7-letter words containing y, r
- layered — a thickness of some material laid on or spread over a surface: a layer of soot on the window sill; two layers of paint.
- layover — stopover.
- leafery — leafage or foliage
- lechery — unrestrained or excessive indulgence of sexual desire.
- ledyard — a town in SE Connecticut.
- leerily — in a leery manner
- leprosy — a chronic, mildly infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae, affecting the peripheral nervous system, skin, and nasal mucosa and variously characterized by ulcerations, tubercular nodules, and loss of sensation that sometimes leads to traumatic amputation of the anesthetized part.
- leyster — Judith, 1609–60, Dutch painter.
- liberty — freedom from arbitrary or despotic government or control.
- library — a place set apart to contain books, periodicals, and other material for reading, viewing, listening, study, or reference, as a room, set of rooms, or building where books may be read or borrowed.
- librery — (spelling) It's spelled "library".
- littery — of, relating to, or covered with litter; untidy.
- liturgy — a form of public worship; ritual.
- liveyer — a native or resident of Newfoundland or Labrador.
- lockyer — Sir Joseph Norman, 1836–1920, English astronomer and author.
- lottery — a gambling game or method of raising money, as for some public charitable purpose, in which a large number of tickets are sold and a drawing is held for certain prizes.
- loverly — (UK, nonstandard, eye dialect) lovely.
- luridly — gruesome; horrible; revolting: the lurid details of an accident.
- lycoris — any of several bulbous plants belonging to the genus Lycoris, of the amaryllis family, native to eastern Asia, bearing clustered, variously colored flowers that appear after the leaves have faded and disappeared.
- lyncher — to put to death, especially by hanging, by mob action and without legal authority.
- lyndora — a female given name.
- lyrated — Alternative form of lyrate.
- lyrical — (of poetry) having the form and musical quality of a song, and especially the character of a songlike outpouring of the poet's own thoughts and feelings, as distinguished from epic and dramatic poetry.
- lyricon — a musical instrument played by blowing into a mouthpiece, with the notes being modulated by a synthesizer
- lyrists — Plural form of lyrist.
- magyars — a member of the ethnic group, of the Finno-Ugric stock, that forms the predominant element of the population of Hungary.
- maistry — (obsolete) mastery.
- majorly — Slang. extremely; thoroughly: The class was majorly hard.
- malarky — speech or writing designed to obscure, mislead, or impress; bunkum: The claims were just a lot of malarkey.
- mallory — Stephen Russell, 1813?–73, U.S. lawyer and politician.
- mammary — of or relating to the mamma or breast.
- mappery — the using of maps
- maracay — a city in NE Venezuela, SW of Caracas.
- margays — Plural form of margay.
- margery — a female given name, form of Margaret.
- marilyn — a female given name, form of Mary.
- marjory — a female given name, form of Margaret.
- marrowy — Full of marrow; pithy.
- marryat — Frederick, 1792–1848, English naval officer and novelist.
- marsyas — a satyr who lost in a flute-playing competition with Apollo and was flayed alive as a penalty.
- martyrs — Plural form of martyr.
- martyry — a shrine, chapel, or the like, erected in honor of a martyr.
- mary ii — 1662–94, queen of England 1689–94: joint ruler with her husband William III (daughter of James II).
- maryann — a female given name.
- marybud — a bud of a marigold
- marylou — a female given name.
- masaryk — Jan [yahn] /yɑn/ (Show IPA), 1886–1948, Czech statesman (son of Tomáŝ).
- masonry — the craft or occupation of a mason.
- mastery — command or grasp, as of a subject: a mastery of Italian.
- mattery — discharging pus