10-letter words containing l, y, o
- played out — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- playfellow — a playmate.
- playground — an area used for outdoor play or recreation, especially by children, and often containing recreational equipment such as slides and swings.
- playschool — preschool, nursery school
- pleiotropy — the phenomenon of one gene being responsible for or affecting more than one phenotypic characteristic.
- plerophory — the presence of total assurance regarding a religious doctrine
- pleurotomy — surgical incision into the pleura, esp to drain fluid, as in pleurisy
- ploddingly — to walk heavily or move laboriously; trudge: to plod under the weight of a burden.
- plottingly — in a plotting manner
- plutocracy — the rule or power of wealth or of the wealthy.
- plutolatry — the worship of wealth or material possessions
- pluviosity — of or relating to rain; rainy.
- poetically — possessing the qualities or charm of poetry: poetic descriptions of nature.
- poignantly — keenly distressing to the feelings: poignant regret.
- pokerishly — in a pokerish manner
- polar body — one of the minute cells arising from the unequal meiotic divisions of the ovum at or near the time of fertilization.
- polemology — the analysis of human conflict and war, particularly international war.
- pollutedly — in a polluted manner
- polyactine — the spicule of a polyactinal sponge
- polyandric — polyandrous.
- polyanthus — a hybrid primrose, Primula polyantha.
- polyarchic — a form of government in which power is vested in three or more persons.
- polyatomic — pertaining to a molecule containing more than two atoms.
- polyaxonic — relating to a polyaxon
- polybasite — a blackish mineral, Ag 9 SbS 6 : a minor ore of silver.
- polycarpic — producing fruit many times, as a perennial plant.
- polychaete — any annelid of the class Polychaeta, having unsegmented swimming appendages with many setae or bristles.
- polychrest — a thing which has adapted to multiple uses
- polychroic — having many colours
- polychrome — being of many or various colors.
- polychromy — the art of employing many colors in decoration, as in painting or architecture.
- polyclinic — a clinic or a hospital dealing with various diseases.
- polyclitus — flourished c450–c420 b.c, Greek sculptor.
- polyclonal — Biology. pertaining to cells or cell products derived from several lines of clones.
- polycotton — cotton and poliester blend fabric
- polycrates — died 522? b.c, Greek tyrant of Samos.
- polycrotic — having multiple beats or peaks
- polycyclic — pertaining to an organic compound containing several atomic rings, usually fused.
- polycystic — containing many cysts
- polydactyl — having many or several digits.
- polydeuces — Greek name of Pollux.
- polydipsia — excessive thirst.
- polydomous — living in more than one nest, as certain ant colonies.
- polydontia — the condition of having more than the normal number of teeth.
- polyethnic — inhabited by or consisting of people of many ethnic backgrounds.
- polygamist — a person who practices or favors polygamy.
- polygamize — to practise polygamy
- polygamous — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or practicing polygamy; polygamic.
- polygenism — the theory that the human race has descended from two or more ancestral types.
- polygenist — a person who advocates polygenism