10-letter words containing l, e, c, y, t
- overcostly — Too costly. (from 16th c.).
- pearl city — a city on S Oahu, in central Hawaii.
- peptolytic — causing the hydrolysis of peptides.
- phylactery — Judaism. either of two small, black, leather cubes containing a piece of parchment inscribed with verses 4–9 of Deut. 6, 13–21 of Deut. 11, and 1–16 of Ex. 13: one is attached with straps to the left arm and the other to the forehead during weekday morning prayers by Orthodox and Conservative Jewish men.
- plasmacyte — Anatomy. an antibody-secreting cell, derived from B cells, that plays a major role in antibody-mediated immunity.
- poetically — possessing the qualities or charm of poetry: poetic descriptions of nature.
- polyactine — the spicule of a polyactinal sponge
- polychaete — any annelid of the class Polychaeta, having unsegmented swimming appendages with many setae or bristles.
- polychrest — a thing which has adapted to multiple uses
- polycrates — died 522? b.c, Greek tyrant of Samos.
- polyethnic — inhabited by or consisting of people of many ethnic backgrounds.
- pulpectomy — the removal of all the pulp tissue in a tooth in the course of endodontic therapy.
- pycnostyle — having an intercolumniation of 1½ diameters.
- reactively — tending to react.
- reluctancy — unwillingness; disinclination: reluctance to speak in public.
- salicylate — a salt or ester of salicylic acid.
- sclerotomy — incision into the sclera, as to extract foreign bodies.
- scythelike — an agricultural implement consisting of a long, curving blade fastened at an angle to a handle, for cutting grass, grain, etc., by hand.
- secularity — secular views or beliefs; secularism.
- shellycoat — a mythical creature dressed in shells who haunts rivers and streams
- societally — noting or pertaining to large social groups, or to their activities, customs, etc.
- solenocyte — a type of long, narrow, flagellated cell that functions in excretion of nitrogenous wastes and occurs in a variety of organisms, including certain annelids and mollusks.
- speciality — specialty.
- spectrally — of or relating to a specter; ghostly; phantom.
- starchedly — in a starched manner
- sterically — of or relating to the spatial relationships of atoms in a molecule.
- subacutely — in a subacute manner
- tachytelic — of or relating to evolution at a rate faster than the standard for a given group of plants or animals.
- tactlessly — lacking tact; showing no tact; undiplomatic; offendingly blunt: a tactless remark.
- technology — the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life, society, and the environment, drawing upon such subjects as industrial arts, engineering, applied science, and pure science.
- tracklayer — section hand.
- truculency — fierce; cruel; savagely brutal.
- turbulency — the quality or state of being turbulent; violent disorder or commotion.
- unchastely — in an unchaste manner
- uvulectomy — excision of the uvula.
- vertically — being in a position or direction perpendicular to the plane of the horizon; upright; plumb.
- watercycle — any of various small watercraft that are moved by working pedals or treadles
- wretchedly — very unfortunate in condition or circumstances; miserable; pitiable.
- wycliffite — of or relating to Wycliffe or the Wycliffites.