14-letter words containing l, y
- alphabetically — (manner) In an alphabetical manner.
- altruistically — unselfishly concerned for or devoted to the welfare of others (opposed to egoistic).
- aluminohydride — (inorganic compound) The univalent anion, AlH4-, present in such compounds as lithium aluminium hydride.
- ambidextrously — In an ambidextrous manner.
- american holly — See under holly (def 1).
- aminoglycoside — of or relating to amino sugars in glycosidic linkage.
- amphiprostylar — Amphiprostyle.
- amphiprostyles — Plural form of amphiprostyle.
- amygdalic acid — any of three stereoisomeric acids having the formula C 8 H 8 O 3 , especially dl-mandelic acid, a white, crystalline, slightly water-soluble solid obtainable from amygdalin: used chiefly in medicine as an antiseptic.
- amylobarbitone — Obsolete spelling of amobarbital.
- an early night — If you have an early night, you go to bed early. If you have a late night, you go to bed late.
- anachronically — something or someone that is not in its correct historical or chronological time, especially a thing or person that belongs to an earlier time: The sword is an anachronism in modern warfare.
- anaglyphoscope — a pair of spectacles for viewing an anaglyph.
- analysis situs — topology (defs 1, 2).
- analytical crm — (business) Software which helps a business build customer relationships and analyse ways to improve them.
- analyzed rhyme — the use of assonance and consonance in a complex pattern at the ends of alternate lines of a quatrain, as in head, mat, met, had.
- anchoritically — in the manner of or resembling an anchorite
- anesthesiology — the science of anesthesia and anesthetics
- anesthetically — In an anesthetic manner.
- angiomyolipoma — (medicine) A common benign tumour of the kidney.
- anisodactylous — Zoology. having the toes unlike, or unequal in number.
- anisyl acetate — a colorless liquid, the para form of C 10 H 12 O 3 , having a lilaclike odor, used chiefly as a scent in the manufacture of perfume.
- antediluvially — in antediluvian times, in times before the Flood
- anthologically — In the manner of an anthology.
- anthony dollar — a cupronickel coin of the U.S., equal to one dollar, bearing a portrait of Susan B. Anthony on its obverse: first issued in 1979.
- anti-fertility — of or relating to a substance that inhibits the ability to produce offspring; contraceptive.
- anti-sociality — unwilling or unable to associate in a normal or friendly way with other people: He's not antisocial, just shy.
- anti-sterility — free from living germs or microorganisms; aseptic: sterile surgical instruments.
- antibiotically — in an antibiotic manner
- anticipatingly — In an anticipating manner; looking forward; expectantly.
- anticipatively — In an anticipative manner; expectantly.
- anticipatorily — of, showing, or expressing anticipation.
- anticyclolysis — the weakening or extinction of an anticyclone.
- antidromically — in an antidromic manner
- antilymphocyte — (immunology, of an antibody) That acts against lymphocytes.
- antiphonically — in an antiphonal or antiphonic manner
- antiregulatory — opposed to regulation
- antiseptically — with the aid of antiseptics.
- antisyphilitic — acting against syphilis
- antitechnology — opposed to technology or the use of technological devices
- antithetically — in an antithetical way
- aphoristically — in an aphoristic manner
- apocalypticism — the belief in apocalyptic prophecy
- apocryphalness — the quality of being apocryphal
- apologetically — containing an apology or excuse for a fault, failure, insult, injury, etc.: An apologetic letter to his creditors explained the delay.
- apoplectically — of or relating to apoplexy or stroke.
- aposematically — in an aposematic manner
- apotropaically — in an apotropaic manner
- appleton layer — the F region of the ionosphere
- appreciatively — feeling or showing appreciation: an appreciative audience at the concert.