10-letter words containing h, a, y, l
- lachrymose — suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
- land yacht — a wind-driven vehicle with a mast and sails, having three wheels, a single seat, and a steering wheel, used especially on beaches and other sandy areas.
- lathyritic — Of or pertaining to lathyrism.
- laugh away — to express mirth, pleasure, derision, or nervousness with an audible, vocal expulsion of air from the lungs that can range from a loud burst of sound to a series of quiet chuckles and is usually accompanied by characteristic facial and bodily movements.
- laughingly — With amused ridicule or ludicrous inappropriateness.
- leaky heap — memory leak
- lengthways — Lengthwise.
- leucopathy — (dated) albinism.
- leukopathy — (pathology) depigmentation of the skin.
- lexigraphy — (uncountable) The representation of words in writing.
- light year — Astronomy. the distance traversed by light in one mean solar year, about 5.88 trillion mi. (9.46 trillion km): used as a unit in measuring stellar distances. Abbreviation: lt-yr.
- light-year — Astronomy. the distance traversed by light in one mean solar year, about 5.88 trillion mi. (9.46 trillion km): used as a unit in measuring stellar distances. Abbreviation: lt-yr.
- lipography — unintentional omission in writing, as of a specific letter or syllable.
- litholatry — the worship of stones
- lithomancy — Divination with the use of precious or semi-precious stones, gemstones, or normal stones by either interpreting the light they reflect (crystallomancy), or how they fall (sortilege).
- lithophysa — a cavity or hollow found in volcanic rocks, caused by expanding gas
- logography — printing with logotypes.
- lyam-hound — a bloodhound.
- lygophilia — The love of darkness.
- lymphatics — Plural form of lymphatic.
- lymphedema — the accumulation of lymph in soft tissue with accompanying swelling, often of the extremities: sometimes caused by inflammation, obstruction, or removal of lymph channels.
- lymphodema — (pathology) A condition of fluid retention caused by a compromised lymphatic system.
- lymphogram — A diagnostic image produced by lymphography.
- lysimachus — 361?–281 b.c, Macedonian general: king of Thrace 306–281.
- match play — play in which the score is reckoned by counting the holes won by each side.
- melancholy — sober thoughtfulness; pensiveness.
- methylated — Simple past tense and past participle of methylate.
- methylates — Plural form of methylate.
- methylator — A person, company of device that methylates (originally, one that produced methylated spirits).
- methyldopa — a white powder, C 1 0 H 1 3 NO 4 , used in the treatment of hypertension.
- myelopathy — any disorder of the spinal cord or of bone marrow.
- mysophilia — a pathological attraction to dirt or filth.
- mythically — pertaining to, of the nature of, or involving a myth.
- mythoclast — a destroyer or debunker of myths.
- newby hall — a mansion near Ripon in Yorkshire: built in 1705 and altered (1770–76) by Robert Adam
- o'flaherty — Liam [lee-uh m] /ˈli əm/ (Show IPA), 1896–1984, Irish novelist.
- ochlocracy — government by the mob; mob rule; mobocracy.
- oligophagy — the condition of feeding on a limited range of foodstuffs, esp plants
- ophiolatry — the worship of snakes.
- overrashly — in an overrash manner
- oxycephaly — a malformation in which the head is somewhat pointed, caused by premature closure of the skull sutures.
- parchingly — to make extremely, excessively, or completely dry, as heat, sun, and wind do.
- pharyngeal — of, relating to, or situated near the pharynx.
- phatically — in a phatic manner
- philomathy — an enjoyment of and passion for learning new facts and acquiring new knowledge
- phloem ray — a vascular ray extending into or located entirely within the secondary phloem.
- phonically — of or relating to speech sounds.
- photically — in a photic manner, by way of photic processes
- phylactery — Judaism. either of two small, black, leather cubes containing a piece of parchment inscribed with verses 4–9 of Deut. 6, 13–21 of Deut. 11, and 1–16 of Ex. 13: one is attached with straps to the left arm and the other to the forehead during weekday morning prayers by Orthodox and Conservative Jewish men.
- phylloclad — cladophyll