9-letter words containing l, a, y, e
- claystone — a compact very fine-grained rock consisting of consolidated clay particles
- clear-eye — the clary, Salvia sclarea.
- cleareyed — having clear eyes or vision
- clearways — Plural form of clearway.
- clepsydra — an ancient device for measuring time by the flow of water or mercury through a small aperture
- clergyman — A clergyman is a male member of the clergy.
- clydebank — a town in W Scotland, in West Dunbartonshire on the north bank of the River Clyde. Pop: 29 858 (2001)
- coccygeal — a small triangular bone forming the lower extremity of the spinal column in humans, consisting of four ankylosed rudimentary vertebrae.
- coequally — In a coequal manner.
- coevality — The condition of being coeval.
- cognately — In a way that is cognate.
- comradely — If you do something in a comradely way, you are being pleasant and friendly to other people.
- connately — In a connate fashion.
- cordately — In a cordate form.
- cosplayer — One who takes part in cosplay.
- covalency — the formation and nature of covalent bonds
- crane fly — any dipterous fly of the family Tipulidae, having long legs, slender wings, and a narrow body
- cryocable — a highly conducting electrical cable cooled with a refrigerant such as liquid nitrogen
- cryolathe — an instrument for reshaping the cornea to correct severe nearsightedness or farsightedness: the cornea is removed from the eye, rapidly frozen, reshaped, and reinserted.
- curlyhead — a person whose hair is curly.
- cyan blue — a moderate greenish-blue to bluish-green color.
- cyclamate — a salt or ester of cyclamic acid. Certain of the salts have a very sweet taste and were formerly used as food additives and sugar substitutes
- cyclamens — Plural form of cyclamen.
- cyclepath — a special path for the exclusive use of cyclists
- cyclopean — of, relating to, or resembling the Cyclops
- cyllenian — of or relating to Mount Cyllene in Arcadia, Greece, or to the god Hermes, reputed to have been born there.
- dalrymple — Sir James, 1st Viscount Stair, 1619–95, Scottish jurist.
- damselfly — any insect of the suborder Zygoptera similar to but smaller than dragonflies and usually resting with the wings closed over the back: order Odonata
- day-clean — the time after first dawn when the sun begins to shine; clear daybreak
- day-lewis — C(ecil). 1904–72, British poet, critic, and (under the pen name Nicholas Blake) author of detective stories; poet laureate (1968–72)
- day-liner — a train, boat, etc., having a regularly scheduled route during daylight hours.
- dayflower — any of various tropical and subtropical plants of the genus Commelina, having jointed creeping stems, narrow pointed leaves, and blue or purplish flowers which wilt quickly: family Commelinaceae
- daywalker — (fantasy) One who can go out in the sunlight, distinguished from vampires etc. who cannot.
- de lancey — James, 1703–60, American jurist and politician in New York.
- debatably — in a debatable or disputable manner
- decalcify — to remove calcium or lime from (bones, teeth, etc)
- decastyle — a portico consisting of ten columns
- decayless — having no tendency to decay
- decimally — by tens
- defiantly — characterized by defiance; boldly resistant or challenging: a defiant attitude.
- definably — to state or set forth the meaning of (a word, phrase, etc.): They disagreed on how to define “liberal.”.
- definatly — Misspelling of definitely.
- delayable — able to be delayed
- delta ray — a particle, esp an electron, ejected from matter by ionizing radiation
- dentality — the quality given to spoken words by the use of teeth
- derivably — in a way that is able to be derived
- desirably — worth having or wanting; pleasing, excellent, or fine: a desirable apartment.
- devil ray — manta.
- devil-ray — manta.
- dialysate — (in the process of dialysis) the fluid passing through the dialyser, used for drawing toxins out of the patient's blood stream