10-letter words containing l, y
- jelly roll — a thin, rectangular layer of sponge cake, spread with fruit jelly and rolled up.
- jelly-roll — a thin, rectangular layer of sponge cake, spread with fruit jelly and rolled up.
- jellybeans — Plural form of jellybean.
- jellygraph — a device that uses a plate of jelly to make copies of a sheet of writing, etc
- jellyrolls — Plural form of jellyroll.
- jerrybuild — To assemble a project in a hasty, low-quality manner, especially when cheap, low-quality and/or inappropriate materials are used.
- jerrybuilt — Of or pertaining to a shoddily built structure.
- jocularity — the state or quality of being jocular.
- joey glass — a small tumbler of the 17th century; dram glass.
- john lynch — John ("Jack") 1917–1999, Irish political leader: prime minister 1966–73, 1977–79.
- john tyler — John, 1790–1862, 10th president of the U.S. 1841–45.
- johnny law — Andrew Bonar [bon-er] /ˈbɒn ər/ (Show IPA), 1858–1923, English statesman, born in Canada: prime minister 1922–23.
- jollifying — Present participle of jollify.
- jolly boat — a light boat carried at the stern of a sailing vessel.
- jolly well — Jolly well is sometimes used to emphasize an opinion or intention, and to express annoyance or anger.
- jollyboats — Plural form of jollyboat.
- joyfulness — full of joy, as a person or one's heart; glad; delighted.
- jubilantly — With jubilation or triumph.
- jubilatory — to show or feel great joy; rejoice; exult.
- judicially — pertaining to judgment in courts of justice or to the administration of justice: judicial proceedings; the judicial system.
- jugglingly — in a juggling or manipulative manner
- julian day — a serial number equal to the number of days elapsed since January 1, 4713 b.c., proposed by Joseph Scaliger in 1582 and used in astronomical calculations: January 1, 1965, at noon, Greenwich Civil Time, was Julian Day 2,438,762.0. Abbreviation: J.D.
- jumblingly — in a jumbling or tumultuous manner
- jungle gym — children's climbing frame
- jury wheel — a device, containing slips with the names of prospective jurors, that when spun mixes the names for random selection.
- juvenility — juvenile state, character, or manner.
- kabalevsky — Dmitri [duh-mee-tree;; Russian dmyee-tryee] /dəˈmi tri;; Russian ˈdmyi tryi/ (Show IPA), 1904–1987, Russian composer.
- karmically — In a karmic context.
- karyologic — of or relating to karyology
- karyolymph — The liquid part of the nucleus of a cell.
- karyolysis — the dissolution of a cell nucleus.
- karyoplasm — nucleoplasm.
- kefalotyri — A Greek cheese similar to parmesan.
- keltically — Celt.
- kelyphitic — as in kelyphitic rim, a mineral shell enclosing another mineral in an igneous rock
- kerry hill — a breed of sturdy sheep having black-and-white markings on the head and legs and a dense fleece, originating from Powys, on the English-Welsh borders
- key player — The key players in a particular organization, event, or situation are the most important people or things involved in it.
- keylogging — the practice of using a software program or hardware device (keylogger) to record all keystrokes on a computer keyboard, either overtly as a surveillance tool or covertly as spyware: Many employers are making use of keylogging to monitor their employees' computer habits.
- keyserling — Hermann Alexander [her-mahn ah-le-ksahn-duh r] /ˈhɛr mɑn ˌɑ lɛˈksɑn dər/ (Show IPA), Count, 1880–1946, German philosopher and writer.
- kir royale — an apéritif of white wine or sometimes champagne (Kir Royale) flavored with cassis.
- kiteflying — an act or instance of flying a kite.
- klendusity — (in plants) the ability to resist disease
- kovalevsky — Sonia [sohn-yuh] /ˈsoʊn yə/ (Show IPA), (Sofia Vasilievna Kovalevskaya) 1850–91, Russian mathematician.
- kymatology — The study of wave motion.
- la bruyere — Jean de [zhahn duh] /ʒɑ̃ də/ (Show IPA), 1645–96, French moralist and author.
- la fayette — Marie Madeleine Pioche de la Vergne [ma-ree maduh-len pyawsh duh la ver-nyuh] /maˈri madəˈlɛn pyɔʃ də la ˈvɛr nyə/ (Show IPA), Comtesse de, 1634–93, French novelist.
- laboratory — a building, part of a building, or other place equipped to conduct scientific experiments, tests, investigations, etc., or to manufacture chemicals, medicines, or the like.
- labour day — a holiday in honor of labor, celebrated on May 1 in Britain and some parts of the Commonwealth, but on the first Monday in September in Canada, on the fourth Monday in October in New Zealand, and with varying dates in the different states of Australia.
- labyrinths — Plural form of labyrinth.
- lachrymals — Plural form of lachrymal.