9-letter words containing l, a, y, g, e
- heptalogy — (rare) # A set of seven works of art that are connected, and that can be seen either as a single work or as seven individual works. They are commonly found in literature, film, or video games.
- hypallage — the reversal of the expected syntactic relation between two words, as in “her beauty's face” for “her face's beauty.”.
- illegally — forbidden by law or statute.
- jelly bag — a muslin bag used to strain off the juice from the fruit in making jelly (the preserve)
- key largo — one of the islands in the Florida Keys. 30 miles (48 km) long; 2 miles (3.2 km) wide.
- lang syne — long since; long ago.
- laryngeal — of, relating to, or located in the larynx.
- lawyering — a person whose profession is to represent clients in a court of law or to advise or act for clients in other legal matters.
- legendary — of, relating to, or of the nature of a legend.
- legionary — of, relating to, or belonging to a legion.
- lightyear — Alternative spelling of light year.
- lych gate — a roofed gate to a churchyard, formerly used during funerals as a temporary shelter for the bier
- malingery — The spirit or practices of a malingerer; malingering.
- mealy bug — any of several scalelike, homopterous insects of the families Pseudococcidae and Eriococcidae that are covered with a powdery wax secretion and feed on plants.
- meaningly — what is intended to be, or actually is, expressed or indicated; signification; import: the three meanings of a word.
- megacycle — Electricity. a unit of frequency, equal to one million cycles per second; megahertz. The term megahertz is now preferred in technical use. Abbreviation: Mc, mc.
- megaphyll — the relatively large type of leaf produced by ferns and seed plants
- meghalaya — a state in NE India. 8660 sq. mi. (22,429 sq. km). Capital: Shillong.
- moygashel — an Irish linen
- myelogram — an x-ray photograph of the spinal cord, following administration of a radiopaque substance into the spinal subarachnoid space.
- paedology — the study of the character, growth, and development of children
- paleology — the study of antiquities.
- pargyline — a monoamine oxidase inhibitor used to treat hypertension and depression
- pentalogy — a combination of five closely related things, esp (in medicine) closely connected symptoms or (in art) related works of art
- pterygial — an abnormal triangular mass of thickened conjunctiva extending over the cornea and interfering with vision.
- pyelogram — an x-ray produced by pyelography.
- regularly — at regular times or intervals.
- searingly — in a searing manner
- strangely — unusual, extraordinary, or curious; odd; queer: a strange remark to make.
- syringeal — of, relating to, or connected with the syrinx.
- teasingly — to irritate or provoke with persistent petty distractions, trifling raillery, or other annoyance, often in sport.
- tetralogy — a series of four related dramas, operas, novels, etc.
- uneagerly — in an uneager manner
- ungravely — in a light-hearted manner
- vegetably — like or in the manner of a vegetable.
- vegetally — in a vegetal manner
- vengeably — in a vengeable manner
- villagery — villages.
- wearingly — gradually impairing or wasting: Reading small print can be wearing on the eyes.
- xylophage — any insect or organism that eats wood
- year-long — Year-long is used to describe something that lasts for a year.
- yearlings — Plural form of yearling.