10-letter words containing l, e, y, s
- chrysotile — a green, grey, or white fibrous mineral, a variety of serpentine, that is an important source of commercial asbestos. Formula: Mg3Si2O5(OH)4
- chylaceous — of or resembling chyle.
- clay stone — argillite.
- claystones — argillite.
- clearstory — clerestory
- clepsydras — Plural form of clepsydra.
- clerestory — a row of windows in the upper part of the wall of a church that divides the nave from the aisle, set above the aisle roof
- clonotypes — Plural form of clonotype.
- clydesdale — a heavy powerful breed of carthorse, originally from Scotland
- cocksurely — In a cocksure manner.
- cohesively — characterized by or causing cohesion: a cohesive agent.
- collotypes — Plural form of collotype.
- composedly — calm; tranquil; serene: His composed face reassured the nervous passengers.
- confusedly — to perplex or bewilder: The flood of questions confused me.
- consumedly — (intensifier)
- conversely — You say conversely to indicate that the situation you are about to describe is the opposite or reverse of the one you have just described.
- copolymers — Plural form of copolymer.
- costlessly — in a costless manner
- cotyledons — Plural form of cotyledon.
- covetously — inordinately or wrongly desirous of wealth or possessions; greedy.
- crescively — in a crescive or increasing manner
- crystalise — Alternative spelling of from=non-Oxford British spelling.
- crystalize — (rare) alternative spelling of crystallize.
- cubbyholes — Plural form of cubbyhole.
- cyclamates — Plural form of cyclamate.
- cyclostome — any primitive aquatic jawless vertebrate of the class Cyclostomata, such as the lamprey and hagfish, having a round sucking mouth and pouchlike gills
- cyclostyle — a kind of pen with a small toothed wheel, used for cutting minute holes in a specially prepared stencil. Copies of the design so formed can be printed on a duplicator by forcing ink through the holes
- cyrtostyle — a convex portico, as at an entrance.
- cystoceles — Plural form of cystocele.
- cytologies — the study of the microscopic appearance of cells, especially for the diagnosis of abnormalities and malignancies.
- daisywheel — a component of a computer printer in the shape of a wheel with many spokes that prints characters using a disk with characters around the circumference as the print element
- dasypaedal — (of the young of some species of birds after hatching) having a covering of down
- day sailer — a small sailboat without sleeping accommodations, suitable for short trips.
- debasingly — In a debasing manner.
- decastyles — Plural form of decastyle.
- decastylos — a decastyle building, as a classical temple.
- decisively — having the power or quality of deciding; putting an end to controversy; crucial or most important: Your argument was the decisive one.
- declassify — If secret documents or records are declassified, it is officially stated that they are no longer secret.
- decorously — characterized by dignified propriety in conduct, manners, appearance, character, etc.
- defensibly — capable of being defended against assault or injury: The troops were bivouacked in a defensible position.
- delay slot — delayed control-transfer
- delivery's — the carrying and turning over of letters, goods, etc., to a designated recipient or recipients.
- delusively — tending to delude; misleading; deceptive: a delusive reply.
- denasality — The quality of being denasal.
- derisively — characterized by or expressing derision; contemptuous; mocking: derisive heckling.
- derisorily — In a derisory manner.
- deservedly — You use deservedly to indicate that someone deserved what happened to them, especially when it was something good.
- designedly — by intention or design; on purpose; deliberately
- desirously — With desire; eagerly.
- desolately — barren or laid waste; devastated: a treeless, desolate landscape.