11-letter words containing r, e, l, a, y
- legendarily — of, relating to, or of the nature of a legend.
- ley farming — the alternation at intervals of several years of crop growing and grassland pasture
- liberty cap — a soft, conical cap given to a freed slave in ancient Rome at manumission of his servitude, used as a symbol of liberty, especially since the 18th century.
- ligamentary — Of or relating to ligaments.
- linear type — 1. (theory, programming) An attribute of values which are used exactly once: they are neither duplicated nor destroyed. Such values require no garbage collection, and can safely be updated in place, even if they form part of a data structure. Linear types are related to the linear logic of J.-Y Girard. They extend Schmidt's notion of single threading, provide an alternative to Hudak and Bloss' update analysis, and offer a practical complement to Lafont and Holmström's elegant linear languages.
- literaryism — habitual use of literary forms
- local derby — a football match between two teams from the same area
- logotherapy — (psychotherapy) A therapy that involves finding the meaning of one's life.
- lolly water — any of various coloured soft drinks
- lollygagger — (slang) A lazy person, one who lollygags; a slacker, ne'er-do-well.
- lucky break — a fortunate and unexpected turn of events
- lucratively — In a lucrative manner, profitably.
- lumberyards — Plural form of lumberyard.
- lunar cycle — Metonic cycle.
- lycanthrope — a person affected with lycanthropy.
- lythraceous — belonging to the Lythraceae, the loosestrife family of plants.
- maledictory — a curse; imprecation.
- malefactory — villainous
- malonylurea — barbituric acid.
- maple syrup — a syrup produced by partially boiling down the sap of the sugar maple or of any of several other maple trees.
- marmoreally — In a marmoreal fashion; like marble.
- mars yellow — a medium to deep orange-yellow color.
- marvelously — superb; excellent; great: a marvelous show.
- mary leakey — Louis Seymour Bazett [baz-it] /ˈbæz ɪt/ (Show IPA), 1903–72, British archaeologist and anthropologist.
- masterfully — dominating; self-willed; imperious.
- materiality — material nature or quality.
- mayoralties — Plural form of mayoralty.
- medley race — a relay race in which each contestant must cover a different distance
- memory lane — the memory of one's past life likened to a road down which one may travel: The class reunion was a trip down memory lane.
- memory leak — (programming) A leak in a program's dynamic store allocation logic that causes it to fail to reclaim memory in the heap after it has finished using it, eventually causing the program to fail due to lack of memory. These problems were severe on older machines with small, fixed-size address spaces, and special "leak detection" tools were written to diagnose them. The introduction of virtual memory made memory leaks a less serious problem, although if you run out of virtual memory, it means you've got a *real* leak! See aliasing bug.
- menstrually — In a menstrual manner; in terms of the menses.
- mercenarily — In a mercenary way, for selfish reason of profit or gain.
- mercurially — In a mercurial manner.
- methacrylic — denoting a type of acid
- mixed layer — the surface layer of water, seasonally varying in thickness, that is at almost uniform temperature owing to agitation by waves and wind.
- molecularly — of or relating to or caused by molecules: molecular structure.
- molendinary — a mill
- momentarily — for a moment; briefly: to pause momentarily.
- multiplayer — of or relating to a video game, or a portion of a video game, in which more than one person plays at the same time in a shared game environment: a multiplayer game; multiplayer mode; a multiplayer experience.
- muscle mary — a homosexual man who practises bodybuilding
- myelography — the production of myelograms.
- myriad-leaf — an aquatic plant, Myriophyllum verticillatum, of the North Temperate Zone, having hairlike, submerged leaves.
- nappy liner — a disposable paper or fabric liner placed inside a baby's nappy to catch excrement
- narratively — a story or account of events, experiences, or the like, whether true or fictitious.
- necessarily — by or of necessity; as a matter of compulsion or requirement: You don't necessarily have to attend.
- nefariously — extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous: a nefarious plot.
- neuroplasty — Any surgery to repair nerve tissue.
- non-reality — the state or quality of being real.
- nonliterary — pertaining to or of the nature of books and writings, especially those classed as literature: literary history.
- nonverbally — In a nonverbal manner.