11-letter words containing d, e, l, a, y
- hydroxylate — to introduce hydroxyl into (a compound).
- hyperdactyl — having an excessive number of fingers or toes
- hyperlydian — relating to the highest scale or mode in ancient Greek music
- identically — similar or alike in every way: The two cars are identical except for their license plates.
- immediately — without lapse of time; without delay; instantly; at once: Please telephone him immediately.
- immedicably — In an immedicable way; incurably.
- inadvisedly — In a manner that is not advisable.
- increasedly — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
- indefinably — not definable; not readily identified, described, analyzed, or determined.
- indexically — In an indexical way.
- irritatedly — angered, provoked, or annoyed.
- ladies' day — a special day set aside, either occasionally or regularly, on which women are encouraged to attend or participate in a certain activity at a reduced fee or at no cost: Friday was Ladies' Day at the ball park.
- lady chapel — a chapel dedicated to the Virgin Mary, attached to a church, and generally behind the high altar at the extremity of the apse.
- lady friend — female companion
- lady-killer — a man who is irresistible to women or has the reputation for being so.
- ladyfingers — Plural form of ladyfinger.
- lallygagged — Simple past tense and past participle of lallygag.
- layer board — lear board.
- lead astray — tempt into bad behaviour
- leaden-eyed — heavy-eyed; dull-eyed
- led display — a flat-screen device in which an array of light-emitting diodes can be selectively activated to display numerical and alphabetical information, used esp in pocket calculators, digital timepieces, measuring instruments, and in some microcomputers
- legacy code — legacy system
- legacy duty — estate tax; inheritance tax
- legendarily — of, relating to, or of the nature of a legend.
- leptodactyl — leptodactylous
- loadsamoney — an extremely wealthy person
- local derby — a football match between two teams from the same area
- logodaedaly — the cunning or skilful use of words
- lollygagged — Simple past tense and past participle of lollygag.
- lumberyards — Plural form of lumberyard.
- lydian mode — an authentic church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from F to F.
- maddeningly — driving to madness or frenzy: a maddening thirst.
- maiden lady — an unmarried woman
- maledictory — a curse; imprecation.
- many-valued — (of a function) having the property that some elements in the domain have more than one image point; multiple-valued.
- meadow lily — Canada lily.
- medicinally — of, relating to, or having the properties of a medicine; curative; remedial: medicinal properties; medicinal substances.
- medley race — a relay race in which each contestant must cover a different distance
- melodically — melodious.
- metaldehyde — a chemical, (CH3CHO)4, that is a polymer of acetaldehyde, used to kill slugs and snails and also as a fuel for portable stoves
- misanalyzed — Simple past tense and past participle of misanalyze.
- mixed layer — the surface layer of water, seasonally varying in thickness, that is at almost uniform temperature owing to agitation by waves and wind.
- molendinary — a mill
- myriad-leaf — an aquatic plant, Myriophyllum verticillatum, of the North Temperate Zone, having hairlike, submerged leaves.
- offhandedly — cavalierly, curtly, or brusquely: to reply offhand.
- oxidatively — by an oxidative process
- oxyaldehyde — an aldehyde containing the hydroxyl group.
- pachydermal — having the characteristics of a pachyderm
- paddy field — a flooded piece of land used for growing rice
- paraldehyde — a colorless, liquid, cyclic compound, C 6 H 1 2 O 3 , having a disagreeable taste but an agreeable odor, produced by the polymerization of acetaldehyde with sulfuric acid: used chiefly in the manufacture of organic chemicals and in medicine as a sedative and hypnotic.