7-letter words containing ay
- holyday — Obsolete form of holiday.
- hoorays — Plural form of hooray.
- houssay — Bernardo Alberto [ber-nahr-th aw ahl-ver-taw] /bɛrˈnɑr ðɔ ɑlˈvɛr tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1887–1971, Argentine physiologist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1947.
- humayun — 1508–56, Mogul emperor of Hindustan 1530–56 (son of Baber).
- humpday — Alternative spelling of hump day.
- hurrays — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hurray.
- iaysdah — (chat) I acknowledge your strangely depressing attempt at humour.
- ilkaday — every day
- in play — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- in tray — An in tray is a shallow container used in offices to put letters and documents in before they are dealt with. Compare out tray.
- inlayed — (nonstandard) Simple past tense and past participle of inlay.
- inlayer — One who inlays.
- ise bay — a bay of the Pacific Ocean, on the S coast of Honshu, Japan.
- izakaya — A Japanese bar that also sells snacks.
- janeway — Elizabeth (Hall) 1913–2005, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- jaybird — jay1 .
- jaywalk — to cross a street at a place other than a regular crossing or in a heedless manner, as diagonally or against a traffic light.
- katayev — Valentin Petrovich [vuh-lyin-tyeen pyi-traw-vyich] /və lyɪnˈtyin pyɪˈtrɔ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1897–1986, Russian writer.
- kayaker — Agent noun of kayak; one who kayaks.
- kayfabe — (professional wrestling) The portrayal of events within the industry as real; the portrayal of professional wrestling and the accompanying storylines as not staged or worked.
- kaylied — intoxicated; drunk
- kayoing — Present participle of kayo.
- kayseri — a city in central Turkey.
- kebayas — Plural form of kebaya.
- kerbaya — a blouse worn by Malay women
- keyways — Plural form of keyway.
- khayyam — Omar, Omar Khayyám.
- kumayri — a city in NW Armenia.
- kumayry — city in NW Armenia: pop. 120,000
- kumbaya — The title of the etymological folk song, used with varying degrees of sincerity or sarcasm to refer to the song's evocations of spiritual unity and interpersonal harmony.
- kutenay — a member of a North American Indian people of British Columbia, Montana, and Idaho.
- laneway — (Canada) A narrow roadway; a lane.
- laptray — a tray with a cushioned underside, designed to rest in a person's lap while supporting reading material, a meal eaten while watching television, etc
- lay day — Commerce. one of a certain number of days allowed by a charter party for loading or unloading a vessel without demurrage.
- lay for — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- lay low — situated, placed, or occurring not far above the ground, floor, or base: a low shelf.
- lay off — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- lay out — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- layamon — flourished c1200, English poet and chronicler.
- layaway — layaway plan.
- layback — Figure Skating. a spin, usually performed by a woman, in which the upper body is arched backward and the free leg lifted and turned out from the hip.
- laydeez — a jocular spelling of ladies, as pronounced in a mid-Atlantic accent
- laydown — a hand held by a declarer that is or can be played with all cards exposed because no action by the opponents can prevent the declarer from taking the number of tricks necessary to make the contract.
- layer 1 — physical layer
- layer 2 — data link layer
- layer 3 — network layer
- layer 4 — transport layer
- layer 5 — session layer
- layer 6 — presentation layer
- layer 7 — application layer