11-letter words containing l, a, d, y, o, r
- maladroitly — lacking in adroitness; unskillful; awkward; bungling; tactless: to handle a diplomatic crisis in a very maladroit way.
- maledictory — a curse; imprecation.
- mandatorily — authoritatively ordered; obligatory; compulsory: It is mandatory that all students take two years of math.
- molendinary — a mill
- molly-guard — /mol'ee-gard/ [University of Illinois] A shield to prevent tripping of some Big Red Switch by clumsy or ignorant hands. Originally used of the plexiglass covers improvised for the BRS on an IBM 4341 after a programmer's toddler daughter (named Molly) frobbed it twice in one day. Later generalised to covers over stop/reset switches on disk drives and networking equipment.
- northwardly — Northwards, towards the north.
- play around — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- play doctor — a person, usually a professional playwright, employed to improve a script, especially shortly before the play's opening.
- pleurodynia — pain in the chest or side.
- polyandrist — a woman who practices or favors polyandry.
- polyandrous — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or practicing polyandry; polyandric.
- pre-holiday — a day fixed by law or custom on which ordinary business is suspended in commemoration of some event or in honor of some person.
- prodigality — the quality or fact of being prodigal; wasteful extravagance in spending.
- pterodactyl — any of a number of genera of flying reptiles of the extinct order Pterosauria, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having a highly reduced tail and teeth and a birdlike beak.
- rally round — show solidarity
- roadability — the ability of a motor vehicle to maintain a steady, balanced, and comfortable ride, especially under a variety of road conditions.
- rotary dial — dial (def 4).
- secondarily — next after the first in order, place, time, etc.
- self-parody — a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing: his hilarious parody of Hamlet's soliloquy.
- southwardly — toward the south
- tetraploidy — having a chromosome number that is four times the basic or haploid number.
- trimodality — (of a distribution) having three modes.
- valedictory — bidding goodbye; saying farewell: a valedictory speech.
- world-weary — weary of the world; bored with existence, material pleasures, etc.
- xylographed — Simple past tense and past participle of xylograph.
- yard of ale — a trumpet-shaped glass about 3 feet (1 meter) long with a bulb at the closed end, for serving ale or beer.
- yard-of-ale — a trumpet-shaped glass about 3 feet (1 meter) long with a bulb at the closed end, for serving ale or beer.
- yellow card — Soccer. a yellow card shown by the referee to a player being cautioned for a violation.
- yellow-card — Soccer. a yellow card shown by the referee to a player being cautioned for a violation.
- yorba linda — a city in SW California.