10-letter words containing l, y
- hieroglyph — Also, hieroglyphical. designating or pertaining to a pictographic script, particularly that of the ancient Egyptians, in which many of the symbols are conventionalized, recognizable pictures of the things represented.
- hierolatry — worship or veneration of saints or sacred things.
- high flyer — a person who is extravagant or goes to extremes in aims, pretensions, opinions, etc.
- high style — the most up-to-date, elegant, or exclusive fashion, especially in clothing.
- high-flyer — a person who is extravagant or goes to extremes in aims, pretensions, opinions, etc.
- high-style — of or relating to style, fashion, or design that is the most up-to-date and, often, most costly
- highflying — moving upward to or along at a considerable height: highflying planes.
- hill mynah — a starling, Gracula religiosa, of S and SE Asia: a popular cage bird because of its ability to talk
- hippolytus — Also, Hippolytos [hi-pol-i-tuh s, -tos] /hɪˈpɒl ɪ təs, -ˌtɒs/ (Show IPA). Classical Mythology. the son of Theseus who was falsely accused by his stepmother, Phaedra, of raping her after he had rejected her advances and who was killed by Poseidon in response to the plea of Theseus.
- hirability — able to be hired; fit for hiring.
- histolysis — disintegration or dissolution of organic tissues.
- hla system — human leucocyte antigen system; a group of the most important antigens responsible for tissue compatibility, together with the genes that encode them. For tissue and organ transplantation to be successful there needs to be a minimum number of HLA differences between the donor's and recipient's tissue
- hobblingly — in a hobbling manner
- holidaying — a day fixed by law or custom on which ordinary business is suspended in commemoration of some event or in honor of some person.
- hollyhocks — Plural form of hollyhock.
- hollywired — Siliwood
- holoenzyme — an enzyme complete in both its apoenzyme and coenzyme components.
- holography — the process or technique of making holograms.
- holophytic — (of a plant) obtaining energy by synthesizing inorganic substances; autotrophic.
- holy bible — Bible (def 1).
- holy bread — bread used in a Eucharistic service, both before and after consecration.
- holy cross — Mount of the, a peak in central Colorado, in the Sawatch Range: snow-filled, cross-shaped crevasses. 14,005 feet (4269 meters).
- holy ghost — the third person of the Trinity.
- holy grail — grail (def 1).
- holy grass — any of several fragrant grasses of the genus Hierochloë, especially H. odorata, the vanilla grass.
- holy moses — expressing surprise or shock
- holy place — somewhere sacred
- holy synod — the governing council of an autocephalous church, composed of bishops and presided over by the patriarch or another prelate.
- holy water — water blessed by a priest.
- holystoned — Simple past tense and past participle of holystone.
- holystones — Plural form of holystone.
- homoblasty — the state of being homoblastic
- homocyclic — of or noting a cyclic compound having atoms of only one element, usually carbon, in the ring (contrasted with heterocyclic).
- homostyled — (of a plant) having styles of the same form or length in all flowers.
- honorarily — given for honor only, without the usual requirements, duties, privileges, emoluments, etc.: The university presented the new governor with an honorary degree.
- honourably — (British) In a honourable manner.
- hopelessly — In a way that shows or causes despair.
- hormonally — In a hormonal way.
- hospitably — receiving or treating guests or strangers warmly and generously: a hospitable family.
- humblingly — not proud or arrogant; modest: to be humble although successful.
- humorously — characterized by humor; funny; comical: a humorous anecdote.
- humouredly — (only in combination with good, bad or ill) In the manner of a specified kind of humour. See good-humouredly, bad-humouredly, ill-humouredly.
- hump bluey — to carry one's bundle; tramp
- hurlyburly — (archaic) A noisy and disorderly tumult and confusion, especially as of battle.
- hurtlessly — harmlessly
- hyalinised — to become hyaline.
- hyalinized — to become hyaline.
- hyalograph — an instrument used in hyalography.
- hyalophane — a variety of orthoclase in which some of the potassium is replaced by barium.
- hyaloplasm — ground substance.