12-letter words containing i, n, l, a, y
- laryngealize — to pronounce with accompanying constriction of the larynx.
- laundry list — a lengthy, especially random list of items: a laundry list of hoped-for presents; a laundry list of someone's crimes.
- lawyerliness — Quality of being lawyerly.
- leading lady — an actress who plays the principal female role in a motion picture or play.
- learnability — (uncountable) the condition of being learnable.
- legal entity — a person or organization that can enter into contracts, and take part in legal action
- lenticularly — in a lenticular manner
- liberatingly — In a liberating manner.
- liberty loan — any of the five bond issues of the U.S. government floated in World War I.
- lieutenantry — the post or commission of a lieutenant
- life annuity — any annuity that is contingent upon the survival of the annuitant or annuitants, especially an annuity that terminates with the death of a single annuitant.
- life tenancy — holding a tenancy until the holder dies
- lipoxygenase — (enzyme) Any of a class of enzymes that catalyse the oxidation of polyunsaturated fatty acids.
- locationally — a place of settlement, activity, or residence: This town is a good location for a young doctor.
- lognormality — the condition of having a natural logarithm with normal distribution
- lollygagging — lallygag.
- long-playing — of or relating to microgroove records devised to be played at 33 1/3 revolutions per minute.
- lycanthropic — a delusion in which one imagines oneself to be a wolf or other wild animal.
- lymphangioma — a benign tumor composed of dilated and newly formed lymph vessels.
- lymphangitis — inflammation of the lymphatic vessels.
- madonna lily — a lily, Lilium candidum, having clusters of pure white, bell-shaped flowers.
- magnetically — By or as by, magnetism.
- mains supply — electricity, water, or gas supplied to a building through wires or pipes
- malnormality — (mathematics, group theory) The property of a subgroup H of a group G where, for any x in G but not in H, H and Hx intersect in the identity element.
- managerially — pertaining to management or a manager: managerial functions; the managerial class of society.
- manipulatory — to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner: to manipulate people's feelings.
- meanderingly — In a meandering or winding manner.
- meaningfully — full of meaning, significance, purpose, or value; purposeful; significant: a meaningful wink; a meaningful choice.
- mecamylamine — a ganglion-blocking drug administered orally to lower high blood pressure. Formula: C11H21N
- mechanically — having to do with machinery: a mechanical failure.
- mendaciously — In a lying or deceitful manner.
- mentally ill — having a mental illness.
- meridianally — Along lines of meridian, longitudinally.
- meridionally — In a meridional manner.
- metaanalysis — Alternative spelling of meta-analysis.
- microanalyst — One who carries out microanalysis.
- microtonally — In a microtonal manner.
- millennially — In millennial terms.
- milman parry — Milman, 1902–35, U.S. classical scholar and philologist.
- mis-analysis — the separating of any material or abstract entity into its constituent elements (opposed to synthesis).
- misanalyzing — Present participle of misanalyze.
- misleadingly — In a misleading manner.
- mnemonically — assisting or intended to assist the memory.
- monastically — In a monastic manner.
- monkey trial — John Thomas, 1901–70, U.S. high-school teacher whose teaching of the Darwinian theory of evolution became a cause célèbre (Scopes Trial or Monkey Trial) in 1925.
- monosyllabic — having only one syllable, as the word no.
- moralizingly — In a moralizing fashion.
- mulligatawny — a curry-flavored soup of East Indian origin, made with chicken or meat stock.
- multianalyte — Multiple analytes.
- municipality — a city, town, or other district possessing corporate existence and usually its own local government.