10-letter words containing l, y, s, i
- infamously — having an extremely bad reputation: an infamous city.
- infeasibly — In a manner that\u2019s not feasible.
- insalutary — Not salutary or wholesome; bad for health.
- insatiably — not satiable; incapable of being satisfied or appeased: insatiable hunger for knowledge.
- insecurely — subject to fears, doubts, etc.; not self-confident or assured: an insecure person.
- insensibly — incapable of feeling or perceiving; deprived of sensation; unconscious, as a person after a violent blow.
- insociably — in an insociable manner
- insolently — boldly rude or disrespectful; contemptuously impertinent; insulting: an insolent reply.
- insolidity — weakness or lack of solidity
- insolvency — the condition of being insolvent; bankruptcy.
- insularity — of or relating to an island or islands: insular possessions.
- interplays — Plural form of interplay.
- invasively — In an invasive manner.
- isocephaly — (of a composition) having the heads of all figures on approximately the same level.
- isolatedly — separated from other persons or things; alone; solitary.
- isopycnals — Plural form of isopycnal.
- karyolysis — the dissolution of a cell nucleus.
- keyserling — Hermann Alexander [her-mahn ah-le-ksahn-duh r] /ˈhɛr mɑn ˌɑ lɛˈksɑn dər/ (Show IPA), Count, 1880–1946, German philosopher and writer.
- klendusity — (in plants) the ability to resist disease
- labyrinths — Plural form of labyrinth.
- lackadaisy — alas
- laryngitis — inflammation of the larynx, often with accompanying sore throat, hoarseness or loss of voice, and dry cough.
- lay sister — a woman who has taken religious vows and habit but is employed in her order chiefly in manual labor.
- leiomyomas — Plural form of leiomyoma.
- leisurably — in a leisurable manner
- life story — an account of all the events that happened to someone during their life
- lifelessly — not endowed with life; having no life; inanimate: lifeless matter.
- lifestyler — One who lives an alternative lifestyle all the time, not just occasionally.
- lifestyles — Plural form of lifestyle.
- like sixty — a cardinal number, ten times six.
- linguistry — the study of language
- lippershey — Hans. died ?1619, Dutch lens grinder, who built the first telescope
- listlessly — having or showing little or no interest in anything; languid; spiritless; indifferent: a listless mood; a listless handshake.
- literosity — the condition of being affectedly literary
- lithophysa — a cavity or hollow found in volcanic rocks, caused by expanding gas
- lopsidedly — In a lopsided manner.
- lousy with — infested with lice.
- luminosity — luminance (def 2).
- luminously — radiating or reflecting light; shining; bright.
- lundy isle — an island at the mouth of the Bristol Channel, off Devon, SW England: historic refuge for pirates and smugglers. 1.5 sq. mi. (4 sq. km).
- lusciously — highly pleasing to the taste or smell: luscious peaches.
- luteolysis — The structural and functional degradation of the corpus luteum, occurring at the end of the luteal phase of both the estrous and menstrual cycles in the absence of pregnancy.
- lyme regis — a resort in S England, in Dorset, on the English Channel: noted for finds of prehistoric fossils. Pop: 4406 (2001)
- lymphatics — Plural form of lymphatic.
- lyophilise — Alternative spelling of lyophilize.
- lysenkoism — a genetic doctrine formulated by Lysenko and asserting that acquired characteristics are inheritable.
- lysigenous — caused by the breaking down of cells
- lysimachus — 361?–281 b.c, Macedonian general: king of Thrace 306–281.
- lysimetric — of or relating to the measurement of solubility
- lysistrata — a comedy (411 b.c.) by Aristophanes.