7-letter words containing y, e, i
- herlihy — James Leo, 1927–93, U.S. playwright and novelist.
- hexylic — of or relating to hexyl
- hickeys — Plural form of hickey.
- hillyer — Robert (Silliman) [sil-i-muh n] /ˈsɪl ɪ mən/ (Show IPA), 1895–1961, U.S. poet and critic.
- hosiery — stockings or socks of any kind.
- hyaline — Also, hyalin, H04/H0454500 hahy-uh-lin, ˈhaɪ ə lɪn. Biochemistry. a horny substance found in hydatid cysts, closely resembling chitin. a structureless, transparent substance found in cartilage, the eye, etc., resulting from the pathological degeneration of tissue.
- hyalite — a colorless variety of opal, sometimes transparent like glass, and sometimes whitish and translucent.
- hydride — a binary compound formed by hydrogen and another, usually more electropositive, element or group, as sodium hydride, NaH, or methyl hydride, CH 4 .
- hyenine — of or relating to hyenas
- hyenoid — resembling a hyena.
- hygenic — Misspelling of hygienic.
- hygieia — the ancient Greek goddess of health.
- hygiene — Also, hygienics. the science that deals with the preservation of health.
- ideally — in accordance with an ideal; perfectly.
- imagery — the formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things, or of such images collectively: the dim imagery of a dream.
- impiety — lack of piety; lack of reverence for God or sacred things; irreverence.
- inanely — lacking sense, significance, or ideas; silly: inane questions.
- ineptly — without skill or aptitude for a particular task or assignment; maladroit: He is inept at mechanical tasks. She is inept at dealing with people.
- inertly — having no inherent power of action, motion, or resistance (opposed to active): inert matter.
- injelly — to place or enclose in jelly (as is done with meat in jars to preserve it)
- inlayed — (nonstandard) Simple past tense and past participle of inlay.
- inlayer — One who inlays.
- innerly — (rare) Inward; deep-seated.
- instyle — (obsolete, transitive) To style.
- ipseity — Selfhood; individual identity.
- irately — angry; enraged: an irate customer.
- ise bay — a bay of the Pacific Ocean, on the S coast of Honshu, Japan.
- isogeny — The condition of being isogenous.
- isohyet — a line drawn on a map connecting points having equal rainfall at a certain time or for a stated period.
- isopyre — an impure variety of opal, containing alumina, lime, and iron sesquioxide.
- isotype — a drawing, diagram, or other symbol that represents a specific quantity of or other fact about the thing depicted: Every isotype of a house on that chart represents a thousand new houses.
- isozyme — any of the genetically variant forms of certain enzymes that catalyze the same reaction but that may differ in activity, composition, or physical properties.
- iyeyasu — Tokugawa [taw-koo-gah-wah] /ˈtɔ kuˈgɑ wɑ/ (Show IPA), 1542–1616, Japanese general and public servant.
- jellify — to make into a jelly; reduce to a gelatinous state.
- jerkily — characterized by jerks or sudden starts; spasmodic.
- jitneys — Plural form of jitney.
- jittery — extremely tense and nervous; jumpy: He's very jittery about the medical checkup.
- joinery — the craft or trade of a joiner.
- joyride — a pleasure ride in an automobile, especially when the vehicle is driven recklessly or used without the owner's permission.
- kaylied — intoxicated; drunk
- kayseri — a city in central Turkey.
- keyline — an outline image of something on artwork or plans to show where it is to be placed
- keyring — A ring, normally of metal or plastic, for holding keys together.
- kidneys — Anatomy. either of a pair of bean-shaped organs in the back part of the abdominal cavity that form and excrete urine, regulate fluid and electrolyte balance, and act as endocrine glands.
- kitteny — of or like a kitten
- kreisky — Bruno, 1911–90, Austrian diplomat and political leader: chancellor 1970–83.
- kufiyeh — an Arab headdress for men; made from a diagonally folded square of cloth held in place by an agal wound around the head.
- kyanite — a mineral, aluminum silicate, Al 2 SiO 5 , occurring in blue or greenish bladed triclinic crystals, used as a refractory.
- kyanize — to treat (wood) against decay with a solution of mercuric chloride.
- kyriale — a liturgical book containing the text and musical notations for parts of the ordinary of the Mass.