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Words containing ley

3 letter words containing ley

  • ley — a pewter containing about 80 percent tin and 20 percent lead.

4 letter words containing ley

  • cley — (obsolete) A claw.
  • fley — to frighten; terrify.
  • gley — a mottled soil in which iron compounds have been oxidized and reduced by intermittent water saturation.
  • leys — a pewter containing about 80 percent tin and 20 percent lead.
  • sley — the reed of a loom.

5 letter words containing ley

  • agley — awry; askew
  • ailey — Alvin, Jr.1931-89; U.S. dancer & choreographer
  • alley — An alley is a narrow passage or street with buildings or walls on both sides.
  • coley — any of various edible fishes, esp the coalfish
  • daley — Richard J(oseph) 1902–76, U.S. politician: mayor of Chicago 1955–76.

6 letter words containing ley

  • akeleyCarl Ethan, 1864–1926, U.S. naturalist, explorer, and sculptor.
  • alleys — Plural form of alley.
  • appley — resembling or tasting like an apple
  • ashley — Jack, Baron. 1922–2012, British Labour politician and campaigner for deaf and disabled people
  • badley — Misspelling of badly.

7 letter words containing ley

  • ainsley — Sir Ben, full name Charles Benedict Ainsley. born 1977, English competitive sailor: won gold medals for Britain at four consecutive Olympics (2000–2012)
  • aleyard — yard-of-ale.
  • alleyed — having an alley or alleys
  • baileys — Plural form of bailey.
  • barkley — Alben William [al-buh n] /ˈæl bən/ (Show IPA), 1877–1956, vice president of the U.S. 1949–53.

8 letter words containing ley

  • adderleyJulian ("Cannonball") 1928–75, American jazz saxophonist.
  • alleycat — a homeless cat that roams in back streets
  • alleyway — An alleyway is the same as an alley.
  • barnsley — an industrial town in N England, in Barnsley unitary authority, South Yorkshire. Pop: 71 599 (2001)
  • benchley — Robert (Charles)1889-1945; U.S. humorist

9 letter words containing ley

  • alley-oop — used as an exclamation accompanying the act of lifting, rising, etc.
  • alley-way — an alley or lane.
  • alleyways — Plural form of alleyway.
  • barreleye — any of the bathypelagic fishes of the family Opisthoproctidae, especially Macropinna microstoma, having telescoping eyes.
  • beardsley — Aubrey (Vincent). 1872–98, English illustrator: noted for his stylized black-and-white illustrations, esp those for Oscar Wilde's Salome and Pope's Rape of the Lock

10 letter words containing ley

  • back-alley — Back-alley activities are carried out unofficially, secretly, and often illegally.
  • barleycorn — a grain of barley, or barley itself
  • berzerkley — Berzerkeley
  • galleywest — Informal. into a state of unconsciousness, confusion, or disarray (usually used in the phrase to knock galley-west).
  • hattersley — Roy (Sydney George), Baron Hattersley of Sparkbrook. born 1932, British Labour politician; deputy leader of the Labour Party (1983–92); shadow home secretary (1980–83; 1987–92)

11 letter words containing ley

  • baddeleyite — a mineral consisting largely of zirconium dioxide: a source of zirconium. Formula: ZrO2
  • barley-bree — liquor, malt liquor, or the like, especially whiskey.
  • berkeleyism — any philosophical system or doctrine derived from the views of Bishop Berkeley.
  • berzerkeley — (humour)   /b*r-zer'klee/ (From "berserk", via the name of a now-deceased record label) A humorous distortion of "Berkeley" used especially to refer to the practices or products of the BSD Unix hackers. See software bloat, Missed'em-five, Berkeley Quality Software. Mainstream use of this term in reference to the cultural and political peculiarities of UC Berkeley as a whole has been reported from as far back as the 1960s.
  • effectivley — Misspelling of effectively.

12 letter words containing ley

  • effectiveley — Misspelling of effectively.
  • henley-shirt — a short- or long-sleeved pullover sport shirt, usually of cotton, with a round neckband and an often covered neckline placket.
  • stanleyville — former name of Kisangani.

13 letter words containing ley

  • chance-medley — a sudden quarrel in which one party kills another; unintentional but not blameless killing

14 letter words containing ley

15 letter words containing ley

16 letter words containing ley

  • henley-on-thames — a city in SE Oxfordshire, in S England: annual rowing regatta.

19 letter words containing ley

  • talleyrand-perigord — Charles Maurice de [sharl moh-rees duh] /ʃarl moʊˈris də/ (Show IPA), Prince de Bénévent [duh bey-ney-vahn] /də beɪ neɪˈvɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1754–1838, French statesman.

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