13-letter words containing l, o, s, y
- blow sky-high — to destroy completely
- body and soul — You use body and soul to mean every part of you, including your mind and your emotions.
- body brussels — a carpet made with three-ply or four-ply worsted yarn drawn up in uncut loops to form a pattern over the entire surface (body Brussels) or made of worsted or woolen yarns on which a pattern is printed (tapestry Brussels)
- bombastically — (of speech, writing, etc.) high-sounding; high-flown; inflated; pretentious.
- bouncy castle — A bouncy castle is a large object filled with air, often in the shape of a castle, which children play on at a fairground or other outdoor event.
- box jellyfish — any of various highly venomous jellyfishes of the order Cubomedusae, esp Chironex fleckeri, of Australian tropical waters, having a cuboidal body with tentacles hanging from each of the lower corners
- broadly based — Something that is broadly based involves many different kinds of things or people.
- burglariously — in the manner of a burglar or buglary
- by (all) odds — by far; unquestionably
- by yourselves — if you are by yourselves, or all by yourselves, you are alone
- cacophonously — In a cacophonous manner.
- calvary cross — a Latin cross with a representation of three steps beneath it
- carnivorously — In a carnivorous manner.
- cassel yellow — a lemon-yellow color.
- castro valley — a town in W California, near San Francisco Bay.
- 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.
- charley horse — People sometimes refer to a cramp in the muscles of their leg or arm as a charley horse.
- chicago style — a style of jazz flourishing in Chicago especially in the early 1920s, constituting a direct offshoot of New Orleans style, and differing from its predecessor chiefly in the diminished influence of native folk sources, the greater tension of its group improvisation, the increased emphasis on solos, and the regular use of the tenor saxophone as part of the ensemble.
- child custody — custody (def 4).
- child-custody — custody (def 4).
- chlamydomonas — a green, fresh water alga of the class Chlorophyceae that is flagellate and made up of a single cell
- chlamydospore — a thick-walled asexual spore of many fungi: capable of surviving adverse conditions
- cholecystitis — inflammation of the gall bladder, due to bacterial infection or the presence of gallstones
- chromatolysis — the dissolution of stained material, such as chromatin in injured cells
- chromosomally — With reference to chromosomes.
- chrysophilite — a person who loves gold
- chylophyllous — having fleshy leaves, as certain desert plants.
- civil society — the elements such as freedom of speech, an independent judiciary, etc, that make up a democratic society
- class society — a society in which class distinctions are influential
- close company — a company under the control of its directors or fewer than five independent participants
- 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
- closed system — a region that is isolated from its surroundings by a boundary that admits no transfer of matter or energy across it.
- cloud physics — the science of the physical properties and processes of clouds.
- coal industry — a branch of commercial enterprise concerned with the discovery and mining of coal
- cocarboxylase — thiamine pyrophosphate
- coextensively — To the same extent.
- collisionally — in the manner of a collision or collisions
- colostomy bag — a bag that is attached to the surgical opening from the colon onto the surface of the body and into which faecal matter passes
- commensurably — In a commensurable manner; so as to be commensurable.
- compendiously — of or like a compendium; containing the substance of a subject, often an exclusive subject, in a brief form; concise: a compendious history of the world.
- complaisantly — (archaic) In a complaisant manner; obligingly.
- conchylaceous — Of or relating to shells; resembling a shell.
- conclusionary — conclusory
- condylomatous — Relating to condyloma.
- consecutively — following one another in uninterrupted succession or order; successive: six consecutive numbers, such as 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10.
- considerately — showing kindly awareness or regard for another's feelings, circumstances, etc.: a very considerate critic.
- consideringly — in a considering manner
- consimilarity — the condition of being mutually alike