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11-letter words containing l, y, e

  • counterplay — a positive or aggressive action by the defending side, esp in chess
  • counterploy — an opposing or retaliatory ploy
  • countlessly — in a countless manner
  • courteously — having or showing good manners; polite.
  • cow parsley — a common Eurasian umbelliferous hedgerow plant, Anthriscus sylvestris, having umbrella-shaped clusters of white flowers
  • credibility — If someone or something has credibility, people believe in them and trust them.
  • credulously — In a credulous manner; believably.
  • crystal set — an early form of radio receiver having a crystal detector to demodulate the radio signals but no amplifier, therefore requiring earphones
  • crystal tea — a bog shrub, Ledum palustre, of the heath family, found from the North Temperate Zone to the Arctic Circle, having leaves that are rust-colored and hairy beneath with rolled margins, and dense clusters of white flowers.
  • crystalised — Simple past tense and past participle of crystalise.
  • crystalized — Simple past tense and past participle of crystalize.
  • crystalizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of crystalize.
  • crystallike — a clear, transparent mineral or glass resembling ice.
  • crystalline — A crystalline substance is in the form of crystals or contains crystals.
  • crystallise — to form into crystals; cause to assume crystalline form.
  • crystallite — any of the minute rudimentary or imperfect crystals occurring in many glassy rocks
  • crystallize — If you crystallize an opinion or idea, or if it crystallizes, it becomes fixed and definite in someone's mind.
  • culver city — a city in SW California, W of Los Angeles.
  • cutaneously — In a cutaneous way.
  • cyberselves — Plural form of cyberself.
  • cyberskills — Skills in using computer technology.
  • cyclazocine — an opiate antagonist used to inhibit the effects of morphine or heroin
  • cycle track — a special path created for cyclists to use
  • cyclebabble — (jargon)   Advertising raw clock speed, instead of bus speed. A Tandy Color Computer ran at exactly the same speed, but clock speed was specified as bus speed, 0.895 MHz, leaving the impression that it was 4 times slower. Actually it ran a little faster with a more efficient instruction set. If the actual clock rate had been specified on a CoCo 3, it would have been 14.32 MHz, although the bus speed was still 0.895 MHz. That high speed also generated video, color, and hidden refresh timing. 100 MHz computers are running at bus speeds of around 25 MHz.
  • cycloalkane — any saturated hydrocarbon similar to an alkane but having a cyclic molecular structure and the general formula CnH2n
  • cycloalkene — (organic chemistry) Any unsaturated alicyclic hydrocarbon.
  • cyclobutane — (uncountable, organic compound) A simple alicyclic hydrocarbon, C4H8; a light inflammable gas.
  • cyclohexane — a colourless insoluble flammable liquid cycloalkane with a pungent odour, made by hydrogenation of benzene and used as a paint remover and solvent. Formula: C6H12
  • cyclohexene — (organic compound) A cyclic hydrocarbon containing six carbon atoms and one double bond; any of its derivatives.
  • cyclometers — Plural form of cyclometer.
  • cycloolefin — any of the homologous series of unsaturated, alicyclic hydrocarbons, as cyclooctatetraene and cyclopentadiene, containing one double bond in the ring and having the general formula C 11 H 2n−2 .
  • cyclopaedia — (archaic) The circle or compass of the arts and sciences (originally, of the seven so-called liberal arts and sciences); circle of human knowledge.
  • cyclopentyl — (organic chemistry) The univalent radical derived from cyclopentane by the formal removal of a hydrogen atom.
  • cycloplegia — paralysis of the muscles that adjust the shape of the lens of the eye, resulting in loss of ability to focus
  • cycloplegic — paralysis of the intraocular muscles.
  • cycloserine — an antibiotic effective in the treatment of tuberculosis
  • cyclostomes — Plural form of cyclostome.
  • cyclostyled — Simple past tense and past participle of cyclostyle.
  • cyclostyles — Plural form of cyclostyle.
  • cynicalness — The state or quality of being cynical.
  • cytomegalic — of or relating to a disease characterized by enlarged cells
  • daemonology — the study of demons or of beliefs about demons.
  • daily dozen — gymnastic setting-up exercises (originally twelve) done daily
  • daisy wheel — a component of a computer printer in the shape of a wheel with many spokes that prints characters using a disk with characters around the circumference as the print element
  • dangerously — full of danger or risk; causing danger; perilous; risky; hazardous; unsafe.
  • dangleberry — a blue huckleberry (Gaylussacia frondosa), native to E North America
  • dapple-gray — gray spotted with darker gray
  • dapple-grey — a horse with a grey coat having spots of darker colour
  • dauntlessly — In a dauntless manner.
  • day laborer — an unskilled worker paid by the day
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