10-letter words containing h, y
- jellygraph — a device that uses a plate of jelly to make copies of a sheet of writing, etc
- jockeyship — the art or skill of a jockey
- john henry — Informal. a person's signature.
- john lynch — John ("Jack") 1917–1999, Irish political leader: prime minister 1966–73, 1977–79.
- john tukey — (person) The eminent statistician credited with coining the term "bit" in 1949.
- john tyler — John, 1790–1862, 10th president of the U.S. 1841–45.
- john wayne — Anthony ("Mad Anthony") 1745–96, American Revolutionary War general.
- johnny law — Andrew Bonar [bon-er] /ˈbɒn ər/ (Show IPA), 1858–1923, English statesman, born in Canada: prime minister 1922–23.
- johnny raw — a novice; new recruit
- johnny reb — U.S. History. a Confederate soldier.
- johnnycake — a cake or bread made of corn meal and water or milk, usually cooked on a griddle.
- jury wheel — a device, containing slips with the names of prospective jurors, that when spun mixes the names for random selection.
- karyolymph — The liquid part of the nucleus of a cell.
- kelyphitic — as in kelyphitic rim, a mineral shell enclosing another mineral in an igneous rock
- kerry hill — a breed of sturdy sheep having black-and-white markings on the head and legs and a dense fleece, originating from Powys, on the English-Welsh borders
- keypunched — Simple past tense and past participle of keypunch.
- keypuncher — A keypunch.
- keypunches — Plural form of keypunch.
- kitakyushu — a seaport on N Kyushu, in S Japan: formed in 1963 by the merger of five cities (Kokura, Moji, Tobata, Wakamatsu, and Yawata)
- kitty hawk — a village in NE North Carolina: Wright brothers' airplane flight 1903.
- kok-saghyz — a central Asian dandelion, Taraxacum kok-saghyz, of the composite family, having fleshy roots that yield a rubberlike latex.
- kshatriyas — Plural form of kshatriya.
- kymographs — Plural form of kymograph.
- kymography — The use of a kymograph.
- labyrinths — Plural form of labyrinth.
- lachrymals — Plural form of lachrymal.
- 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
- leiotrichy — the condition of having straight hair
- lengthways — Lengthwise.
- leucopathy — (dated) albinism.
- leukopathy — (pathology) depigmentation of the skin.
- lévy-bruhl — Lucien (lysjɛ̃). 1857–1939, French anthropologist and philosopher, noted for his study of the psychology of primitive peoples
- 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-duty — made or designed to withstand comparatively moderate loads, use, or stress: light-duty trucks.
- 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.
- lily-white — white as a lily: soft lily-white skin.
- lipography — unintentional omission in writing, as of a specific letter or syllable.
- lippershey — Hans. died ?1619, Dutch lens grinder, who built the first telescope
- lithoglyph — an incision or engraving on a gem or stone
- 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
- lithophyte — Zoology. a polyp with a hard or stony structure, as a coral.
- lithotrity — the operation of crushing stone in the urinary bladder into particles small enough to be voided.