12-letter words containing d, r, o, l, y
- hydrolysates — Plural form of hydrolysate.
- hydrolyzable — Able to be hydrolyzed.
- hydronically — in a hydronic manner; in a manner relating to a heating system that uses water
- hydrophilite — a white mineral consisting of potassium and calcium
- hydrophilous — pollinated by the agency of water.
- hydroplaning — a seaplane.
- hydrosalpinx — A distally blocked Fallopian tube filled with serous or clear fluid.
- hydrosulfate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
- hydrosulfide — a compound containing the univalent group –HS.
- hydrosulfite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- hydrothermal — noting or pertaining to the action of hot, aqueous solutions or gases within or on the surface of the earth.
- hydroxyl ion — hydroxide ion
- hydroxylated — Simple past tense and past participle of hydroxylate.
- hyperbolised — to use hyperbole; exaggerate.
- hyperbolized — Simple past tense and past participle of hyperbolize.
- hyperboloids — Plural form of hyperboloid.
- hypochloride — Misspelling of hypochlorite.
- idolatrously — In an idolatrous manner.
- immoderately — In an immoderate manner.
- indecorously — not decorous; violating generally accepted standards of good taste or propriety; unseemly.
- inordinately — not within proper or reasonable limits; immoderate; excessive: He drank an inordinate amount of wine.
- jeopardously — with risk or peril
- lampadedromy — (in ancient Greece) a relay race in which the runners or riders carried a lighted torch
- laundry room — utility room
- laundrywoman — laundress.
- laundrywomen — Plural form of laundrywoman.
- leopard lily — a tall lily, Lilium pardalinum, of California, having drooping, orange-red flowers with purple speckles, a yellow base, and recurved petal tips.
- liberty bond — a single Liberty loan bond.
- little rhody — Rhode Island (used as a nickname).
- lloyd george — David, 1st Earl of Dwyfor [doo-vawr] /ˈdu vɔr/ (Show IPA), 1863–1945, British statesman: prime minister 1916–22.
- lloyd webber — (Sir) Andrew, born 1948, English composer of musical theater.
- lorry driver — a person who drives a lorry; a truck driver
- loyalty card — customer incentive scheme
- luxury goods — expensive non-essential items
- macrodactyly — a condition of abnormally large fingers or toes
- malodorously — With a bad smell.
- memorial day — Also called Decoration Day. a day, May 30, set aside in most states of the U.S. for observances in memory of dead members of the armed forces of all wars: now officially observed on the last Monday in May.
- meridionally — In a meridional manner.
- model theory — the branch of logic that deals with the properties of models; the semantic study of formal systems
- mollycoddler — One who mollycoddles.
- moneylenders — Plural form of moneylender.
- octahedrally — in an octahedral manner
- oil industry — petroleum-processing business
- olivary body — one of two oval bodies or prominences composed of nerve tissue, one on each side of the anterior surface of the medulla oblongata.
- orderly room — the administrative office of a small military unit.
- ordinary lay — the form of lay found in a cable-laid rope
- otherworldly — of, relating to, or devoted to another world, as the world of imagination or the world to come.
- overanalyzed — Simple past tense and past participle of overanalyze.
- overmodestly — in an extremely modest manner
- paradoxology — a statement or proposition that seems self-contradictory or absurd but in reality expresses a possible truth.