12-letter words containing l, y
- key lime pie — a custardlike pie made with lime juice, condensed milk, eggs, and flavorings and served in a pastry shell.
- kitty litter — litter (sense 4)
- kolyma range — a mountain range in NE Russia, in NE Siberia, extending about 1100 km (700 miles) between the Kolyma River and the Sea of Okhotsk. Highest peak: 1862 m (6109 ft)
- kona cyclone — a slow-moving cyclone occuring during the winter over the subtropical Pacific Ocean.
- kosher-style — (of a cuisine, restaurant, etc.) featuring traditional Jewish dishes, but not adhering to the dietary laws: kosher-style cooking.
- kremlinology — the study of the government of the former Soviet Union, especially the study of those factors governing its foreign affairs.
- kylie effect — the increased awareness of breast cancer caused by the publicity surrounding its diagnosis in Kylie Minogue, born 1968, Australian singer and actress
- la verendrye — Pierre Gaultier de Varenne [French pyer goh-tyey duh va-ren] /French pyɛr goʊˈtyeɪ də vaˈrɛn/ (Show IPA), Sieur de, 1685–1749, Canadian explorer of North America.
- labour party — a political party in Great Britain, formed in 1900 from various socialist and labor groups and taking its present name in 1906.
- labouriously — Alternative form of laboriously.
- labyrinthian — of, relating to, or resembling a labyrinth.
- labyrinthine — of, relating to, or resembling a labyrinth.
- lachrymation — the secretion of tears, especially in abnormal abundance.
- lachrymatory — of, relating to, or causing the shedding of tears.
- lachrymiform — Shaped like a teardrop.
- lachrymosity — suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
- lady teacher — a teacher who is a woman
- lady's-smock — a N temperate plant, Cardamine pratensis, with white or rose-pink flowers: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- lady's-thumb — a smartweed, Polygonum persicaria, of the buckwheat family, having pink or purplish flowers and lance-shaped leaves with a spot resembling a thumbprint.
- lady-slipper — cypripedium
- ladylikeness — Ladylike behaviour.
- lahore party — a modern sect, divided into an older group (Qadianis) and a newer group (Lahore party)
- lallygagging — Present participle of lallygag.
- lamp chimney — a glass tube that surrounds the wick in an oil lamp
- lampadedromy — (in ancient Greece) a relay race in which the runners or riders carried a lighted torch
- lampadomancy — a method of divination by studying the carbon deposits left by a burning lamp or candle
- lamprophyres — Plural form of lamprophyre.
- lamprophyric — belonging or relating to a lamprophyre
- lanceolately — in a lanceolate way or form
- landlubberly — Like a landlubber.
- languorously — characterized by languor; languid.
- larch sawfly — a red and black sawfly, Pristiphora erichsonii, the larvae of which infest and feed on the leaves of larch.
- laryngealize — to pronounce with accompanying constriction of the larynx.
- laryngectomy — excision of part or all of the larynx.
- laryngophone — A type of contact microphone that absorbs vibrations directly from the wearer's throat.
- laryngophony — the sound of the voice as heard through a stethoscope placed on the throat directly over the larynx
- laryngoscope — a rigid or flexible endoscope passed through the mouth and equipped with a source of light and magnification, for examining and performing local diagnostic and surgical procedures on the larynx.
- laryngoscopy — an examination by means of a laryngoscope.
- laryngospasm — An uncontrolled, spasmodic closure of the larynx.
- lasciviously — inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd: a lascivious, girl-chasing old man.
- latchkey kid — variant form of latchkey child
- launch party — a party that celebrates the launch of a new magazine, product, etc
- laundry list — a lengthy, especially random list of items: a laundry list of hoped-for presents; a laundry list of someone's crimes.
- laundry mark — a symbol on a label on an article of clothing, bed-linen, etc, which specifies how the item should be washed and cared for, for example, at which temperature it should be washed at, whether it should be ironed, dry-cleaned, etc
- laundry room — utility room
- laundrywoman — laundress.
- laundrywomen — Plural form of laundrywoman.
- lauraldehyde — lauric aldehyde.
- lawyer's wig — the shaggy ink-cap
- lawyerliness — Quality of being lawyerly.