10-letter words containing a, l, y, t, e
- laterality — the use of one hand in preference to the other. Compare handedness.
- latter-day — of a later or following period: latter-day pioneers.
- lay sister — a woman who has taken religious vows and habit but is employed in her order chiefly in manual labor.
- lead story — the principal story in a newspaper
- lectionary — a book or a list of lections for reading in a divine service.
- leftwardly — leftwards
- legitimacy — the state or quality of being legitimate.
- lengthways — Lengthwise.
- leucopathy — (dated) albinism.
- leukopathy — (pathology) depigmentation of the skin.
- levogyrate — levorotatory
- levorotary — Levorotatory.
- lexicality — of or relating to the words or vocabulary of a language, especially as distinguished from its grammatical and syntactical aspects.
- liberality — the quality or condition of being liberal in giving; generosity; bounty.
- liberatory — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- light year — Astronomy. the distance traversed by light in one mean solar year, about 5.88 trillion mi. (9.46 trillion km): used as a unit in measuring stellar distances. Abbreviation: lt-yr.
- light-year — Astronomy. the distance traversed by light in one mean solar year, about 5.88 trillion mi. (9.46 trillion km): used as a unit in measuring stellar distances. Abbreviation: lt-yr.
- literality — the quality or state of being literal; literalness.
- literarily — pertaining to or of the nature of books and writings, especially those classed as literature: literary history.
- literately — able to read and write.
- litterally — Obsolete form of literally.
- lollywater — a sweet soft drink, especially one brightly colored.
- manifestly — readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain: a manifest error.
- marketably — readily salable.
- martyrlike — Resembling or characteristic of a martyr.
- materially — to an important degree; considerably: Their endorsement didn't help materially.
- maternally — of, pertaining to, having the qualities of, or befitting a mother: maternal instincts.
- may beetle — June bug (def 1).
- megalocyte — (physiology) A large, flattened corpuscle, twice the diameter of the ordinary red corpuscle, found in considerable numbers in the blood in profound anemia.
- melanocyte — a cell producing and containing melanin.
- metagalaxy — the complete system of galaxies; the Milky Way and all the surrounding galaxies.
- metallurgy — the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.
- metastably — In a metastable way.
- methylated — Simple past tense and past participle of methylate.
- methylates — Plural form of methylate.
- methylator — A person, company of device that methylates (originally, one that produced methylated spirits).
- methyldopa — a white powder, C 1 0 H 1 3 NO 4 , used in the treatment of hypertension.
- metrically — pertaining to meter or poetic measure.
- mistakenly — wrongly conceived, held, or done: a mistaken antagonism.
- moderately — kept or keeping within reasonable or proper limits; not extreme, excessive, or intense: a moderate price.
- molybdates — Plural form of molybdate.
- monetarily — of or relating to the coinage or currency of a country.
- multi-year — a period of 365 or 366 days, in the Gregorian calendar, divided into 12 calendar months, now reckoned as beginning Jan. 1 and ending Dec. 31 (calendar year or civil year) Compare common year, leap year.
- multilayer — multilayered.
- myelinated — (of a nerve) having a myelin sheath; medullated.
- myeloblast — an immature myelocyte.
- myelopathy — any disorder of the spinal cord or of bone marrow.
- necrolatry — worship of the dead.
- nectocalyx — the swimming bell of a jellyfish
- negatively — expressing or containing negation or denial: a negative response to the question.