10-letter words containing a, t, l, y
- 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.
- likability — readily or easily liked; pleasing: a likable young man.
- 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.
- 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.
- litholatry — the worship of stones
- 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).
- lithophysa — a cavity or hollow found in volcanic rocks, caused by expanding gas
- litterally — Obsolete form of literally.
- livability — suitable for living in; habitable; comfortable: It took a lot of work to make the old house livable.
- logicality — according to or agreeing with the principles of logic: a logical inference.
- lokayatika — a member of the Lokayata school.
- lollywater — a sweet soft drink, especially one brightly colored.
- lordolatry — the veneration or worship of a lord
- lovability — of such a nature as to attract love; deserving love; amiable; endearing.
- luxury tax — a tax on certain goods or services not considered essential and usually relatively high in price.
- lycra lout — an aggressive urban cyclist who disregards the rules of the road
- lymantriid — (zoology) Any of the moth family Lymantriidae.
- lymphatics — Plural form of lymphatic.
- lysistrata — a comedy (411 b.c.) by Aristophanes.
- macanalyst — An analysis CASE tool for the Macintosh from Excel Software, Inc.
- manifestly — readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain: a manifest error.
- manularity — /man"yoo-la"ri-tee/ ("manual" + "granularity") A notional measure of the manual labor required for some task, particularly one of the sort that automation is supposed to eliminate. "Composing English on paper has much higher manularity than using a text editor, especially in the revising stage." Hackers tend to consider manularity a symptom of primitive methods; in fact, a true hacker confronted with an apparent requirement to do a computing task by hand will inevitably seize the opportunity to build another tool (see toolsmith).
- mariolatry — excessive (and proscribed) veneration of the Virgin Mary, especially in forms appropriate to God.
- marketably — readily salable.
- martyrlike — Resembling or characteristic of a martyr.
- match play — play in which the score is reckoned by counting the holes won by each side.
- 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.
- matricliny — matrocliny.
- matrocliny — inheritance in which the traits of the offspring are derived primarily from the maternal parent (opposed to patrocliny).
- 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.