10-letter words containing l, y, o
- oogamously — by means of oogamy
- ophiolatry — the worship of snakes.
- opposingly — to act against or provide resistance to; combat.
- oppositely — situated, placed, or lying face to face with something else or each other, or in corresponding positions with relation to an intervening line, space, or thing: opposite ends of a room.
- optatively — In an optative way.
- optimality — The property of being optimal.
- optionally — left to one's choice; not required or mandatory: Formal dress is optional.
- oracularly — In an oracular manner.
- ordinarily — most of the time; generally; usually: Ordinarily he wakes at seven.
- ordinately — in an ordered manner
- organology — the branch of biology that deals with the structure and functions of the organs of living things.
- orientally — In an oriental manner.
- originally — with respect to origin; by origin: Originally he came from California.
- orismology — the science of defining the technical or special terms of a particular subject or field of study.
- orthodoxly — In a correct or proper way; conventionally; correctly. (from 17th c.).
- orthostyle — (of columns) erected in a straight row.
- oryctology — the study of fossils, minerals, and rocks
- oscitantly — in an oscitant manner
- osculatory — to come into close contact or union.
- osmolality — The concentration of a solution expressed as the total number of solute particles per kilogram.
- osmolarity — The concentration of a solution expressed as the total number of solute particles per liter.
- ostensibly — outwardly appearing as such; professed; pretended: an ostensible cheerfulness concealing sadness.
- osteolysis — The pathological destruction or disappearance of bone tissue.
- otto cycle — an idealization of the thermodynamic cycle of the internal combustion engine with air as the working substance: intake of air at atmospheric pressure, then adiabatic compression, then ignition with an increase of pressure and temperature at constant volume, then adiabatic expansion and performance of work, then a drop to atmospheric pressure at constant volume and a rejection of heat to the environment, then the exhaust of air at constant pressure.
- outdatedly — in an outdated manner
- outmodedly — In an outmoded manner.
- outplaying — Present participle of outplay.
- outqualify — (sports) To qualify in a higher position than another.
- outrightly — Outright.
- overboldly — in too bold a manner; incautiously
- overcostly — Too costly. (from 16th c.).
- overfondly — with excessive affection
- overfreely — in an excessively forward, free or liberal manner
- overlaying — to lay or place (one thing) over or upon another.
- overnicely — in an overnice manner
- overrashly — in an overrash manner
- oversimply — in an oversimple manner
- oversupply — an excessive supply.
- overtimely — untimely
- overwisely — in a pretentiously wise manner
- owl monkey — douroucouli.
- oxycalcium — pertaining to or produced by oxygen and calcium.
- oxycephaly — a malformation in which the head is somewhat pointed, caused by premature closure of the skull sutures.
- oxygenless — without oxygen
- oxysulfide — a sulfide in which part of the sulfur is replaced by oxygen.
- ozonolysis — the reaction of ozone with hydrocarbons.
- paddymelon — any of several small Australian wallabies, especially of the genus Thylogale.
- pair royal — Cribbage. a set of three cards of the same denomination, worth six points.
- palaeology — the study of prehistory
- palaeotype — a system of Roman letters and symbols that represent spoken sounds