9-letter words containing a, t, l, y
- star lily — a lily, Lilium concolor, of China, having erect, somewhat fragrant, bright-red flowers.
- staringly — in a staring way
- statelily — in a stately or dignified manner
- staunchly — firm or steadfast in principle, adherence, loyalty, etc., as a person: a staunch Republican; a staunch friend.
- steelyard — a portable balance with two unequal arms, the longer one having a movable counterpoise and the shorter one bearing a hook or the like for holding the object to be weighed.
- stoically — impassive; characterized by a calm, austere fortitude befitting the Stoics: a stoical sufferer.
- strangely — unusual, extraordinary, or curious; odd; queer: a strange remark to make.
- strayling — a stray
- stylobate — a course of masonry, part of the stereobate, forming the foundation for a colonnade, especially the outermost colonnade.
- suability — liable to be sued; capable of being sued.
- substylar — of or relating to a substyle
- sylvanite — a mineral, gold silver telluride, (AuAg)Te 2 , silver-white with metallic luster, often occurring in crystals so arranged as to resemble written characters: an ore of gold.
- symmetral — relating to symmetry
- sympetaly — the condition of fused petals
- syncytial — a multinucleate mass of cytoplasm that is not separated into cells.
- syndactyl — having certain digits joined together.
- syntality — behavioral characteristics of a group perceived as parallel to or inferable from the personality structure of an individual.
- systaltic — rhythmically contracting.
- table bay — a NW-facing bay forming the harbor of Cape Town, in Western Cape province, SW South Africa, in the Atlantic Ocean. 12 miles (19 km) long and 8 miles (13 km) wide.
- tabularly — of, relating to, or arranged in a table or systematic arrangement by columns, rows, etc., as statistics.
- tachylyte — a black, glassy form of basalt, readily fusible and of a high luster.
- tactfully — having or manifesting tact: a tactful person; a tactful reply.
- tactilely — in a tactile manner
- tactility — of, pertaining to, endowed with, or affecting the sense of touch.
- tactually — of or relating to the sense of touch.
- tail away — When a person's voice tails away or tails off, it gradually becomes quieter and then silent.
- talbotype — calotype.
- talk away — to pass (a period of time) by talking
- tallyshop — a store specializing in selling merchandise on the hire-purchase system.
- tautology — needless repetition of an idea, especially in words other than those of the immediate context, without imparting additional force or clearness, as in “widow woman.”.
- tawny owl — a European owl, Strix aluco, having a reddish-brown or grey plumage, black eyes, and a round head
- taylorism — a modified form of Calvinism that maintains that every person has a free will, and that makes a distinction between depravity, as the tendency to commit sins, and sin, as a voluntary choice of evil actions.
- taylorite — a modified form of Calvinism that maintains that every person has a free will, and that makes a distinction between depravity, as the tendency to commit sins, and sin, as a voluntary choice of evil actions.
- teachably — in a teachable manner
- teacherly — characteristic of or pertaining to a teacher; pedagogic.
- teasingly — to irritate or provoke with persistent petty distractions, trifling raillery, or other annoyance, often in sport.
- telepathy — communication between minds by some means other than sensory perception.
- telically — in a purposeful manner
- tetralogy — a series of four related dramas, operas, novels, etc.
- textually — of or relating to a text: textual errors.
- theolatry — worship of a deity.
- thinkably — in a thinkable or conceivable manner
- thylacine — a wolflike marsupial, Thylacinus cynocephalus, of Tasmania, tan-colored with black stripes across the back: probably extinct.
- thylakoid — a flattened sac or vesicle lined with a pigmented membrane that is the site of photosynthesis, in plants and algae occurring in interconnected stacks constituting a granum of the chloroplast, and in other photosynthesizing organisms occurring either singly or as part of the cell membrane or other structure.
- thyroidal — of or relating to the thyroid gland
- tolerably — capable of being tolerated; endurable: His arrogance is no longer tolerable.
- tolstoyan — Leo or Lev Nikolaevich [lev nik-uh-lahy-uh-vich;; Russian lyef nyi-kuh-lah-yi-vyich] /lɛv ˌnɪk əˈlaɪ əˌvɪtʃ;; Russian ˈlyɛf nyɪ kʌˈlɑ yɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), Count, 1828–1910, Russian novelist and social critic.
- tonically — a medicine that invigorates or strengthens: a tonic of sulphur and molasses.
- topically — pertaining to or dealing with matters of current or local interest: a topical reference.
- toxically — of, pertaining to, affected with, or caused by a toxin or poison: a toxic condition.