9-letter words containing l, a, y, o, r
- polyamory — the practice or condition of participating simultaneously in more than one serious romantic or sexual relationship with the knowledge and consent of all partners.
- polyandry — the practice or condition of having more than one husband at one time. Compare monandry (def 1).
- polyarchy — a form of government in which power is vested in three or more persons.
- polygraph — an instrument for receiving and recording simultaneously tracings of variations in certain body activities.
- polywater — a subtance mistakenly identified as a polymeric form of water, now known to be water containing ions from glass or quartz.
- polyzoary — a colony of bryozoan animals
- popularly — by the people as a whole; generally; widely: a fictitious story popularly accepted as true.
- portrayal — the act of portraying.
- powerplay — behaviour intended to maximise person's power
- profamily — favoring or supporting laws against abortion; antiabortion; pro-life.
- profanely — characterized by irreverence or contempt for God or sacred principles or things; irreligious.
- proletary — in ancient Rome, a member of the lowest class of citizens, who had no property
- pulmonary — of or relating to the lungs.
- pulsatory — pulsating or throbbing.
- pyelogram — an x-ray produced by pyelography.
- pyridoxal — a naturally occurring derivative of pyridoxine that is a precursor of a coenzyme (pyridoxal phosphate) involved in several enzymic reactions. Formula: (CH2OH)(CHO)C5HN(OH)(CH3)
- pyroclast — a piece of lava ejected from a volcano
- pyrolater — a worshipper of fire
- pyrolatry — the worship of fire
- radiology — the science dealing with x-rays or nuclear radiation, especially for medical uses.
- raucously — harsh; strident; grating: raucous voices; raucous laughter.
- read-only — of or relating to files or memory that can be read but cannot normally be changed.
- revocably — that may be revoked.
- ribozymal — of or relating to ribozymes
- role play — playacting, simulation
- role-play — to assume the attitudes, actions, and discourse of (another), especially in a make-believe situation in an effort to understand a differing point of view or social interaction: Management trainees were given a chance to role-play labor negotiators.
- rostrally — in a rostral manner
- rotatably — to cause to turn around an axis or center point; revolve.
- roundelay — a song in which a phrase, line, or the like, is continually repeated.
- royal oak — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- royalmast — the highest part of a mast
- sallyport — a gateway permitting the passage of a large number of troops at a time.
- saltatory — pertaining to or adapted for saltation.
- salvatory — a place for storing something safely
- sarcology — the branch of anatomy dealing with the soft or fleshy body parts.
- scholarly — of, like, or befitting a scholar: scholarly habits.
- soaringly — in a soaring manner
- solar day — Astronomy. the time interval between two successive transits by the sun of the meridian directly opposite that of the observer; the 24-hour interval from one midnight to the following midnight.
- sororally — in a sororal manner
- sur-royal — crown antler.
- swordplay — the action or technique of wielding a sword; fencing.
- taylorism — a modified form of Calvinism that maintains that every person has a free will, and that makes a distinction between depravity, as the tendency to commit sins, and sin, as a voluntary choice of evil actions.
- taylorite — a modified form of Calvinism that maintains that every person has a free will, and that makes a distinction between depravity, as the tendency to commit sins, and sin, as a voluntary choice of evil actions.
- tetralogy — a series of four related dramas, operas, novels, etc.
- theolatry — worship of a deity.
- thyroidal — of or relating to the thyroid gland
- tolerably — capable of being tolerated; endurable: His arrogance is no longer tolerable.
- traitorly — of or characteristic of a traitor
- traycloth — a small cloth or piece of table linen used to cover or fit into a tray used for carrying
- trionymal — having a name that consists of three separate parts