9-letter words containing l, a, y, o, r
- cyclorama — a large picture, such as a battle scene, on the interior wall of a cylindrical room, designed to appear in natural perspective to a spectator in the centre
- day labor — workers hired on a daily basis only, especially unskilled labor.
- 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
- dragonfly — any of numerous stout-bodied, nonstinging insects of the order Odonata (suborder Anisoptera), the species of which prey on mosquitoes and other insects and are distinguished from the damselflies by having the wings outstretched rather than folded when at rest.
- dulocracy — rule by slaves.
- earlywood — the light-coloured wood made by a tree in the spring that shows up in the yearly growth ring
- elevatory — Tending to raise, or having power to elevate.
- embryonal — Embryonic.
- epeolatry — the worship of words
- ephoralty — an ephor's office
- favorably — characterized by approval or support; positive: a favorable report.
- foolhardy — recklessly or thoughtlessly bold; foolishly rash or venturesome.
- formality — condition or quality of being formal; accordance with required or traditional rules, procedures, etc.; conventionality.
- formulary — a collection or system of formulas.
- formylate — to introduce the formyl group into (an organic compound).
- fort lamy — former name of N'Djamena.
- fort-lamy — former name of N'Djamena.
- forwardly — toward or at a place, point, or time in advance; onward; ahead: to move forward; from this day forward; to look forward.
- frontally — In a frontal manner.
- frowardly — In a froward manner.
- garbology — the study of the material discarded by a society to learn what it reveals about social or cultural patterns.
- gargoyled — (of a building) Having gargoyles carved into it.
- gargoyles — Plural form of gargoyle.
- glory-pea — either of two trailing plants, Clianthus formosus or C. puniceus, of Australia and New Zealand, having showy red flowers.
- gray mold — a disease of plants, characterized by a gray, furry coating on the decaying parts, caused by any of several fungi.
- gray wolf — a wolf, Canis lupus, having a usually grizzled, blackish, or whitish coat: formerly common in Eurasia and North America, some subspecies are now reduced in numbers or near extinction.
- gyrfalcon — a large falcon, Falco rusticolus, of arctic and subarctic regions, having white, gray, or blackish color phases: now greatly reduced in number.
- gyroplane — autogiro.
- holidayer — vacationer.
- holy mary — Christianity: mother of Jesus
- holy wars — [Usenet, but may predate it] flame wars over religious issues. The paper by Danny Cohen that popularised the terms big-endian and little-endian was entitled "On Holy Wars and a Plea for Peace". Other perennial Holy Wars have included Emacs vs. vi, my personal computer vs. everyone else's personal computer, ITS vs. Unix, Unix vs. VMS, BSD Unix vs. USG Unix, C vs. Pascal, C vs. Fortran, etc., ad nauseam. The characteristic that distinguishes holy wars from normal technical disputes is that in a holy wars most of the participants spend their time trying to pass off personal value choices and cultural attachments as objective technical evaluations. See also theology.
- holy year — a jubilee year.
- homiliary — a collection of homilies.
- honorably — in accordance with or characterized by principles of honor; upright: They were all honorable men.
- horseplay — rough or boisterous play or pranks.
- humorally — in a humoral manner or from a humoral point of view
- hyalomere — the transparent part of a blood platelet, surrounding the chromomere.
- hydrolant — an urgent warning of navigational dangers in the Atlantic Ocean, issued by the U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office.
- hydrolase — an enzyme that catalyzes hydrolysis.
- hyperbola — the set of points in a plane whose distances to two fixed points in the plane have a constant difference; a curve consisting of two distinct and similar branches, formed by the intersection of a plane with a right circular cone when the plane makes a greater angle with the base than does the generator of the cone. Equation: x 2 /a 2 − y 2 /b 2 = ±1.
- iatrology — Medical science.
- idiolatry — Autolatry, or self worship.
- idolatory — Misspelling of idolatry.
- immorally — violating moral principles; not conforming to the patterns of conduct usually accepted or established as consistent with principles of personal and social ethics.
- jocularly — given to, characterized by, intended for, or suited to joking or jesting; waggish; facetious: jocular remarks about opera stars.
- karyology — the study of the structure and function of cell nuclei.
- key largo — one of the islands in the Florida Keys. 30 miles (48 km) long; 2 miles (3.2 km) wide.
- kzyl-orda — a city in S Kazakhstan, on the Syr Darya.
- labor day — (in the U.S.) a legal holiday, commonly the first Monday in September, in honor of labor.
- labor spy — an employee who is used by management to spy on union activities.