11-letter words containing a, y, o
- irremovably — So as not to be removable.
- irrevocably — not to be revoked or recalled; unable to be repealed or annulled; unalterable: an irrevocable decree.
- isle royale — an island in Lake Superior: a part of Michigan; a national park. 208 sq. mi. (540 sq. km).
- isoantibody — (formerly) an alloantibody.
- isocyanides — Plural form of isocyanide.
- ivory black — a fine black pigment made by calcining ivory.
- ivory coast — a republic in W Africa: formerly part of French West Africa; gained independence 1960. 127,520 sq. mi. (330,275 sq. km). Capital: Abidjan.
- ivory trade — the (esp illegal) trade in the ivory of the tusks of elephants, walruses, and similar animals
- jabberwocky — a playful imitation of language consisting of invented, meaningless words; nonsense; gibberish.
- jackson day — January 8, a holiday commemorating Andrew Jackson's victory at the Battle of New Orleans in 1815: a legal holiday in Louisiana.
- job vacancy — a job which has not been filled
- johnny cake — a cake or bread made of corn meal and water or milk, usually cooked on a griddle.
- johnny-cake — a cake or bread made of corn meal and water or milk, usually cooked on a griddle.
- karyotyping — the analysis of chromosomes.
- keratectomy — excision of part of the cornea.
- keratolysis — the loosening or shedding of the horny layer of the epidermis.
- keratolytic — the loosening or shedding of the horny layer of the epidermis.
- keratophyre — a fine-grained soda trachyte
- keratoscopy — an instrument, as Placido's disk, for determining the symmetry of the curvature of the cornea.
- key station — a radio or television station that originates most of a network's broadcasting.
- keyboarders — Plural form of keyboarder.
- keyboarding — the row or set of keys on a piano, organ, or the like.
- keyboardist — the row or set of keys on a piano, organ, or the like.
- keyhole saw — a compass saw for cutting keyholes, etc.
- kleptocracy — a government or state in which those in power exploit national resources and steal; rule by a thief or thieves.
- knowability — capable of being known.
- koilonychia — an abnormal condition in which the outer surfaces of the nails are concave; spoon nail.
- krasnoyarsk — a territory of the Russian Federation in N and central Asia. 827,507 sq. mi. (2,143,243 sq. km).
- kymographic — Of or pertaining to a kymograph.
- labor party — one of the chief political parties of Australia, generally supporting the interests of organized labour
- laboriously — requiring much work, exertion, or perseverance: a laborious undertaking.
- lachrymator — a chemical substance that causes the shedding of tears, as tear gas.
- lackey moth — a bombycid moth, Malacosoma neustria, whose brightly striped larvae live at first in a communal web often on fruit trees, of which they may become a pest
- laconically — using few words; expressing much in few words; concise: a laconic reply.
- lacrimatory — of, relating to, or causing the shedding of tears.
- lady doctor — a doctor who is a female
- lady orchid — a tall graceful orchid, Orchis purpurea, with faintly scented purple-brown and green flowers with a pinkish or white lip
- lady's room — ladies' room
- laminectomy — the surgical removal of part of the posterior arch of a vertebra to provide access to the spinal canal, as for the excision of a ruptured disk.
- lamprophony — loudness and clarity of voice.
- lamprophyre — any dark intrusive rock in which dark minerals occur both as phenocrysts and as groundmass.
- laparectomy — excision of strips of the abdominal wall and suturing of the wounds so as to correct laxity of the abdominal muscles.
- laparoscopy — examination of the abdominal cavity or performance of minor abdominal surgery using a laparoscope.
- larcenously — In a larcenous manner.
- laryngology — the branch of medicine dealing with the larynx.
- laryngotomy — incision of the larynx.
- laughworthy — worthy of being laughed at
- law society — association of lawyers
- lay brother — a man who has taken religious vows and habit but is employed by his order chiefly in manual labor.
- lay eyes on — the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.