12-letter words containing l, a, y, o, r
- honorability — (American spelling) Alternative form of honourability.
- horizontally — at right angles to the vertical; parallel to level ground.
- horrifically — causing horror.
- horseplayers — Plural form of horseplayer.
- hydrocephaly — an accumulation of serous fluid within the cranium, especially in infancy, due to obstruction of the movement of cerebrospinal fluid, often causing great enlargement of the head; water on the brain.
- hydroelastic — undergoing a change in elasticity as a result of the flow of water or another fluid
- hydrological — the science dealing with the occurrence, circulation, distribution, and properties of the waters of the earth and its atmosphere.
- hydrolysable — Alternative spelling of hydrolyzable.
- hydrolysates — Plural form of hydrolysate.
- hydrolyzable — Able to be hydrolyzed.
- hydronically — in a hydronic manner; in a manner relating to a heating system that uses water
- hydroplaning — a seaplane.
- hydrosalpinx — A distally blocked Fallopian tube filled with serous or clear fluid.
- hydrosulfate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
- hydrothermal — noting or pertaining to the action of hot, aqueous solutions or gases within or on the surface of the earth.
- hydroxylated — Simple past tense and past participle of hydroxylate.
- hygrothermal — (physics) Of or pertaining to both humidity and temperature.
- hyper-social — relating to, devoted to, or characterized by friendly companionship or relations: a social club.
- hyperarousal — A state of heightened psychological and physiological tension resulting in reduced pain tolerance, anxiety, excessive response to sensory stimulation, insomnia, and fatigue.
- hyperbolical — having the nature of hyperbole; exaggerated.
- hyperlogical — reasoning in accordance with the principles of logic, as a person or the mind: logical thinking.
- hyperosmolar — Of, pertaining to, or as a result of hyperosmolarity.
- hypervolemia — (medicine) An abnormal increase in the volume of blood circulating through the body.
- hypoallergic — Hypoallergenic.
- hypocritical — of the nature of hypocrisy, or pretense of having virtues, beliefs, principles, etc., that one does not actually possess: The parent who has a “do what I say and not what I do” attitude can appear hypocritical to a child.
- hypoplastron — the third lateral plate in the plastron of turtles
- ichthyolatry — The worship of fishes, or of fish-shaped idols.
- idolatrously — In an idolatrous manner.
- illuminatory — Increasing informative qualities; explanatory.
- illustratory — Serving to illustrate.
- immemorially — In an immemorial manner.
- immoderately — In an immoderate manner.
- impersonally — In an impersonal manner.
- inclusionary — (of zoning, housing programs, etc.) stipulating that a certain percentage of new housing will be priced within the reach of middle-income buyers or renters.
- incomparably — beyond comparison; matchless or unequaled: incomparable beauty.
- inflammatory — tending to arouse anger, hostility, passion, etc.: inflammatory speeches.
- inflationary — of, pertaining to, reflective of, or causing inflation: inflationary prices.
- inordinately — not within proper or reasonable limits; immoderate; excessive: He drank an inordinate amount of wine.
- intolerantly — In an intolerant manner; without toleration.
- irrationally — without the faculty of reason; deprived of reason.
- irreformably — in an irreformable manner
- irreprovably — in an irreprovable manner
- irresolvably — In an irresolvable manner.
- isothermally — occurring at constant temperature.
- jeopardously — with risk or peril
- karlovy vary — a city in W Czech Republic: mineral springs; Carlsbad Decrees (1819).
- keratohyalin — (biology) A protein structure found in granules in the stratum granulosum of the epidermis, which may be involved in keratinization, and in Hassall corpuscles in the thymus.
- keratoplasty — plastic surgery performed upon the cornea, especially a corneal transplantation.
- kolyma range — a mountain range in NE Russia, in NE Siberia, extending about 1100 km (700 miles) between the Kolyma River and the Sea of Okhotsk. Highest peak: 1862 m (6109 ft)
- labour party — a political party in Great Britain, formed in 1900 from various socialist and labor groups and taking its present name in 1906.