7-letter words containing ay
- 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.
- layette — an outfit of clothing, bedding, etc., for a newborn baby.
- layoffs — Plural form of layoff.
- layouts — Plural form of layout.
- layover — stopover.
- laytime — the period of time allowed by a shipowner to a carrier to carry out cargo loading or discharging operations
- lehayim — a toast used in drinking to a person's health or well-being.
- lichway — a path used to carry a coffin into a church or to burial
- lifeway — a way of life; a manner of living.
- lindsay — Howard, 1889–1968, U.S. playwright, producer, and actor.
- lyndsay — Sir David. 1486–1554, Scottish poet and courtier, author of Ane Pleasant Satyre of the Three Estates (1552)
- malayan — of or relating to Malaya or its inhabitants
- malayo- — Malay and
- man-day — a unit of measurement, especially in accountancy; based on a standard number of man-hours in a day of work.
- mandays — a unit of measurement, especially in accountancy; based on a standard number of man-hours in a day of work.
- maracay — a city in NE Venezuela, SW of Caracas.
- margays — Plural form of margay.
- may day — the first day of May, long celebrated with various festivities, as the crowning of the May queen, dancing around the Maypole, and, in recent years, often marked by labor parades and political demonstrations.
- maybeck — Bernard, 1862–1957, U.S. architect.
- maybird — the bobolink.
- maybush — a flowering shrub, Crataegus monogyna, that is native to Europe, northwestern Africa and western Asia, and that produces small white flowers
- mayence — French name of Mainz.
- mayenne — a department in W France. 2012 sq. mi. (5210 sq. km). Capital: Laval.
- mayfair — a fashionable neighborhood in London, England, E of Hyde Park.
- mayfish — striped killifish.
- mayhaps — Maybe, perhaps, possibly, perchance.
- mayhems — Plural form of mayhem.
- maynard — a male given name.
- mayoral — the chief executive official, usually elected, of a city, village, or town.
- mayotte — one of the Comoro Islands, in the Indian Ocean, NW of Madagascar: an overseas department of France. 144 sq. mi. (373 sq. km).
- maypole — a tall pole, decorated with flowers and ribbons, around which people dance or engage in sports during May Day celebrations.
- maypops — Plural form of maypop.
- maytime — the month of May.
- mayweed — a composite plant, Anthemis cotula, native to Europe and Asia but naturalized in North America, having pungent, rank-smelling foliage and flower heads with a yellow disk and white rays.
- maywood — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- metayer — a person who works the land using tools, seed, etc., furnished by the landlord and who receives a share of the harvest in compensation.
- middays — Plural form of midday.
- midways — Plural form of midway.
- mislays — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of mislay.
- misplay — a wrong or bad play.
- momaday — N(avarro) Scott [nuh-var-oh] /nəˈvær oʊ/ (Show IPA), born 1934, Native American poet and novelist.
- mondays — on Mondays.
- narayan — R(asipuram) K(rishnaswamy). 1906–2001, Indian novelist writing in English. His books include Swami and Friends (1938), The Man-Eater of Malgudi (1961), Under the Banyan Tree (1985), and Grandmother's Tale (1993)
- nayarit — a state in W Mexico. 10,442 sq. mi. (27,045 sq. km). Capital: Tepic.
- naysaid — Simple past tense and past participle of naysay.
- naysays — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of naysay.
- nayward — the negative view
- nayword — a proverb or byword
- netplay — (video games) Multiplayer gameplay over a network.
- nicolay — John George, 1832–1901, U.S. biographer.