10-letter words containing l, y
- arrogantly — making claims or pretensions to superior importance or rights; overbearingly assuming; insolently proud: an arrogant public official.
- articulacy — uttered clearly in distinct syllables.
- articulary — (anatomy) A bone in the base of the lower jaw of many birds, reptiles, amphibians, and fishes.
- aryballoid — relating to an aryballos
- aryl group — any organic group derived from an aromatic hydrocarbon by the removal of a hydrogen atom, as phenyl, C 6 H 5 −, from benzene, C 6 H 6 .
- arylamines — any of a group of amines in which one or more of the hydrogen atoms of ammonia are replaced by aromatic groups.
- asexuality — Biology. having no sex or sexual organs. independent of sexual processes, especially not involving the union of male and female germ cells.
- aspiringly — in an aspiring manner
- assertedly — in a maintained but uncorroborated manner
- assumingly — in a presuming manner
- assuringly — In an assuring manner.
- astacology — the investigation and analysis of crayfish
- astrolatry — a reverence for, devotion to, or deification of celestial objects
- asystolism — the indications or symptoms which are representative of asystole
- at liberty — free, unoccupied, or unrestricted
- atomically — of, pertaining to, resulting from, or using atoms, atomic energy, or atomic bombs: an atomic explosion.
- attainably — In a way that can be attained.
- atypically — not typical; not conforming to the type; irregular; abnormal: atypical behavior; a flower atypical of the species.
- audibility — capable of being heard; loud enough to be heard; actually heard.
- auditorily — in an auditory manner, by hearing
- aunt sally — a figure of an old woman's head, typically with a clay pipe, used in fairgrounds and fêtes as a target for balls or other objects
- autecology — the ecological study of an individual organism or species
- autolysate — the substances resulting as the end product of autolysis
- autolysins — Plural form of autolysin.
- autoplasty — surgical repair of defects by grafting or transplanting tissue from the patient's own body
- autumnally — belonging to or suggestive of autumn; produced or gathered in autumn: autumnal colors.
- avoidantly — In an avoidant manner.
- axenically — in a manner not associated with any other living organism
- ayatollahs — Plural form of ayatollah.
- aztec lily — a bulbous plant, Sprekelia formosissima, of the amaryllis family, native to Mexico, bearing a large, bright-red flower.
- baby blues — depression suffered after childbirth
- baby linen — sheets, clothes, etc for babies
- baby sling — a pouch supported by straps at the shoulder or neck, used to carry small babies on one's chest
- baby split — a split in which the two and seven pins or the three and ten pins remain standing.
- babylonian — an inhabitant of ancient Babylon or Babylonia
- babylonish — Babylonian.
- back alley — dirty, unprepossessing, sordid, or clandestine: back-alley morals; back-alley political schemes.
- back-alley — Back-alley activities are carried out unofficially, secretly, and often illegally.
- backwardly — In a backward direction.
- bafflingly — to confuse, bewilder, or perplex: He was baffled by the technical language of the instructions.
- balikbayan — (Philippines) A Filipino returning to the Philippines after spending time in another country. (from 20th c.).
- ballantyne — R(obert) M(ichael). 1825–94, British author, noted for such adventure stories as The Coral Island (1857)
- ballplayer — A ballplayer is a baseball player.
- ballyhooed — a clamorous and vigorous attempt to win customers or advance any cause; blatant advertising or publicity.
- ballymoney — a district in N Northern Ireland, in Co Antrim. Pop: 27 809 (2003 est). Area: 417 sq km (161 sq miles)
- balneology — the branch of medical science concerned with the therapeutic value of baths, esp those taken with natural mineral waters
- bardolatry — idolatry or excessive admiration of William Shakespeare
- barleycorn — a grain of barley, or barley itself
- basal body — a cylindrical organelle, within the cytoplasm of flagellated and ciliated cells, that contains microtubules and forms the base of a flagellum or cilium: identical in internal structure to a centriole.
- baselessly — In a baseless way.