10-letter words containing l, y, c
- archeology — archaeology
- archetypal — Someone or something that is archetypal has all the most important characteristics of a particular kind of person or thing and is a perfect example of it.
- arctically — in an arctic manner
- arctophily — the practice of collecting teddy bears
- articulacy — uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
- articulary — (anatomy) A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes.
- astacology — the investigation and analysis of crayfish
- atomically — of, pertaining to, resulting from, or using atoms, atomic energy, or atomic bombs: an atomic explosion.
- atypically — not typical; not conforming to the type; irregular; abnormal: atypical behavior; a flower atypical of the species.
- autecology — the ecological study of an individual organism or species
- axenically — in a manner not associated with any other living organism
- aztec lily — a bulbous plant, Sprekelia formosissima, of the amaryllis family, native to Mexico, bearing a large, bright-red flower.
- back alley — dirty, unprepossessing, sordid, or clandestine: back-alley morals; back-alley political schemes.
- back-alley — Back-alley activities are carried out unofficially, secretly, and often illegally.
- backwardly — In a backward direction.
- barleycorn — a grain of barley, or barley itself
- bat chayil — (in some congregations) a ceremony of confirmation for a girl of at least Bat Mitzvah age
- battle cry — A battle cry is a phrase that is used to encourage people to support a particular cause or campaign.
- becomingly — that suits or gives a pleasing effect or attractive appearance, as to a person or thing: a becoming dress; a becoming hairdo.
- belly pack — fanny pack.
- bellyaches — Informal. a pain in the abdomen or bowels.
- biblically — of or in the Bible: a Biblical name.
- bifacially — from a bifacial point of view
- billy club — billy (def 1).
- billy-club — billy (def 1).
- bioecology — the science that deals with the interrelations of communities of animals and plants with their environment
- bionically — utilizing electronic devices and mechanical parts to assist humans in performing difficult, dangerous, or intricate tasks, as by supplementing or duplicating parts of the body: The scientist used a bionic arm to examine the radioactive material.
- biotically — from a biotic point of view
- black body — a hypothetical body that would be capable of absorbing all the electromagnetic radiation falling on it
- blackberry — A blackberry is a small, soft black or dark purple fruit.
- blastocyst — the blastula of mammals: a sphere of cells (trophoblast) enclosing an inner mass of cells and a fluid-filled cavity (blastocoel)
- blind copy — a copy of a letter or the like, the original of which bears no evidence that the copy was sent to some other person.
- bobby calf — an unweaned calf culled for slaughter
- body clock — Your body clock is the internal biological mechanism which causes your body to automatically behave in particular ways at particular times of the day.
- booty call — a meeting arranged for the purpose of having sex
- bouncingly — in a bouncing manner
- brachylogy — a concise style in speech or writing
- bradytelic — of or relating to evolution at a rate slower than the standard for a given group of plants or animals.
- bricklayer — A bricklayer is a person whose job is to build walls using bricks.
- brilliancy — an instance of brilliance: the brilliancies of Congreve's wit.
- cable buoy — a buoy marking or supporting part of a submerged cable.
- cacodylate — a salt of cacodylic acid.
- caddicefly — caddisfly.
- caddis fly — any of an order (Trichoptera) of small, mothlike insects with a soft body, long antennae and legs, and two pairs of hairy, membranous wings
- caerphilly — a market town in SE Wales, in Caerphilly county borough: site of the largest castle in Wales (13th–14th centuries). Pop: 31 060 (2001)
- cajolingly — In a cajoling manner.
- caligraphy — Alternative form of calligraphy.
- call money — money loaned by banks and recallable on demand
- calla lily — any southern African plant of the aroid genus Zantedeschia, esp Z. aethiopica, which has a white funnel-shaped spathe enclosing a yellow spadix
- calla-lily — Also called calla lily, arum lily. any of several plants belonging to the genus Zantedeschia, of the arum family, especially Z. aethiopica, having arrow-shaped leaves and a large white spathe enclosing a yellow spike.