7-letter words containing Y
Embark on an exploration of 7-letter words that contain the letter Y. This segment uncovers the diverse range of words that incorporate Y within this specific length, revealing the versatility and richness of language. Ideal for vocabulary enthusiasts and word-game aficionados.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| already | 11 | - | - |
| exactly | 19 | indicating exactness or preciseness | he was doing precisely (or exactly) what she had told him to do |
| anymore | 12 | at the present or from now on; usually used with a negative | Alice doesn't live here anymore |
| country | 12 | the territory occupied by a nation | - |
| playing | 13 | the performance of a part or role in a drama | - |
| company | 16 | a social or business visitor | the room was a mess because he hadn't expected company |
| anybody | 16 | Any one out of an indefinite number of persons; anyone; any person. | - |
| finally | 13 | the item at the end | - |
| totally | 10 | to a complete degree or to the full or entire extent (`whole' is often used informally for `wholly') | a totally new situation |
| goodbye | 14 | a farewell remark | - |
| history | 13 | a record or narrative description of past events | a history of France |
| quickly | 25 | without taking pains | - |
| staying | 11 | - | - |
| usually | 10 | under normal conditions | usually she was late |
| destroy | 11 | put (an animal) to death | The customs agents destroyed the dog that was found to be rabid |
| society | 12 | the state of being with someone | he enjoyed the society of his friends |
| reality | 10 | all of your experiences that determine how things appear to you | for them demons were as much a part of reality as trees were |
| clearly | 12 | clear to the mind; with distinct mental discernment | I could clearly see myself in his situation |
| majesty | 19 | impressiveness in scale or proportion | - |
| century | 12 | ten 10s | - |
| younger | 11 | used of the younger of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a son from his father | - |
| journey | 17 | the act of traveling from one place to another | - |
| destiny | 11 | the ultimate agency regarded as predetermining the course of events (often personified as a woman) | we are helpless in the face of destiny |
| factory | 15 | a plant consisting of one or more buildings with facilities for manufacturing | - |
| healthy | 16 | promoting health; healthful | a healthy diet |
| holiday | 14 | leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure | we took a short holiday in Puerto Rico |
| victory | 15 | a successful ending of a struggle or contest | a narrow victory |
| mystery | 15 | something that baffles understanding and cannot be explained | how it got out is a mystery |
| yelling | 11 | uttering a loud inarticulate cry as of pain or excitement | - |
| someday | 13 | - | - |
| surgery | 11 | a room in a hospital equipped for the performance of surgical operations | - |
| quality | 19 | (music) the distinctive property of a complex sound (a voice or noise or musical sound) | - |
| ability | 12 | possession of the qualities (especially mental qualities) required to do something or get something done | - |
| robbery | 14 | plundering during riots or in wartime | - |
| therapy | 15 | (medicine) the act of caring for someone (as by medication or remedial training etc.) | heat therapy gave the best relief |
| anytime | 12 | - | - |
| library | 12 | a depository built to contain books and other materials for reading and study | - |
| quietly | 19 | with little or no activity or no agitation (`quiet' is a nonstandard variant for `quietly') | her hands rested quietly in her lap |
| unhappy | 17 | generalized feeling of distress | - |
| fantasy | 13 | imagination unrestricted by reality | a schoolgirl fantasy |
| frankly | 17 | (used as intensives reflecting the speaker's attitude) it is sincerely the case that | frankly, my dear, I don't give a damn |
| thirsty | 13 | (usually followed by `for') extremely desirous | thirsty for information |
| battery | 12 | an assault in which the assailant makes physical contact | - |
| highway | 20 | a major road for any form of motor transport | - |
| laundry | 11 | garments or white goods that can be cleaned by laundering | - |
| naughty | 14 | suggestive of sexual impropriety | a naughty wink |
| custody | 13 | a state of being confined (usually for a short time) | he is in the custody of police |
| tragedy | 12 | an event resulting in great loss and misfortune | - |
| typical | 14 | of a feature that helps to distinguish a person or thing | that is typical of you! |
| crystal | 12 | colorless glass made of almost pure silica | - |
| economy | 14 | an act of economizing; reduction in cost | it was a small economy to walk to work every day |
| charity | 15 | a kindly and lenient attitude toward people | - |
| happily | 17 | in a joyous manner | they shouted happily |
| academy | 15 | an institution for the advancement of art or science or literature | - |
| payment | 14 | the act of paying money | - |
| heavily | 16 | slowly as if burdened by much weight | - |
| apology | 13 | a formal written defense of something you believe in strongly | - |
| penalty | 12 | the act of punishing | - |
| privacy | 17 | the quality of being secluded from the presence or view of others | - |
| whiskey | 20 | a liquor made from fermented mash of grain | - |
| anyways | 16 | used to indicate that a statement explains or supports a previous statement | - |
| liberty | 12 | immunity from arbitrary exercise of authority: political independence | - |
| loyalty | 13 | the quality of being loyal | - |
| dignity | 12 | the quality of being worthy of esteem or respect | it was beneath his dignity to cheat |
| closely | 12 | in a close manner | - |
| shortly | 13 | in the near future | the book will appear shortly |
| lottery | 10 | players buy (or are given) chances and prizes are distributed by casting lots | - |
| testify | 13 | provide evidence for | - |
| physics | 17 | the science of matter and energy and their interactions | his favorite subject was physics |
| primary | 14 | a preliminary election where delegates or nominees are chosen | - |
| luckily | 16 | by good fortune | - |
| bicycle | 16 | ride a bicycle | - |
| gravity | 14 | (physics) the force of attraction between all masses in the universe; especially the attraction of the earth's mass for bodies near its surface | the more remote the body the less the gravity |
| jewelry | 20 | an adornment (as a bracelet or ring or necklace) made of precious metals and set with gems (or imitation gems) | - |
| poverty | 15 | the state of having little or no money and few or no material possessions | - |
| halfway | 19 | equally distant from the extremes | - |
| embassy | 14 | a diplomatic building where ambassadors live or work | - |
| gallery | 11 | a room or series of rooms where works of art are exhibited | - |
| psychic | 19 | affecting or influenced by the human mind | psychic energy |
| harmony | 15 | agreement of opinions | - |
| autopsy | 12 | an examination and dissection of a dead body to determine cause of death or the changes produced by disease | - |
| display | 13 | to show, make visible or apparent | National leaders will have to display the highest skills of statesmanship |
| tiffany | 16 | United States artist who developed Tiffany glass (1848-1933) | - |
| awfully | 16 | used as intensifiers | - |
| balcony | 14 | an upper floor projecting from the rear over the main floor in an auditorium | - |
| honesty | 13 | the quality of being honest | - |
| wealthy | 16 | having an abundant supply of money or possessions of value | wealthy corporations |
| anxiety | 17 | (psychiatry) a relatively permanent state of worry and nervousness occurring in a variety of mental disorders, usually accompanied by compulsive behavior or attacks of panic | - |
| legally | 11 | by law; conforming to the law | - |
| railway | 13 | line that is the commercial organization responsible for operating a system of transportation for trains that pull passengers or freight | - |
| unlucky | 16 | marked by or promising bad fortune | the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons |
| hallway | 16 | an interior passage or corridor onto which rooms open | - |
| satisfy | 13 | fill, satisfy or meet a want or need or condtion ro restriction | - |
| equally | 19 | in equal amounts or shares; in a balanced or impartial way | they split their winnings equally |
| pyramid | 15 | a massive monument with a square base and four triangular sides; begun by Cheops around 2700 BC as royal tombs in ancient Egypt | - |
| delayed | 12 | not as far along as normal in development | - |
| seventy | 13 | the cardinal number that is the product of ten and seven | - |
| variety | 13 | a collection containing a variety of sorts of things | he had a variety of disorders |
| ecstasy | 12 | street names for methylenedioxymethamphetamine | - |
| grocery | 13 | a marketplace where groceries are sold | the grocery store included a meat market |
| rapidly | 13 | with speed | - |
| elderly | 11 | people who are old collectively | - |
| biology | 13 | the science that studies living organisms | - |
| lightly | 14 | in a small quantity or extent | apply paint lightly |
| justify | 20 | show to be right by providing justification or proof | - |
| utterly | 10 | completely and without qualification; used informally as intensifiers | utterly miserable |
| monthly | 15 | a periodical that is published every month (or 12 issues per year) | - |
| nursery | 10 | a child's room for a baby | - |
| annoyed | 11 | aroused to impatience or anger | - |
| greatly | 11 | to an extraordinary extent or degree | he improved greatly |
| timothy | 15 | grass with long cylindrical spikes grown in northern United States and Europe for hay | - |
| playboy | 17 | a man devoted to the pursuit of pleasure | - |
| roughly | 14 | with roughness or violence (`rough' is an informal variant for `roughly') | he was pushed roughly aside |
| denying | 12 | - | - |
| tightly | 14 | in a tight or constricted manner | a tightly packed pub |
| daytime | 13 | the time after sunrise and before sunset while it is light outside | it is easier to make the repairs in the daytime |
| slavery | 13 | the practice of owning slaves | - |
| decency | 15 | the quality of being polite and respectable | - |
| inquiry | 19 | a systematic investigation of a matter of public interest | - |
| dynasty | 14 | a sequence of powerful leaders in the same family | - |
| scenery | 12 | the painted structures of a stage set that are intended to suggest a particular locale | they worked all night painting the scenery |
| analyze | 19 | subject to psychoanalytic treatment | I was analyzed in Vienna by a famous psychiatrist |
| mercury | 14 | a heavy silvery toxic univalent and bivalent metallic element; the only metal that is liquid at ordinary temperatures | - |
| cruelty | 12 | feelings of extreme heartlessness | - |
| bravery | 15 | feeling no fear | - |
| briefly | 15 | in a concise manner; in a few words | she replied briefly |
| cavalry | 15 | troops trained to fight on horseback | - |
| faculty | 15 | one of the inherent cognitive or perceptual powers of the mind | - |
| runaway | 13 | someone who flees from an uncongenial situation | - |
| charley | 15 | - | - |
| freeway | 16 | a broad highway designed for high-speed traffic | - |
| chimney | 17 | a glass flue surrounding the wick of an oil lamp | - |
| payback | 20 | the act of taking revenge (harming someone in retaliation for something harmful that they have done) especially in the next life | - |
| secrecy | 14 | the trait of keeping things secret | - |
| royalty | 13 | royal persons collectively | the wedding was attended by royalty |
| firstly | 13 | before anything else | - |
| qualify | 22 | make fit or prepared | - |
| cynical | 14 | believing the worst of human nature and motives; having a sneering disbelief in e.g. selflessness of others | - |
| payroll | 12 | a list of employees and their salaries | the company had a long payroll |
| ashtray | 13 | a receptacle for the ash from smokers' cigars or cigarettes | - |
| doorway | 14 | the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close | he stuck his head in the doorway |
| proudly | 13 | with pride; in a proud manner | he walked proudly into town |
| standby | 13 | an actor able to replace a regular performer when required | - |
| burying | 13 | concealing something under the ground | - |
| getaway | 14 | the attribute of being capable of rapid acceleration | - |
| dynamic | 15 | characterized by action or forcefulness or force of personality | a dynamic market |
| clarify | 15 | make clear and (more) comprehensible | clarify the mystery surrounding her death |
| synchro | 15 | a system consisting of a generator and a motor so connected that the motor will assume the same relative position as the generator; the generator and the motor are synchronized | - |
| anatomy | 12 | the branch of morphology that deals with the structure of animals | - |
| orderly | 11 | a male hospital attendant who has general duties that do not involve the medical treatment of patients | - |
| trinity | 10 | three people considered as a unit | - |
| tyranny | 13 | a form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.) | - |
| anarchy | 15 | a state of lawlessness and disorder (usually resulting from a failure of government) | - |
| clarity | 12 | free from obscurity and easy to understand; the comprehensibility of clear expression | - |
| stylish | 13 | being or in accordance with current social fashions | - |
| puberty | 14 | the time of life when sex glands become functional | - |
| attaboy | 12 | - | - |
| grizzly | 29 | showing characteristics of age, especially having grey or white hair | - |
| hygiene | 14 | the science concerned with the prevention of illness and maintenance of health | - |
| analyst | 10 | a licensed practitioner of psychoanalysis | - |
| modesty | 13 | freedom from vanity or conceit | - |
| copying | 15 | an act of copying | - |
| sharply | 15 | changing suddenly in direction and degree | the road twists sharply after the light |
| morally | 12 | in a moral manner | he acted morally under the circumstances |
| syringe | 11 | a medical instrument used to inject or withdraw fluids | - |
| playful | 15 | full of fun and high spirits | playful children just let loose from school |
| cyclops | 16 | minute free-swimming freshwater copepod having a large median eye and pear-shaped body and long antennae used in swimming; important in some food chains and as intermediate hosts of parasitic worms that affect man e.g. Guinea worms | - |
| allergy | 11 | hypersensitivity reaction to a particular allergen; symptoms can vary greatly in intensity | - |
| largely | 11 | in large part; mainly or chiefly | These accounts are largely inactive |
| disobey | 13 | refuse to go along with; refuse to follow; be disobedient | He disobeyed his supervisor and was fired |
| alimony | 12 | court-ordered support paid by one spouse to another after they are separated | - |
| amnesty | 12 | a warrant granting release from punishment for an offense | - |
| gateway | 14 | an entrance that can be closed by a gate | - |
| eyeball | 12 | the ball-shaped capsule containing the vertebrate eye | - |
| bravely | 15 | in a courageous manner | bravely he went into the burning house |
| faraway | 16 | very far away in space or time | faraway mountains |
| blindly | 13 | without seeing or looking | he felt around his desk blindly |
| crucify | 17 | treat cruelly | - |
| rightly | 14 | with honesty | he was rightly considered the greatest singer of his time |
| anomaly | 12 | deviation from the normal or common order or form or rule | - |
| earthly | 13 | of or belonging to or characteristic of this earth as distinguished from heaven | earthly beings |
| symptom | 16 | anything that accompanies X and is regarded as an indication of X's existence | - |
| urgency | 13 | insistent solicitation and entreaty | - |
| vaguely | 14 | in a vague way | he looked vaguely familiar |
| trolley | 10 | a wheeled vehicle that runs on rails and is propelled by electricity | - |
| freshly | 16 | very recently | a freshly cleaned floor |
| lullaby | 12 | a quiet song intended to lull a child to sleep | - |
| faraday | 14 | the English physicist and chemist who discovered electromagnetic induction (1791-1867) | - |
| homeboy | 17 | a fellow male member of a youth gang | - |
| varsity | 13 | a team representing a college or university | - |
| yapping | 15 | - | - |
| pyjamas | 21 | - | - |
| relying | 11 | - | - |
| density | 11 | the spatial property of being crowded together | - |
| empathy | 17 | understanding and entering into another's feelings | - |
| summary | 14 | briefly giving the gist of something | a summary formulation of a wide-ranging subject |
| swiftly | 16 | in a swift manner | she moved swiftly |
| worldly | 14 | characteristic of or devoted to the temporal world as opposed to the spiritual world | worldly goods and advancement |
| wrongly | 14 | in an inaccurate manner | - |
| babysit | 14 | work or act as a baby-sitter | - |
| novelty | 13 | originality by virtue of being new and surprising | - |
| pottery | 12 | ceramic ware made from clay and baked in a kiln | - |
| crybaby | 19 | a person given to excessive complaints and crying and whining | - |
| eyebrow | 15 | the arch of hair above each eye | - |
| boycott | 14 | a group's refusal to have commercial dealings with some organization in protest against its policies | - |
| ghastly | 14 | gruesomely indicative of death or the dead | ghastly shrieks |
| ghostly | 14 | resembling or characteristic of a phantom | a ghostly face at the window |
| christy | 15 | - | - |
| typhoon | 15 | a tropical cyclone occurring in the western Pacific or Indian oceans | - |
| cycling | 15 | the sport of traveling on a bicycle or motorcycle | - |
| squeaky | 23 | having or making a high-pitched sound such as that made by a mouse or a rusty hinge | - |
| sweetly | 13 | in an affectionate or loving manner (`sweet' is sometimes a poetic or informal variant of `sweetly') | Susan Hayward plays the wife sharply and sweetly |
| mockery | 18 | humorous or satirical mimicry | - |
| falsely | 13 | in an incorrect manner | to credit Lister with the first formulation of the basic principle of stratigraphy would be to bestow credit falsely |
| bribery | 14 | the practice of offering something (usually money) in order to gain an illicit advantage | - |
| enquiry | 19 | a systematic investigation of a matter of public interest | - |
| shyness | 13 | a feeling of fear of embarrassment | - |
| thereby | 15 | - | - |
| yoghurt | 14 | a custard-like food made from curdled milk | - |
| langley | 11 | United States astronomer and aviation pioneer who invented the bolometer and contributed to the design of early aircraft (1834-1906) | - |
| nightly | 14 | at the end of each day | she checks on her roses nightly |
| sorcery | 12 | the belief in magical spells that harness occult forces or evil spirits to produce unnatural effects in the world | - |
| utility | 10 | (computer science) a program designed for general support of the processes of a computer | a computer system provides utility programs to perform the tasks needed by most users |
| baloney | 12 | pretentious or silly talk or writing | - |
| cyanide | 13 | any of a class of organic compounds containing the cyano radical -CN | - |
| specify | 17 | decide upon or fix definitely | specify the parameters |
| forgery | 14 | a copy that is represented as the original | - |
| prodigy | 14 | a sign of something about to happen | - |
| geology | 12 | a science that deals with the history of the earth as recorded in rocks | - |
| plainly | 12 | in a simple manner; without extravagance or embellishment | she was dressed plainly |
| vacancy | 17 | an empty area or space | - |
| alchemy | 17 | the way two individuals relate to each other | a mysterious alchemy brought them together |
| imagery | 13 | the ability to form mental images of things or events | - |
| locally | 12 | to a restricted area of the body | - |
| odyssey | 14 | a Greek epic poem (attributed to Homer) describing the journey of Odysseus after the fall of Troy | - |
| daycare | 13 | childcare during the day while parents work | - |
| eagerly | 11 | with eagerness; in an eager manner | the news was eagerly awaited |
| firefly | 16 | nocturnal beetle common in warm regions having luminescent abdominal organs | - |
| merrily | 12 | in a joyous manner | - |
| perjury | 19 | criminal offense of making false statements under oath | - |
| stylist | 10 | someone who cuts or beautifies hair | - |
| rivalry | 13 | the act of competing as for profit or a prize | - |
| hearsay | 13 | gossip (usually a mixture of truth and untruth) passed around by word of mouth | - |
| poultry | 12 | a domesticated gallinaceous bird thought to be descended from the red jungle fowl | - |
| uncanny | 12 | suggesting the operation of supernatural influences | stumps...had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures |
| analyse | 10 | subject to psychoanalytic treatment | - |
| prickly | 18 | having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. | - |
| voyager | 14 | a traveler to a distant land (especially one who travels by sea) | - |
| cutlery | 12 | tableware implements for cutting and eating food | - |
| scrawny | 15 | inferior in size or quality | scrawny cattle |
| yawning | 14 | showing lack of attention or boredom | the yawning congregation |
| biryani | 12 | an Indian dish made with highly seasoned rice and meat or fish or vegetables | - |
| recycle | 14 | use again after processing | We must recycle the cardboard boxes |
| readily | 11 | in a punctual manner | - |
| sketchy | 19 | giving only major points; lacking completeness | a sketchy account |
| tidying | 12 | - | - |
| brewery | 15 | a plant where beer is brewed by fermentation | - |
| analogy | 11 | the religious belief that between creature and creator no similarity can be found so great but that the dissimilarity is always greater; any analogy between God and humans will always be inadequate | - |
| bayonet | 12 | a knife that can be fixed to the end of a rifle and used as a weapon | - |
| calypso | 14 | rare north temperate bog orchid bearing a solitary white to pink flower marked with purple at the tip of an erect reddish stalk above 1 basal leaf | - |
| portray | 12 | assume or act the character of | The actor portrays an elderly, lonely man |
| sensory | 10 | relating to or concerned in sensation | the sensory cortex |
| haywire | 16 | not functioning properly | has gone completely haywire |
| faintly | 13 | to a faint degree or weakly perceived | between him and the dim light a form was outlined faintly |
| mastery | 12 | power to dominate or defeat | mastery of the seas |
| wayward | 17 | resistant to guidance or discipline | wayward behavior |
| yelping | 13 | a sharp high-pitched cry (especially by a dog) | - |
| flowery | 16 | marked by elaborate rhetoric and elaborated with decorative details | a flowery speech |
| harshly | 16 | in a harsh and grating manner | - |
| obesity | 12 | more than average fatness | - |
| squishy | 22 | easily squashed; resembling a sponge in having soft porous texture and compressibility | - |
| archery | 15 | the sport of shooting arrows with a bow | - |
| gymnast | 13 | an athlete who is skilled in gymnastics | - |
| leprosy | 12 | chronic granulomatous communicable disease occurring in tropical and subtropical regions; characterized by inflamed nodules beneath the skin and wasting of body parts; caused by the bacillus Mycobacterium leprae | - |
| parsley | 12 | annual or perennial herb with aromatic leaves | - |
| raggedy | 13 | - | - |
| crunchy | 17 | - | - |
| ecology | 13 | the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment | - |
| styling | 11 | - | - |
| remarry | 12 | marry, not for the first time | - |
| shylock | 19 | someone who lends money at excessive rates of interest | - |
| undying | 12 | never dying | his undying fame |
| larceny | 12 | the act of taking something from someone unlawfully | - |
| soundly | 11 | completely and absolutely (`good' is sometimes used informally for `thoroughly') | he was soundly defeated |
| loosely | 10 | in a relaxed manner; not rigid | his hands lay loosely |
| certify | 15 | provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes | - |
| glorify | 14 | praise, glorify, or honor | glorify one's spouse's cooking |
| ideally | 11 | in an ideal manner | ideally, this will remove all problems |
| lengthy | 14 | relatively long in duration; tediously protracted | a lengthy visit from her mother-in-law |
| slaying | 11 | unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being | - |
| thyself | 16 | - | - |
| cockney | 18 | a native of the east end of London | - |
| thirdly | 14 | in the third place | - |
| infancy | 15 | the early stage of growth or development | - |
| cyclist | 14 | a person who rides a bicycle | - |
| cyclone | 14 | a violent rotating windstorm | - |
| saintly | 10 | marked by utter benignity; resembling or befitting an angel or saint | a saintly concern for his fellow men |
| vividly | 17 | in a vivid manner | he described his adventures vividly |
| bluntly | 12 | in a blunt direct manner | he spoke bluntly |
| cheaply | 17 | with little expenditure of money | I bought this car very cheaply |
| cruelly | 12 | with cruelty | he treated his students cruelly |
| angrily | 11 | with anger | he angrily denied the accusation |
| whereby | 18 | - | - |
| krypton | 16 | a colorless element that is one of the six inert gasses; occurs in trace amounts in air | - |
| sparkly | 16 | marked by high spirits or excitement | a row of sparkly cheerleaders |
| synapse | 12 | the junction between two neurons (axon-to-dendrite) or between a neuron and a muscle | nerve impulses cross a synapse through the action of neurotransmitters |
| typhoid | 16 | serious infection marked by intestinal inflammation and ulceration; caused by Salmonella typhosa ingested with food or water | - |
| wrinkly | 17 | marked by wrinkles | - |
| magnify | 16 | make large | - |
| copycat | 16 | someone who copies the words or behavior of another | - |
| varying | 14 | marked by diversity or difference | the varying angles of roof slope |
| gangway | 15 | a temporary bridge for getting on and off a vessel at dockside | - |
| eyesore | 10 | something very ugly and offensive | - |
| choosey | 15 | difficult to please | - |
| trilogy | 11 | a set of three literary or dramatic works related in subject or theme | - |
| grouchy | 16 | annoyed and irritable | - |
| humanly | 15 | in the manner of human beings | humanly possible |
| rectify | 15 | make right or correct | rectify the calculation |
| scruffy | 18 | shabby and untidy | a surge of ragged scruffy children |
| skyline | 14 | the line at which the sky and Earth appear to meet | - |
| viceroy | 15 | governor of a country or province who rules as the representative of his or her king or sovereign | - |
| wallaby | 15 | any of various small or medium-sized kangaroos; often brightly colored | - |
| cayenne | 12 | plant bearing very hot and finely tapering long peppers; usually red | - |
| hayride | 14 | - | - |
| joyride | 18 | ride in a car with no particular goal and just for the pleasure of it | - |
| payload | 13 | goods carried by a large vehicle | - |
| cryptic | 16 | of an obscure nature | the new insurance policy is written without cryptic or mysterious terms |
| chutney | 15 | a spicy condiment made of chopped fruits or vegetables cooked in vinegar and sugar with ginger and spices | - |
| terrify | 13 | fill with terror; frighten greatly | - |
| beastly | 12 | (informal) very unpleasant | - |
| pathway | 18 | a trodden path | - |
| deathly | 14 | having the physical appearance of death | a deathly pallor |
| atrophy | 15 | a decrease in size of an organ caused by disease or disuse | - |
| lyrical | 12 | expressing deep emotion | the dancer's lyrical performance |
| keyhole | 17 | the hole where a key is inserted | - |
| cypress | 14 | any of numerous evergreen conifers of the genus Cupressus of north temperate regions having dark scalelike leaves and rounded cones | - |
| yakking | 19 | - | - |
| nunnery | 10 | the convent of a community of nuns | - |
| eyelash | 13 | any of the short curved hairs that grow from the edges of the eyelids | - |
| layered | 11 | with one layer on top of another | - |
| payable | 14 | a liability account showing how much is owed for goods and services purchased on credit | the problem was to match receivables and payables in the same currency |
| hydrant | 14 | a faucet for drawing water from a pipe or cask | - |
| papyrus | 14 | tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times | - |
| signify | 14 | denote or connote | - |
| jittery | 17 | being in a tense state | - |
| jointly | 17 | in conjunction with; combined | - |
| rectory | 12 | an official residence provided by a church for its parson or vicar or rector | - |
| scrappy | 16 | full of fighting spirit | a scrappy admiral |
| subsidy | 13 | a grant paid by a government to an enterprise that benefits the public | a subsidy for research in artificial intelligence |
| hickory | 19 | American hardwood tree bearing edible nuts | - |
| parkway | 19 | a wide scenic road planted with trees | - |
| shadowy | 17 | lacking in substance | strange fancies of unreal and shadowy worlds |
| thyroid | 14 | located near the base of the neck | - |
| grossly | 11 | in a gross manner | - |
| hastily | 13 | in a hurried or hasty manner | hastily, he scanned the headlines |
| pitying | 13 | - | - |
| cleanly | 12 | smoothly and without difficulty; precisely and deftly | she played the piano accompaniment cleanly |
| royally | 13 | in a royal manner | they were royally treated |
| ungodly | 12 | characterized by iniquity; wicked because it is believed to be a sin | ungodly acts |
| bigotry | 13 | the intolerance and prejudice of a bigot | - |
| potency | 14 | the state of being potent; a male's capacity to have sexual intercourse | - |
| cookery | 16 | the act of preparing something (as food) by the application of heat | people are needed who have experience in cookery |
| entropy | 12 | (thermodynamics) a thermodynamic quantity representing the amount of energy in a system that is no longer available for doing mechanical work | entropy increases as matter and energy in the universe degrade to an ultimate state of inert uniformity |
| silvery | 13 | resembling or reminiscent of silver | singing in her silvery tones |
| gravely | 14 | in a grave and sober manner | - |
| liquefy | 22 | make (a solid substance) liquid, as by heating | liquefy the silver |
| plywood | 16 | a laminate made of thin layers of wood | - |
| funnily | 13 | in a strange manner | - |
| masonry | 12 | Freemasons collectively | - |
| mimicry | 16 | the act of mimicking; imitative behavior | - |
| rhyming | 16 | having corresponding sounds especially terminal sounds | rhyming words |
| thrifty | 16 | mindful of the future in spending money | - |
| headway | 17 | vertical space available to allow easy passage under something | - |
| haughty | 17 | having or showing arrogant superiority to and disdain of those one views as unworthy | haughty aristocrats |
| jaggery | 19 | unrefined brown sugar made from palm sap | - |
| fatally | 13 | with fatal consequences or implications | he was fatally ill equipped for the climb |
| ladybug | 14 | small round bright-colored and spotted beetle that usually feeds on aphids and other insect pests | - |
| decayed | 14 | damaged by decay; hence unsound and useless | a decayed foundation |
| soybean | 12 | erect bushy hairy annual herb having trifoliate leaves and purple to pink flowers; extensively cultivated for food and forage and soil improvement but especially for its nutritious oil-rich seeds; native to Asia | - |
| urinary | 10 | of or relating to the function or production or secretion of urine | - |
| weirdly | 14 | in a weird manner | she was dressed weirdly |
| beltway | 15 | a highway that encircles an urban area so that traffic does not have to pass through the center | - |
| agility | 11 | the gracefulness of a person or animal that is quick and nimble | - |
| notably | 12 | to a remarkable degree or extent | - |
| synergy | 14 | the working together of two things (muscles or drugs for example) to produce an effect greater than the sum of their individual effects | - |
| rickety | 16 | affected with, suffering from, or characteristic of rickets | rickety limbs and joints |
| weekday | 18 | any day except Sunday (and sometimes except Saturday) | - |
| boyhood | 16 | the childhood of a boy | - |
| chicory | 17 | perennial Old World herb having rayed flower heads with blue florets cultivated for its root and its heads of crisp edible leaves used in salads | - |
| polymer | 14 | a naturally occurring or synthetic compound consisting of large molecules made up of a linked series of repeated simple monomers | - |
| progeny | 13 | the immediate descendants of a person | - |
| daresay | 11 | - | - |
| foundry | 14 | factory where metal castings are produced | - |
| stately | 10 | impressive in appearance | stately columns |
| tachyon | 15 | - | - |
| walkway | 20 | a path set aside for walking | - |
| womanly | 15 | befitting or characteristic of a woman especially a mature woman | womanly virtues of gentleness and compassion |
| regency | 13 | the office of a regent | - |
| wayside | 14 | edge of a way or road or path | flowers along the wayside |
| yellows | 13 | - | - |
| bellboy | 14 | someone employed as an errand boy and luggage carrier around hotels | - |
| buttery | 12 | unpleasantly and excessively suave or ingratiating in manner or speech | buttery praise |
| hayward | 17 | - | - |
| crazily | 21 | in an insane manner | he behaves crazily when he is off his medication |
| yipping | 15 | - | - |
| calvary | 15 | a hill near Jerusalem where Jesus was crucified | - |
| grandly | 12 | in a grand manner | the mansion seemed grandly large by today's standards |
| gunnery | 11 | guns collectively | - |
| fallacy | 15 | a misconception resulting from incorrect reasoning | - |
| fishery | 16 | a workplace where fish are caught and processed and sold | - |
| layover | 13 | a brief stay in the course of a journey | - |
| densely | 11 | in a concentrated manner | old houses are often so densely packed that perhaps three or four have to be demolished for every new one built |
| elysian | 10 | being of such surpassing excellence as to suggest inspiration by the gods | an elysian meal |
| shapely | 15 | having a well-proportioned and pleasing shape | a slim waist and shapely legs |
| solidly | 11 | as an undiversified whole | the unions voted solidly for Roosevelt |
| truancy | 12 | failure to attend (especially school) | - |
| zoology | 20 | the branch of biology that studies animals | - |
| fortify | 16 | add alcohol to (beverages) | - |
| falsify | 16 | insert words into texts, often falsifying it thereby | - |
| acronym | 14 | a word formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced as one word | the word `scuba' is an acronym for s(elf)-c(ontained) u(nderwater) b(reathing) a(pparatus) |
| yeshiva | 16 | an academy for the advanced study of Jewish texts (primarily the Talmud) | - |
| buoyant | 12 | tending to float on a liquid or rise in air or gas | buoyant balloons |
| frailty | 13 | the state of being weak in health or body (especially from old age) | - |
| keynote | 14 | (music) the first note of a diatonic scale | - |
| playoff | 18 | any final competition to determine a championship | - |
| curtsey | 12 | bend the knees in a gesture of respectful greeting | - |
| acrylic | 14 | polymerized from acrylonitrile | - |
| killjoy | 21 | someone who spoils the pleasure of others | - |
| panicky | 18 | thrown into a state of intense fear or desperation | became panicky as the snow deepened |
| overtly | 13 | in an overt manner | he did it overtly |
| preachy | 17 | inclined to or marked by tedious moralization | - |
| overlay | 13 | put something on top of something else | - |
| dietary | 11 | of or relating to the diet | dietary restrictions |
| stringy | 11 | (of meat) full of sinews; especially impossible to chew | - |
| hydrate | 14 | any compound that contains water of crystallization | - |
| miserly | 12 | (used of persons or behavior) characterized by or indicative of lack of generosity | he left a miserly tip |
| pomeroy | 14 | - | - |
| raunchy | 15 | suggestive of or tending to moral looseness | - |
| dignify | 15 | confer dignity or honor upon | - |
| smartly | 12 | with vigor; in a vigorous manner | - |
| buggery | 14 | intercourse via the anus, committed by a man with a man or woman | - |
| cannery | 12 | a factory where food is canned | - |
| chiefly | 18 | for the most part | - |
| flighty | 17 | unpredictably excitable (especially of horses) | - |
| gossipy | 13 | prone to friendly informal communication | - |
| granary | 11 | a storehouse for threshed grain or animal feed | - |
| gunplay | 13 | a fight involving shooting small arms with the intent to kill or frighten | - |
| noisily | 10 | with much noise or loud and unpleasant sound | he blew his nose noisily |
| abysmal | 14 | resembling an abyss in depth; so deep as to be unmeasurable | - |
| someway | 15 | in some unspecified way or manner; or by some unspecified means | he tried to make is someway acceptable |
| rubbery | 14 | difficult to chew | - |
| velvety | 16 | resembling velvet in having a smooth soft surface | - |
| hackney | 19 | a carriage for hire | - |
| paisley | 12 | a soft wool fabric with a colorful swirled pattern of curved shapes | - |
| revelry | 13 | unrestrained merrymaking | - |
| acidity | 13 | the taste experience when something acidic is taken into the mouth | - |
| shrimpy | 17 | (used especially of persons) of inferior size | - |
| brevity | 15 | the attribute of being brief or fleeting | - |
| anchovy | 18 | small herring-like plankton-eating fishes often canned whole or as paste; abundant in tropical waters worldwide | - |
| amplify | 17 | exaggerate or make bigger | - |
| duality | 11 | being twofold; a classification into two opposed parts or subclasses | - |
| shyster | 13 | a person (especially a lawyer or politician) who uses unscrupulous or unethical methods | - |
| spindly | 13 | long and lean | - |
| untying | 11 | loosening the ties that fasten something | the tying of bow ties is an art; the untying is easy |
| annuity | 10 | income from capital investment paid in a series of regular payments | his retirement fund was set up to be paid as an annuity |
| fairway | 16 | a tract of ground free of obstacles to movement | - |
| naivety | 13 | lack of sophistication or worldliness | - |
| naively | 13 | in a naive manner | he believed, naively, that she would leave him her money |
| pageboy | 15 | a boy who is employed to run errands | - |
| playpen | 14 | a portable enclosure in which babies may be left to play | - |
| springy | 13 | elastic; rebounds readily | springy turf |
| synonym | 15 | two words that can be interchanged in a context are said to be synonymous relative to that context | - |
| weighty | 17 | excessively fat | a weighty man |
| blankly | 16 | in a blank and uncomprehending manner | she stared at him blankly |
| broadly | 13 | without regard to specific details or exceptions | he interprets the law broadly |
| caraway | 15 | a Eurasian plant with small white flowers yielding caraway seed | - |
| joyless | 17 | not experiencing or inspiring joy | a joyless man |
| reapply | 14 | - | - |
| acutely | 12 | in a keen or penetrating way | she pitied her sister acutely |
| shuteye | 13 | informal term for sleep | - |
| waylaid | 14 | - | - |
| bristly | 12 | having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc. | a horse with a short bristly mane |
| gayness | 11 | a sexual attraction to (or sexual relations with) persons of the same sex | - |
| finicky | 19 | exacting especially about details | a finicky eater |
| loverly | 13 | like or in the manner of a lover | - |
| mayoral | 12 | of or relating to a mayor or the office of mayor | mayoral elections |
| estuary | 10 | the wide part of a river where it nears the sea; fresh and salt water mix | - |
| skylark | 18 | brown-speckled European lark noted for singing while hovering at a great height | - |
| stroppy | 14 | obstreperous | - |
| yonkers | 14 | - | - |
| armoury | 12 | a place where arms are manufactured | - |
| buckeye | 18 | tree having palmate leaves and large clusters of white to red flowers followed by brown shiny inedible seeds | - |
| flyover | 16 | a flight at a low altitude (usually of military aircraft) over spectators on the ground | - |
| powdery | 16 | consisting of fine particles | powdery snow |
| oratory | 10 | addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous) | he loved the sound of his own oratory |
| drywall | 14 | a wide flat board used to cover walls or partitions; made from plaster or wood pulp or other materials and used primarily to form the interior walls of houses | - |
| envying | 14 | - | - |
| stupefy | 15 | make senseless or dizzy by or as if by a blow | - |
| tallyho | 13 | - | - |
| topiary | 12 | a garden having shrubs clipped or trimmed into decorative shapes especially of animals | - |
