7-letter words containing y, r
- nayward — the negative view
- nayword — a proverb or byword
- nectary — Botany. an organ or part that secretes nectar.
- nervily — In a nervy way.
- nessary — Eye dialect of necessary.
- newbery — John, 1713–67, English publisher.
- newbury — a market town in West Berkshire unitary authority, S England: scene of a Parliamentarian victory (1643) and a Royalist victory (1644) during the Civil War; telecommunications, racecourse. Pop: 32 675 (2001)
- nigrify — to blacken.
- nimeiry — Gaafar Muhammad al- [gah-fahr,, al] /ˈgɑ fɑr,, æl/ (Show IPA), 1930–2009, Sudanese political leader: president 1969–85.
- nitrify — to oxidize (ammonia, ammonium compounds, or atmospheric nitrogen) to nitrites, nitrates, or their respective acids, especially by bacterial action.
- nonjury — a trial without a jury
- nookery — a snug, secure, or cozy nook.
- nordkyn — Cape, a cape in N Norway, E of North Cape: northernmost point of the European mainland.
- noshery — (informal) A restaurant.
- nullary — (programming) A description of an operator or function which takes no arguments, e.g. a function that returns the current time. "Nullary" is part of the unary, binary, ternary sequence, and is more common than its synonym niladic.
- nummary — of or relating to coins or money.
- nunnery — a building or group of buildings for nuns; convent.
- nureyev — Rudolf (Hametovich) [khuh-mye-tuh-vyich] /xʌˈmyɛ tə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1938–93, Russian ballet dancer and choreographer; Austrian citizen 1982.
- nursery — a room or place set apart for young children.
- nuttery — an area where trees that bear nuts are grown
- nyerere — Julius Kambarage [Swahili kahm-bah-rah-guh] /Swahili kɑmˈbɑ rɑ gə/ (Show IPA), 1921–1999, African statesman: president of Tanzania 1964–85.
- nym war — a dispute about the right to publish material on the internet under a fictitious name
- nynorsk — a literary language based on western Norwegian dialects and Old Norse and in 1885 adopted as one of the two official languages of Norway.
- nyungar — an Australian Aboriginal language spoken over a large area of southwest Western Australia, including Perth and Albany.
- obolary — poor or having only coins of low value in one's possession
- of yore — Of yore is used to refer to a period of time in the past.
- olitory — a kitchen garden for growing herbs and vegetables
- olivary — shaped like an olive.
- orality — the condition or quality of being oral; collectively, the personality traits characteristic of the oral phase of psychosexual development.
- orangey — resembling or suggesting an orange, as in taste, appearance, or color: decorated with orangy-pink flowers.
- oratory — skill or eloquence in public speaking: The evangelist moved thousands to repentance with his oratory.
- orderly — arranged or disposed in a neat, tidy manner or in a regular sequence: an orderly desk.
- orebody — a well-defined mass of ore-bearing rock.
- organdy — a fine, thin cotton fabric usually having a durable crisp finish, white, dyed, or printed: used for blouses, dresses, curtains, trimmings, etc.
- oriency — the state of having an iridescent lustre
- ormandy — Eugene, 1899–1985, U.S. conductor and violinist, born in Hungary.
- orogeny — A process in which a section of the earth's crust is folded and deformed by lateral compression to form a mountain range.
- orology — the branch of physical geography dealing with mountains.
- oronyms — Plural form of oronym.
- orphrey — an ornamental band or border, especially on an ecclesiastical vestment.
- ospreys — Plural form of osprey.
- ossuary — a place or receptacle for the bones of the dead.
- ostiary — Also called doorkeeper, porter. Roman Catholic Church. a member of the lowest-ranking of the four minor orders. the order itself. Compare acolyte (def 2), exorcist (def 2), lector (def 2).
- outpray — to exceed in praying or overcome by prayer
- outyear — the fiscal year after a year covered by a budget; any year beyond the budget year for which projections of spending are made.
- overbuy — to purchase in excessive quantities.
- overcoy — too modest
- overdry — to dry too much
- overdye — to dye too long or too much.
- overeye — to look out over