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Definition lyre

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???? (lúra, “lyre, a stringed instrument with a sounding-board formed of the shell of a tortoise”).

Noun

lyre (plural lyres)

  1. (music) An ancient stringed musical instrument (a yoke lute chordophone) of Greek origin, consisting of two arms extending from a body to a crossbar (a yoke), and strings, parallel to the soundboard, connecting the body to the yoke.
    1. Any instrument of the same musicological classification; any yoke lute.
  2. A lyre-shaped sheet music holder that attaches to a wind instrument when a music stand is impractical.
  3. (obsolete) A composer of lyric poetry.

Results 255 Words with the letters LYRE

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7 letter words with the letters LYRE ↑
ALERTLY 11
ALLAYER 11
ALLERGY 13
ALREADY 11
ANGERLY 13
AREALLY 11
ARGYLES 12
BARLEYS 13
BILAYER 13
BLARNEY 14
BRAVELY 17
BRIEFLY 16
BRULYIE 14
BRUTELY 14
BURLEYS 14
BUTLERY 14
BYLINER 14
CALOYER 13
CHARLEY 15
CHEERLY 15
CLAYIER 13
CLEARLY 14
CLERISY 13
CLERKLY 18
CLYSTER 13
CRESYLS 13
CRUDELY 15
CRUELLY 15
CRUELTY 14
CUTLERY 14
CYCLERS 16
CYCLERY 18
DEERFLY 14
DELAYER 11
DEVILRY 15
DRYABLE 14
EAGERLY 12
EARTHLY 12
ELDERLY 12
ELUSORY 11
ELYTRON 11
ELYTRUM 14
ERECTLY 13
EROSELY 10
FELONRY 14
FIERILY 13
FIREFLY 16
FLAYERS 13
FLOWERY 16
FLYOVER 17
FLYTIER 13
FOOLERY 13
FRECKLY 20
FRESHLY 15
FULLERY 15
GALLERY 13
GRAVELY 16
GREATLY 12
GREENLY 13
GREYLAG 14
GYPLURE 16
HELLERY 13
HELOTRY 12
HURLEYS 13
INERTLY 11
INLAYER 11
INNERLY 12
IRATELY 10
JERKILY 23
JEWELRY 22
LAMPREY 16
LARCENY 14
LARGELY 13
LATHERY 12
LAWYERS 13
LAYERED 11
LAYOVER 14
LECHERY 15
LEERILY 11
LEPROSY 13
LIBERTY 13
LITTERY 10
LIVYERS 14
LOBBYER 16
LOTTERY 10
LOVERLY 15
LOYALER 11
LYNCHER 16
LYRATED 11
MERRILY 13
MISERLY 13
MISRELY 13
MYRTLES 13
NERVILY 15
ORDERLY 11
OVERFLY 17
OVERLAY 14
OVERPLY 17
OVERTLY 14
PALFREY 16
PARLEYS 13
PARSLEY 13
PEARTLY 13
PEDLARY 14
PEDLERY 14
PERKILY 17
PEYTRAL 13
PEYTREL 13
PLAYERS 13
PLENARY 14
POLYMER 16
PRELACY 16
PRIMELY 16
PRONELY 14
PROTYLE 13
PTERYLA 13
PYRROLE 13
QUEERLY 20
RALLYES 11
RAVELLY 15
RAYLESS 10
RAYLIKE 14
READILY 11
REALITY 10
REAPPLY 16
RECYCLE 16
REEDILY 11
REGALLY 13
RELAYED 11
RELYING 13
REPLAYS 13
REPLEVY 17
RESTYLE 10
REVELRY 14
RIDLEYS 11
RIFLERY 13
SEALERY 10
SHEERLY 12
SILVERY 14
SLAVERY 14
SLAYERS 10
SOBERLY 13
SPARELY 13
STERNLY 11
STYLERS 10
SWELTRY 13
TEARILY 10
TERSELY 10
TETRYLS 10
TIREDLY 11
TRAWLEY 13
TREACLY 13
TREMBLY 16
TRITELY 10
TROLLEY 11
UTTERLY 11
VIRELAY 14
WEARILY 13
WEIRDLY 14
YELLERS 11
YELPERS 13
YIELDER 11
YODELER 11
YODLERS 11
YOLKIER 14
YOWLERS 13
6 letter words with the letters LYRE ↑
AERILY 9
ARGYLE 11
BARELY 12
BARLEY 12
BELFRY 15
BERYLS 12
BLEARY 12
BURLEY 13
BYRLED 13
CELERY 12
CLERGY 14
CRESYL 12
CYCLER 15
DEARLY 10
DIRELY 10
EERILY 9
ELYTRA 9
FLAYER 12
FLEURY 13
FLYERS 12
FREELY 12
GREYLY 13
HURLEY 12
LAWYER 12
LAYERS 9
LIVERY 13
LIVYER 13
LOWERY 12
LYRATE 9
MERELY 12
MYRTLE 12
NEARLY 10
OVERLY 13
PARLEY 12
PEARLY 12
PELTRY 12
PERTLY 12
PLAYER 12
PLYERS 12
PURELY 13
RALLYE 10
RARELY 9
REALLY 10
REALTY 9
RELAYS 9
REPLAY 12
RIDLEY 10
RIFELY 12
RIPELY 12
RUDELY 11
SLAYER 9
SORELY 9
STYLER 9
SURELY 10
TERMLY 12
TETRYL 9
TREBLY 12
VERILY 13
VOLERY 13
YARELY 11
YEARLY 11
YELLER 10
YELPER 12
YODLER 10
YOWLER 12
5 letter words with the letters LYRE ↑
BERYL 11
EARLY 8
FERLY 11
FLYER 11
LAYER 8
LEARY 8
LEERY 8
LYRES 8
PLYER 11
REDLY 9
REFLY 11
RELAY 8
REPLY 11
RILEY 8
SLYER 8
4 letter words with the letters LYRE ↑
LYRE 7
RELY 7
3 letter words with the letters LYRE ↑
LEY 6
LYE 6
RYE 5
2 letter words with the letters LYRE ↑
EL 3
ER 2
RE 2
YE 4

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