11-letter words containing l, a, y, b
- laboriously — requiring much work, exertion, or perseverance: a laborious undertaking.
- labyrinthal — Like a maze or labyrinth, intricate or convoluted. labyrinthine.
- labyrinthic — of, relating to, or resembling a labyrinth.
- laudability — Laudableness.
- laundry bag — A laundry bag is a bag for clothes that that are about to be washed.
- lay baptism — baptism administered by a lay-person.
- lay brother — a man who has taken religious vows and habit but is employed by his order chiefly in manual labor.
- layer board — lear board.
- liberty cap — a soft, conical cap given to a freed slave in ancient Rome at manumission of his servitude, used as a symbol of liberty, especially since the 18th century.
- likeability — readily or easily liked; pleasing: a likable young man.
- liveability — Alternative spelling of livability.
- loading bay — dock where cargo is loaded
- lobachevsky — Nikolai Ivanovich [nyi-kuh-lahy ee-vah-nuh-vyich] /nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ iˈvɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1856, Russian mathematician.
- local derby — a football match between two teams from the same area
- lucky break — a fortunate and unexpected turn of events
- lucubratory — Composed by candlelight, or at night.
- lumberyards — Plural form of lumberyard.
- lymphoblast — a large, metabolically active lymphocyte shortly before it enters into mitosis.
- lyssophobia — a pathological fear of going insane.
- mailability — The characteristic of being mailable; the ability to be mailed.
- manipulably — In a manipulable way.
- may blossom — the blossom of the may tree or hawthorn
- meltability — The state or quality of being meltable.
- moldability — a hollow form or matrix for giving a particular shape to something in a molten or plastic state.
- monday club — (in Britain) a club made up of right-wing Conservatives who originally met together for lunch on Monday: founded in 1961
- moveability — Alternative form of movability.
- myeloblasts — Plural form of myeloblast.
- nonplayable — Not playable.
- nonsyllabic — not forming a syllable or the nucleus of a syllable.
- nonverbally — In a nonverbal manner.
- observantly — quick to notice or perceive; alert.
- obstinately — firmly or stubbornly adhering to one's purpose, opinion, etc.; not yielding to argument, persuasion, or entreaty.
- onyx marble — Mexican onyx.
- openability — The quality of being openable.
- operability — that can be treated by a surgical operation. Compare inoperable (def 2).
- orbicularly — In an orbicular fashion.
- packability — The quality or state of being packable.
- paleobotany — the branch of paleontology dealing with fossil plants.
- palpability — readily or plainly seen, heard, perceived, etc.; obvious; evident: a palpable lie; palpable absurdity.
- partibility — the quality of being partible
- paul bunyan — John, 1628–88, English preacher: author of The Pilgrim's Progress.
- payload bay — cargo bay.
- peace lobby — a lobby for peace or the end of conflict
- penalty box — an enclosed space adjacent to the rink for penalized players, the penalty timekeeper, the game timekeeper, and the official scorer.
- penny black — the first adhesive postage stamp, issued in Britain in 1840; an imperforate stamp bearing the profile of Queen Victoria on a dark background
- perceivably — capable of being perceived; perceptible.
- pineal body — (formerly) the pineal gland.
- play by ear — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- playability — the quality or state of being playable: The sound and playability of vintage instruments depends on how well they are maintained. Poor graphics and counterintuitive controls negatively affected the playability of the video game.
- polysorbate — any of a class of emulsifying and dispersing agents used in various foods and pharmaceutical preparations.