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13-letter words containing l, e, r, o, y

  • boundary line — a line marking one of the edges of a playing area
  • broadly based — Something that is broadly based involves many different kinds of things or people.
  • brook lamprey — a jawless fish, Lampetra planeri, native to the European part of the Atlantic Ocean and the northwest Mediterranean
  • bubble memory — a method of storing high volumes of data by the use of minute pockets of magnetism (bubbles) in a semiconducting material. The bubbles may be caused to migrate past a read head or to a buffer area for storage
  • buffalo berry — a shrub (genus Shepherdia) of the oleaster family, native to W North America, with silvery leaves
  • bulwer-lytton — Edward George Earle Lytton1st Baron Lytton of Knebworth 1803-73; Eng. novelist & playwright: father of Edward Robert Bulwer-Lytton
  • by yourselves — if you are by yourselves, or all by yourselves, you are alone
  • by-your-leave — a request for permission (esp in the phrase without so much as a by-your-leave)
  • byte compiler — byte-code compiler
  • campylobacter — a rod-shaped bacterium that causes infections in cattle and man. Unpasteurized milk infected with campylobacter is a common cause of gastroenteritis
  • canary yellow — Something that is canary yellow is a light yellow in colour.
  • carboxymethyl — (organic chemistry) The univalent radical -CH2-COOH derived from acetic acid.
  • caryophyllene — (organic compound) A sesquiterpene (containing a cyclobutane ring) found in the essential oils of several plants such as clove and pepper.
  • castro valley — a town in W California, near San Francisco Bay.
  • categorically — without exceptions or conditions; absolute; unqualified and unconditional: a categorical denial.
  • centrosomally — In a centrosomal way.
  • ceremoniously — If someone does something ceremoniously, they do it in an extremely formal way.
  • cerumenolysis — (medicine) The process of softening cerumen (earwax) for removal.
  • cerumenolytic — (pharmacology) A chemical that softens or removes cerumen (earwax).
  • charcoal grey — a very dark grey colour
  • charley horse — People sometimes refer to a cramp in the muscles of their leg or arm as a charley horse.
  • chlamydospore — a thick-walled asexual spore of many fungi: capable of surviving adverse conditions
  • chlorargyrite — a mineral, the naturally occurring form of silver chloride, formed in the oxidation process of silver
  • chloromycetin — chloramphenicol
  • chloroxylenol — (chemistry) A compound with the chemical formula C8H9ClO, commonly used in antibacterial soaps and toxic to fish.
  • chrome yellow — any yellow pigment consisting of lead chromate mixed with lead sulphate
  • chrysophilite — a person who loves gold
  • claymore mine — an antipersonnel mine designed to produce a direction-guided, fan-shaped pattern of fragments.
  • clinopyroxene — a member of the pyroxene group of minerals having a monoclinic crystal structure, such as augite, diopside, or jadeite
  • close harmony — a type of singing in which all the parts except the bass lie close together and are confined to the compass of a tenth
  • cocarboxylase — thiamine pyrophosphate
  • coldheartedly — Alternative spelling of cold-heartedly.
  • collate-rally — security pledged for the payment of a loan: He gave the bank some stocks and bonds as collateral for the money he borrowed.
  • collaterality — the state of being collateral
  • commensurably — In a commensurable manner; so as to be commensurable.
  • commerciality — commercial quality or character; ability to produce a profit: Distributors were concerned about the film's commerciality compared with last year's successful pictures.
  • comparatively — in a comparative manner
  • complementary — Complementary things are different from each other but make a good combination.
  • complexometry — a chemical technique using the formation of a colored complex to indicate the end of a titration.
  • complimentary — If you are complimentary about something, you express admiration for it.
  • conjecturally — of, of the nature of, or involving conjecture; problematical: Theories about the extinction of dinosaurs are highly conjectural.
  • considerately — showing kindly awareness or regard for another's feelings, circumstances, etc.: a very considerate critic.
  • consideringly — in a considering manner
  • constellatory — Astronomy. any of various groups of stars to which definite names have been given, as Ursa Major, Ursa Minor, Boötes, Cancer, Orion. the section of the heavens occupied by such a group.
  • constrainedly — forced, compelled, or obliged: a constrained confession.
  • contrastively — tending to contrast; contrasting. contrastive colors.
  • conveyor belt — A conveyor belt or a conveyor is a continuously-moving strip of rubber or metal which is used in factories for moving objects along so that they can be dealt with as quickly as possible.
  • cooperatively — working or acting together willingly for a common purpose or benefit.
  • copolymerized — Polymerized, along with another compound, to form a copolymer.
  • copyrightable — the exclusive right to make copies, license, and otherwise exploit a literary, musical, or artistic work, whether printed, audio, video, etc.: works granted such right by law on or after January 1, 1978, are protected for the lifetime of the author or creator and for a period of 70 years after his or her death.
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