10-letter words containing a, t, l, y
- obligatory — required as a matter of obligation; mandatory: A reply is desirable but not obligatory.
- octaploidy — the fact of having or containing eight groups or sets of chromosomes
- officialty — the office, jurisdiction, or charge of an official
- ophiolatry — the worship of snakes.
- optatively — In an optative way.
- optimality — The property of being optimal.
- optionally — left to one's choice; not required or mandatory: Formal dress is optional.
- ordinately — in an ordered manner
- orientally — In an oriental manner.
- oscitantly — in an oscitant manner
- osculatory — to come into close contact or union.
- osmolality — The concentration of a solution expressed as the total number of solute particles per kilogram.
- osmolarity — The concentration of a solution expressed as the total number of solute particles per liter.
- outdatedly — in an outdated manner
- outplaying — Present participle of outplay.
- outqualify — (sports) To qualify in a higher position than another.
- paddy last — the last person in a race or competition
- palaeotype — a system of Roman letters and symbols that represent spoken sounds
- paralyzant — to affect with paralysis.
- parentally — of or relating to a parent.
- partiality — the state or character of being partial.
- partisanly — in a partisan manner
- party girl — a girl or woman who is interested in little else besides attending parties.
- party line — the authorized, prescribed policies and practices of a group, especially of the Communist Party, usually followed by the members without deviation; official philosophy or credo.
- party list — of or relating to a system of voting in which people vote for a party rather than for a candidate. Parties are assigned the number of seats which reflects their share of the vote
- party plan — of or relating to a method of selling products such as jewellery, clothes, or kitchen items: agents hold a party at which they display and sell the goods
- party wall — a wall used, or usable, as a part of contiguous structures.
- pastorally — having the simplicity, charm, serenity, or other characteristics generally attributed to rural areas: pastoral scenery; the pastoral life.
- paternally — characteristic of or befitting a father; fatherly: a kind and paternal reprimand.
- patibulary — of or relating to a gallows or an execution
- patriality — (in Britain formerly) the right to patrial status
- patricliny — patrocliny.
- patrocliny — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the paternal parent (opposed to matrocliny).
- payability — to be paid; due: a loan payable in 30 days.
- pearl city — a city on S Oahu, in central Hawaii.
- pentastyle — having five columns.
- personalty — personal estate or property.
- phatically — in a phatic manner
- philomathy — an enjoyment of and passion for learning new facts and acquiring new knowledge
- photically — in a photic manner, by way of photic processes
- phylactery — Judaism. either of two small, black, leather cubes containing a piece of parchment inscribed with verses 4–9 of Deut. 6, 13–21 of Deut. 11, and 1–16 of Ex. 13: one is attached with straps to the left arm and the other to the forehead during weekday morning prayers by Orthodox and Conservative Jewish men.
- phyllotaxy — the arrangement of leaves on a stem or axis.
- phytoplasm — protoplasm of a plant or plants.
- planimetry — the measurement of plane areas.
- plant city — a city in W Florida.
- plasmacyte — Anatomy. an antibody-secreting cell, derived from B cells, that plays a major role in antibody-mediated immunity.
- plasticity — the quality or state of being plastic.
- plastogamy — the fusion of multiple cells without the fusion of their nuclei
- plastotype — a casting of a type specimen, especially of a fossil.
- platelayer — a workman who lays and maintains railway track