10-letter words containing l, o, n, e, y
- nyctophile — (zoology) Any of the Australian bats of the genus Nyctophilus.
- nympholept — a person seized with nympholepsy.
- obediently — obeying or willing to obey; complying with or submissive to authority: an obedient son.
- oceanology — the practical application of oceanography.
- offendedly — In an offended manner.
- on liberty — a treatise (1859) by John Stuart Mill on the rights of the individual within the state.
- on the fly — to move through the air using wings.
- on the sly — cunning or wily: sly as a fox.
- oneirology — The study that relates with dreams.
- ordinately — in an ordered manner
- orientally — In an oriental manner.
- ostensibly — outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended: an ostensible cheerfulness concealing sadness.
- overfondly — with excessive affection
- overlaying — to lay or place (one thing) over or upon another.
- overnicely — in an overnice manner
- owl monkey — douroucouli.
- oxygenless — without oxygen
- paddymelon — any of several small Australian wallabies, especially of the genus Thylogale.
- pennyroyal — an aromatic Old World plant, Mentha pulegium, of the mint family, having clusters of small purple flowers and yielding a pungent essential oil used medicinally and as an insect repellent.
- personably — of pleasing personal appearance; handsome or comely; attractive.
- personally — through direct contact; in person; directly: I will thank him personally.
- personalty — personal estate or property.
- phrenology — a psychological theory or analytical method based on the belief that certain mental faculties and character traits are indicated by the configurations of the skull.
- phylogenic — the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.
- play money — paper that is cut and printed to resemble paper money, often used in playing board games.
- polyactine — the spicule of a polyactinal sponge
- polyethnic — inhabited by or consisting of people of many ethnic backgrounds.
- polygenism — the theory that the human race has descended from two or more ancestral types.
- polygenist — a person who advocates polygenism
- polygenous — polygenetic
- polyhedron — a solid figure having many faces.
- polylysine — a type of synthetic polypeptide used to enable adhesion of cells to microscope slides
- polynesian — of or relating to Polynesia, its inhabitants, or their languages.
- polyolefin — any of a group of thermoplastic, stiff, light, and hard polymers obtained from the polymerization of simple olefins like propylene, used for injection molding, mostly in the automotive and appliance industries.
- polyphenol — a polymeric phenol.
- polysemant — a word with multiple meanings
- polytunnel — a large tunnel made of polythene and used as a greenhouse
- polyvalent — Chemistry. having more than one valence.
- ponerology — a theory of evil
- ponytailed — having a ponytail
- propensely — with propensity
- pycnocline — a layer, zone, or gradient of changing density, esp. a thin layer of ocean water with a density that increases rapidly with depth
- pycnostyle — having an intercolumniation of 1½ diameters.
- pyrazoline — any of the group of heterocyclic compounds containing three carbon atoms, two adjacent nitrogen atoms, and one double bond in the ring.
- pyrazolone — any of the group of heterocyclic compounds containing the pyrazoline ring in which one carbon atom is doubly linked to an oxygen atom not in the ring.
- ravenously — extremely hungry; famished; voracious: feeling ravenous after a hard day's work.
- reasonably — agreeable to reason or sound judgment; logical: a reasonable choice for chairman.
- regionally — of or relating to a region of considerable extent; not merely local: a regional meeting of the Boy Scouts.
- renownedly — celebrated; famous.
- resonantly — resounding or echoing, as sounds: the resonant thundering of cannons being fired.