10-letter words containing a, n, y
- jouysaunce — joy
- jovysaunce — joy
- jubilantly — With jubilation or triumph.
- julian day — a serial number equal to the number of days elapsed since January 1, 4713 b.c., proposed by Joseph Scaliger in 1582 and used in astronomical calculations: January 1, 1965, at noon, Greenwich Civil Time, was Julian Day 2,438,762.0. Abbreviation: J.D.
- kryptonate — (inorganic chemistry) To infuse a solid with krypton gas (especially with radioactive krypton-85).
- kyrgyzstan — official name of Kirghizia.
- labyrinths — Plural form of labyrinth.
- lady's man — a man who strives especially to please women and to attract their attention and admiration.
- ladyfinger — a small, finger-shaped sponge cake.
- lake nyasa — a lake in central Africa at the S end of the Great Rift Valley: the third largest lake in Africa, drained by the Shire River into the Zambezi. Area: about 28 500 sq km (11 000 sq miles)
- lamentably — that is to be lamented; regrettable; unfortunate: a lamentable decision.
- laminotomy — (surgery) The neurosurgical procedure that removes part of a lamina of the vertebral arch in order to decompress the spinal cord.
- lampoonery — a sharp, often virulent satire directed against an individual or institution; a work of literature, art, or the like, ridiculing severely the character or behavior of a person, society, etc.
- land dayak — a member of any of several Dayak tribes of Sarawak and southwestern Borneo. Compare Iban.
- land yacht — a wind-driven vehicle with a mast and sails, having three wheels, a single seat, and a steering wheel, used especially on beaches and other sandy areas.
- lanternfly — any of several large tropical insects of the family Fulgoridae, formerly thought to be luminescent.
- laryngeals — Plural form of laryngeal.
- laryngitic — Pertaining to or suffering from laryngitis.
- laryngitis — inflammation of the larynx, often with accompanying sore throat, hoarseness or loss of voice, and dry cough.
- laughingly — With amused ridicule or ludicrous inappropriateness.
- laundryman — a person who works in or operates a laundry.
- laundrymen — Plural form of laundryman.
- lawn party — garden party.
- lay an egg — the roundish reproductive body produced by the female of certain animals, as birds and most reptiles, consisting of an ovum and its envelope of albumen, jelly, membranes, egg case, or shell, according to species.
- lay person — a person who is not a member of the clergy; one of the laity.
- lazy susan — a revolving tray for foods, condiments, etc., placed usually at the center of a dining table.
- lazy tongs — extensible tongs for grasping objects at a distance, consisting of a series of pairs of crossing pieces, each pair pivoted together in the middle and connected with the next pair at the extremities.
- lectionary — a book or a list of lections for reading in a divine service.
- lengthways — Lengthwise.
- leyden jar — a device for storing electric charge, consisting essentially of a glass jar lined inside and outside, for about two-thirds of its height, with tinfoil.
- liminality — the transitional period or phase of a rite of passage, during which the participant lacks social status or rank, remains anonymous, shows obedience and humility, and follows prescribed forms of conduct, dress, etc.
- lin yutang — (Lin Yü-t'ang) 1895–1976, Chinese author and philologist.
- lithomancy — Divination with the use of precious or semi-precious stones, gemstones, or normal stones by either interpreting the light they reflect (crystallomancy), or how they fall (sortilege).
- loganberry — the large, dark-red, acid fruit of a plant, Rubus ursinus loganobaccus.
- low sunday — the first Sunday after Easter.
- lullabying — Present participle of lullaby.
- lunar year — year (def 4a).
- luxuriancy — Obsolete form of luxuriance.
- lyam-hound — a bloodhound.
- lymantriid — (zoology) Any of the moth family Lymantriidae.
- lynn canal — a natural inlet in SE Alaska between Skagway and Juneau, also a historic gateway to the Klondike region. About 90 miles (145 km) long.
- lyre snake — any of several mildly venomous colubrid snakes of the genus Trimorphodon, inhabiting rocky areas from the southwestern U.S. to Central America, having fangs in the rear of the upper jaw and a lyre-shaped marking on the head.
- macanalyst — An analysis CASE tool for the Macintosh from Excel Software, Inc.
- magnifying — Present participle of magnify.
- main entry — the principal entry of an item in a reference text, often placed in alphabetical order.
- make money — make a profit
- malignancy — the quality or condition of being malignant.
- malinovsky — Rodion Yakovlevich [ruh-dyi-awn yah-kuh-vlyi-vyich] /rə dyɪˈɔn ˈyɑ kə vlyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1967, Russian army officer: minister of defense of the U.S.S.R. 1957–67.
- man friday — a male assistant to an administrator or executive; right-hand man.
- manageably — that can be managed; governable; tractable; contrivable.