daubing
- day bed — a narrow bed, with a head piece and sometimes a foot piece and back, on which to recline during the day
- day one — If something happens from day one of a process, it happens right from the beginning. If it happens on day one, it happens right at the beginning.
- daycare — occupation, treatment, or supervision during the working day for people who might be at risk if left on their own, or whose usual carers need daytime relief
- daymare — an unpleasant experience one has when not asleep
- dayside — the area of a planet that is nearest the sun
- daytale — the calculation of work or earnings on a daily basis
- daytime — The daytime is the part of a day between the time when it gets light and the time when it gets dark.
- daywear — clothes for everyday or informal wear
- dazedly — to stun or stupefy with a blow, shock, etc.: He was dazed by a blow on the head.
- deadeye — either of a pair of disclike wooden blocks, supported by straps in grooves around them, between which a line is rove so as to draw them together to tighten a shroud
- deanery — the office or residence of dean
- dearnly — in a solitary or unseen manner
- deathly — If you say that someone is deathly pale or deathly still, you are emphasizing that they are very pale or still, like a dead person.
- debakey — Michael Ellis, 1908–2008, U.S. physician: pioneer in heart surgery.
- decayed — having rotted as a result of bacterial, fungal, or chemical action; decomposed
- decayer — a thing or a person that brings about decay
- deejays — Plural form of deejay.
- defrays — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of defray.
- delaney — Shelagh [shee-luh] /ˈʃi lə/ (Show IPA), 1939–2011, English playwright.