11-letter words containing c, l, y, t
- lady doctor — a doctor who is a female
- 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.
- laparectomy — excision of strips of the abdominal wall and suturing of the wounds so as to correct laxity of the abdominal muscles.
- last-cyclic — denoting rules that apply only to main clauses
- law faculty — the department or division of a university concerned with teaching law
- law society — association of lawyers
- league city — a town in S Texas.
- lecythiform — (biology, mycology) shaped like a bowling pin, a flask, or a bottle.
- legacy duty — estate tax; inheritance tax
- leptodactyl — leptodactylous
- leschetizky — Theodor [tey-uh-dawr,, -dohr,, thee-] /ˈteɪ əˌdɔr,, -ˌdoʊr,, ˈθi-/ (Show IPA), 1830–1915, Polish pianist and composer.
- liberty cap — a soft, conical cap given to a freed slave in ancient Rome at manumission of his servitude, used as a symbol of liberty, especially since the 18th century.
- lieutenancy — the office, authority, incumbency, or jurisdiction of a lieutenant.
- lithochromy — the art or practice of painting on stone
- locutionary — pertaining to the act of conveying semantic content in an utterance, considered as independent of the interaction between the speaker and the listener.
- lost colony — a settlement of British colonists whom Walter Raleigh sent to Roanoke Island (now part of North Carolina) in 1587 and of whom no trace was found after 1591.
- low-country — Often, Low-Country. of or relating to the Low Countries.
- lucratively — In a lucrative manner, profitably.
- lucubratory — Composed by candlelight, or at night.
- lucy stoner — a person who advocates the retention of the maiden name by married women. Compare Stone (def 5).
- lycanthrope — a person affected with lycanthropy.
- lycanthropy — a delusion in which one imagines oneself to be a wolf or other wild animal.
- lymphocytes — Plural form of lymphocyte.
- lymphocytic — Of, or pertaining to lymphocytes.
- lythraceous — belonging to the Lythraceae, the loosestrife family of plants.
- macrodactyl — one of the group of wading birds, Macrodactyli
- maledictory — a curse; imprecation.
- malefactory — villainous
- masculinity — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- matchlessly — In a matchless manner.
- meiotically — Pertaining to, or during, meiosis.
- melanocytes — Plural form of melanocyte.
- melanocytic — Of or pertaining to melanocytes.
- methacrylic — denoting a type of acid
- metonymical — having the nature of metonymy.
- mimetically — In a mimetic manner.
- miscibility — capable of being mixed: miscible ingredients.
- mitotically — the usual method of cell division, characterized typically by the resolving of the chromatin of the nucleus into a threadlike form, which condenses into chromosomes, each of which separates longitudinally into two parts, one part of each chromosome being retained in each of two new cells resulting from the original cell.
- monocrystal — A single crystal.
- monodactyly — having only one digit or claw.
- motorcycled — Simple past tense and past participle of motorcycle.
- motorcycles — Plural form of motorcycle.
- motorically — motor (def 11).
- multiagency — involving multiple agencies
- multicounty — involving or relating to several counties
- muscularity — of or relating to muscle or the muscles: muscular strain.
- mycologists — Plural form of mycologist.
- myelopathic — any disorder of the spinal cord or of bone marrow.
- myoelectric — of or relating to electrical impulses, generated by muscles of the body, which may be amplified and used especially to control artificial limbs.
- mysticality — mystic; of or relating to supernatural agencies, affairs, occurrences, etc.: a strange, mystical experience.