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11-letter words containing l, y, a, u

  • douay bible — an English translation of the Bible, prepared by Roman Catholic scholars from the Vulgate. The New Testament was published at Rheims in 1582 and the Old Testament was published at Douai in 1609–10.
  • double play — a play in which two putouts are made.
  • dyscalculia — Severe difficulty in making arithmetical calculations, as a result of brain disorder.
  • dysregulate — (biology) To cause a dysfunctional level of an activity or chemical in an organism by disrupting normal function of a regulatory mechanism.
  • early music — music of the medieval, Renaissance, and early Baroque periods, especially revived and played on period instruments; European music after ancient music and before the classical music era, from the beginning of the Middle Ages to about 1750.
  • educability — capable of being educated.
  • effectually — producing or capable of producing an intended effect; adequate.
  • ejaculatory — Of or pertaining to ejaculation.
  • elucidatory — Serving to elucidate.
  • emulatively — So as to emulate.
  • equivalency — (countable) An equivalent thing.
  • equivocally — With ambiguity.
  • eugenically — In a eugenic manner.
  • eurythermal — (of organisms) able to tolerate a wide range of temperatures in the environment
  • eventuality — A possible event or outcome.
  • exculpatory — Excusing or clearing of any wrongdoing.
  • exhaustedly — In an exhausted manner.
  • exuberantly — In an exuberant manner.
  • facetiously — not meant to be taken seriously or literally: a facetious remark.
  • family hour — any broadcast period from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. when programs of general interest to the family are broadcast.
  • family unit — a social group traditionally consisting of parents and children
  • fatiguingly — In a fatiguing manner.
  • faultlessly — In a faultless manner.
  • fiduciarily — Law. a person to whom property or power is entrusted for the benefit of another.
  • flatulently — In a flatulent manner or fashion.
  • flauntingly — In a flaunting manner.
  • fortunately — having good fortune; receiving good from uncertain or unexpected sources; lucky: a fortunate young actor who got the lead in the play.
  • fractiously — In a fractious manner.
  • fraudulency — characterized by, involving, or proceeding from fraud, as actions, enterprise, methods, or gains: a fraudulent scheme to evade taxes.
  • fulminatory — Thundering; striking terror.
  • furaldehyde — either of two aldehydes derived from furan, esp 2-furaldehyde
  • gallimaufry — a hodgepodge; jumble; confused medley.
  • garrulously — In a garrulous manner.
  • glamorously — In a glamorous manner.
  • glamour boy — a man whose appearance or lifestyle is considered glamorous by popular standards.
  • glastonbury — a borough of SW England, in whose vicinity the ruins of an important Iron Age lake village have been found and to which in folklore both King Arthur and Joseph of Arimathaea have been linked, the latter as the founder of the abbey there.
  • granularity — of the nature of granules; grainy.
  • granulocyte — a circulating white blood cell having prominent granules in the cytoplasm and a nucleus of two or more lobes.
  • gratulatory — (archaic) congratulatory.
  • gray mullet — mullet1 (def 1).
  • gullywasher — a usually short, heavy rainstorm.
  • gustatorily — in a gustatory manner
  • hazardously — In a hazardous manner.
  • healthfully — conducive to health; wholesome or salutary: a healthful diet.
  • hilariously — arousing great merriment; extremely funny: a hilarious story; a hilarious old movie.
  • hurry along — rush, go quickly
  • hylophagous — xylophagous (def 1).
  • hypercasual — Extremely casual.
  • hypersexual — unusually or excessively active in or concerned with sexual matters.
  • hypothallus — a layer of hyphae rimming the thallus of certain lichens.
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