7-letter words containing y, s
- mistype — a number of things or persons sharing a particular characteristic, or set of characteristics, that causes them to be regarded as a group, more or less precisely defined or designated; class; category: a criminal of the most vicious type.
- misyoke — To join or yoke improperly.
- modesty — the quality of being modest; freedom from vanity, boastfulness, etc.
- moistly — In a moist manner.
- mondays — on Mondays.
- monkeys — A small to medium-sized primate that typically has a long tail, most kinds of which live in trees in tropical countries.
- morassy — Marshy; fenny.
- moseley — Henry Gwyn Jeffreys [gwin] /gwɪn/ (Show IPA), 1887–1915, English physicist: pioneer in x-ray spectroscopy.
- moseyed — to wander or shuffle about leisurely; stroll; saunter (often followed by along, about, etc.).
- mousery — a place infested with mice
- mousily — In a mousy manner.
- muscovy — Also called Grand Duchy of Muscovy. a principality founded c1271 and centered on the ancient city of Moscow. Its rulers gradually gained control over the neighboring Great Russian principalities and established the Russian Empire under the czars.
- mushily — In a mushy manner.
- musigny — a dry, red wine of the Burgundy region in France.
- muskily — in a musky manner
- mustily — In a musty manner.
- myalism — a kind of witchcraft, similar to obi, practised esp in the Caribbean
- mycetes — a collective term for fungi, esp microscopic pathogenic fungi
- mycoses — Plural form of mycosis.
- mycosis — the presence of parasitic fungi in or on any part of the body.
- myiases — Plural form of myiasis.
- myiasis — any disease that results from the infestation of tissues or cavities of the body by larvae of flies.
- mykonos — a mountainous island in SE Greece, in the S Aegean: resort. 35 sq. mi. (90 sq. km).
- myriads — Plural form of myriad.
- myrtles — Plural form of myrtle.
- myspace — (Internet) One's profile on the MySpace website.
- mystery — anything that is kept secret or remains unexplained or unknown: the mysteries of nature.
- mystics — Plural form of mystic.
- mystify — to perplex (a person) by playing upon the person's credulity; bewilder purposely.
- mystory — (philosophy) A pedagogical genre encouraging the exploration of history as an open-minded individual rather than an analytical historian following institutional norms.
- mytilus — Any of the genus Mytilus of marine bivalve shells, including the common mussel.
- myxomas — Plural form of myxoma.
- nasally — in a nasal manner.
- nasmyth — James. 1808–90, British engineer; inventor of the steam hammer (1839)
- nastily — physically filthy; disgustingly unclean: a nasty pigsty of a room.
- naysaid — Simple past tense and past participle of naysay.
- naysays — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of naysay.
- nessary — Eye dialect of necessary.
- newsboy — a person, typically a boy, who sells or delivers newspapers.
- noisily — making much noise: noisy children.
- nosegay — a small bunch of flowers; bouquet; posy.
- noshery — (informal) A restaurant.
- nowdays — Eye dialect of nowadays.
- nursery — a room or place set apart for young children.
- nybbles — Plural form of nybble.
- nykvist — Sven [sven] /svɛn/ (Show IPA), 1922–2006, Swedish cinematographer.
- nymphos — Plural form of nympho.
- 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.
- nystose — (carbohydrate) An oligosaccharide consisting of three fructose and one glucose residues.
- o'casey — Sean [shawn,, shahn] /ʃɔn,, ʃɑn/ (Show IPA), 1880–1964, Irish playwright.