11-letter words containing o, y, l
- bryophyllum — a genus of plants of the family Crassulaceae with the ability to produce plantlets on their leaves or floral stems
- bucolically — of or relating to shepherds; pastoral.
- bunny slope — (in skiing) a nursery slope
- butyl group — any of four univalent isomeric groups having the formula C 4 H 9 –.
- by all odds — the probability that something is so, will occur, or is more likely to occur than something else: The odds are that it will rain today.
- by yourself — If you are by yourself, you are alone.
- by-election — A by-election is an election that is held to choose a new member of parliament when a member has resigned or died.
- byelorussia — Official name Belarus. Formerly White Russian Soviet Socialist Republic, Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic. a republic in E Europe, N of Ukraine: formerly a part of the Soviet Union. 80,154 sq. mi. (207,600 sq. km). Capital: Minsk.
- cafe royale — black coffee, to which cognac, lemon peel, sugar, and sometimes cinnamon have been added.
- calcinatory — A vessel used in calcination.
- calculatory — the act or process of calculating; computation.
- calefactory — giving warmth
- callipygous — having well-shaped buttocks.
- calorically — in a caloric manner
- calorimetry — measurement of the quantity of heat
- calypsonian — a performer or writer of calypsos
- calyptrogen — a layer of rapidly dividing cells at the tip of a plant root, from which the root cap is formed. It occurs in grasses and many other plants
- campanology — the art or skill of ringing bells musically
- cancerously — In a cancerous manner; like a cancer; malignant; spreading.
- candy floss — cotton candy.
- canonically — pertaining to, established by, or conforming to a canon or canons.
- capaciously — In a capacious manner.
- cape colony — the name from 1652 until 1910 of the former Cape Province of South Africa
- capsulotomy — (surgery) incision into a capsule, especially into the lens of the eye when removing cataracts.
- carbocyclic — (of a chemical compound) containing a closed ring of carbon atoms
- carbonylate — to introduce the carbonyl group into (a compound) through chemical reaction
- carboxylase — any enzyme that catalyses the release of carbon dioxide from certain acids
- carboxylate — any salt or ester of a carboxylic acid having a formula of the type M(RCOO)x, where M is a metal and R an organic group, or R1COOR2, where R1 and R2 are organic groups
- carcinology — the study of crustaceans
- carousingly — in a carousing manner
- catholicity — a wide range of interests, tastes, etc; liberality
- cavernously — In a cavernous manner; like a cavern.
- cebocephaly — A developmental anomaly of the head, characterized by a monkey-like head with a defective small, flattened nose with a single nostril or absent nose and closely set eyes.
- celebratory — A celebratory meal, drink, or other activity takes place to celebrate something such as a birthday, anniversary, or victory.
- cell theory — a basic tenet of modern biology, first stated by Matthias Schleiden and Theodor Schwann in 1838–39, that cells are the basic units of structure and function in living organisms.
- cephalotomy — the dissection of the head
- ceylon moss — a red East Indian seaweed, Gracilaria lichenoides, from which agar is made
- chalazogamy — (of plants) the process of fertilization whereby the pollen tube penetrates the embryosac through the chalaza rather than through the micropyle
- chalcedonyx — a variety of chalcedony characterized by alternate stripes of black and white
- chancellory — Alternative spelling of chancellery.
- chaotically — completely confused or disordered: a chaotic mass of books and papers.
- cherry coal — a type of bituminous coal that burns readily and gives a hot fire.
- chiloplasty — cheiloplasty.
- chlamydeous — (of plants) relating to or possessing sepals and petals
- chlorhydric — (chemistry) Alternative form of hydrochloric.
- chlorimetry — the methods and procedures used to determine the amount of chlorine present in a preparation
- chlorophyll — Chlorophyll is any, or all, of a group of green pigments that are found in plants and other organisms, which enables them to use the energy from sunlight.
- chlorophyte — A lower plant of the division Chlorophyta, which comprises the green algae.
- cholecystic — gallbladder.
- christology — the branch of theology concerned with the person, attributes, and deeds of Christ