10-letter words containing l, e, y, s
- insolvency — the condition of being insolvent; bankruptcy.
- interplays — Plural form of interplay.
- invasively — In an invasive manner.
- isocephaly — (of a composition) having the heads of all figures on approximately the same level.
- isolatedly — separated from other persons or things; alone; solitary.
- jaywalkers — Plural form of jaywalker.
- jellybeans — Plural form of jellybean.
- jellyrolls — Plural form of jellyroll.
- joey glass — a small tumbler of the 17th century; dram glass.
- joyfulness — full of joy, as a person or one's heart; glad; delighted.
- kabalevsky — Dmitri [duh-mee-tree;; Russian dmyee-tryee] /dəˈmi tri;; Russian ˈdmyi tryi/ (Show IPA), 1904–1987, Russian composer.
- keyserling — Hermann Alexander [her-mahn ah-le-ksahn-duh r] /ˈhɛr mɑn ˌɑ lɛˈksɑn dər/ (Show IPA), Count, 1880–1946, German philosopher and writer.
- klendusity — (in plants) the ability to resist disease
- kovalevsky — Sonia [sohn-yuh] /ˈsoʊn yə/ (Show IPA), (Sofia Vasilievna Kovalevskaya) 1850–91, Russian mathematician.
- lachrymose — suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
- lake nyasa — a lake in central Africa at the S end of the Great Rift Valley: the third largest lake in Africa, drained by the Shire River into the Zambezi. Area: about 28 500 sq km (11 000 sq miles)
- laryngeals — Plural form of laryngeal.
- lay person — a person who is not a member of the clergy; one of the laity.
- lay sister — a woman who has taken religious vows and habit but is employed in her order chiefly in manual labor.
- lead story — the principal story in a newspaper
- leiomyomas — Plural form of leiomyoma.
- leisurably — in a leisurable manner
- lengthways — Lengthwise.
- leucocytes — Plural form of leucocyte.
- leukocytes — white blood cell.
- life story — an account of all the events that happened to someone during their life
- lifelessly — not endowed with life; having no life; inanimate: lifeless matter.
- lifestyler — One who lives an alternative lifestyle all the time, not just occasionally.
- lifestyles — Plural form of lifestyle.
- like sixty — a cardinal number, ten times six.
- lippershey — Hans. died ?1619, Dutch lens grinder, who built the first telescope
- listlessly — having or showing little or no interest in anything; languid; spiritless; indifferent: a listless mood; a listless handshake.
- literosity — the condition of being affectedly literary
- lonesomely — In a lonesome manner, in a way missing companionship.
- longsomely — lengthily, slowly, and tediously
- lopsidedly — In a lopsided manner.
- love story — story about a romantic relationship
- lovelessly — Without love; in a loveless fashion.
- lucklessly — In a luckless way.
- lundy isle — an island at the mouth of the Bristol Channel, off Devon, SW England: historic refuge for pirates and smugglers. 1.5 sq. mi. (4 sq. km).
- luteolysis — The structural and functional degradation of the corpus luteum, occurring at the end of the luteal phase of both the estrous and menstrual cycles in the absence of pregnancy.
- lyme grass — type of perennial dune grass
- lyme regis — a resort in S England, in Dorset, on the English Channel: noted for finds of prehistoric fossils. Pop: 4406 (2001)
- lyophilise — Alternative spelling of lyophilize.
- lyre snake — any of several mildly venomous colubrid snakes of the genus Trimorphodon, inhabiting rocky areas from the southwestern U.S. to Central America, having fangs in the rear of the upper jaw and a lyre-shaped marking on the head.
- lysenkoism — a genetic doctrine formulated by Lysenko and asserting that acquired characteristics are inheritable.
- lysigenous — caused by the breaking down of cells
- lysimetric — of or relating to the measurement of solubility
- lysogenize — to make lysogenic.
- malmesbury — William of, William of Malmesbury.