11-letter words containing s, y, a
- isocyanides — Plural form of isocyanide.
- ithyphallus — an erect phallus
- ivory coast — a republic in W Africa: formerly part of French West Africa; gained independence 1960. 127,520 sq. mi. (330,275 sq. km). Capital: Abidjan.
- jackson day — January 8, a holiday commemorating Andrew Jackson's victory at the Battle of New Orleans in 1815: a legal holiday in Louisiana.
- james riley — James Whitcomb [hwit-kuh m,, wit-] /ˈʰwɪt kəm,, ˈwɪt-/ (Show IPA), 1849–1916, U.S. poet.
- justifiably — capable of being justified; that can be shown to be or can be defended as being just, right, or warranted; defensible: justifiable homicide.
- kailyardism — kaleyard school.
- kansas city — a city in W Missouri, at the confluence of the Kansas and Missouri rivers.
- karl jansky — Karl Guthe, 1905–50, U.S. engineer: pioneer in radio astronomy.
- keratolysis — the loosening or shedding of the horny layer of the epidermis.
- keratoscopy — an instrument, as Placido's disk, for determining the symmetry of the curvature of the cornea.
- key station — a radio or television station that originates most of a network's broadcasting.
- keyboarders — Plural form of keyboarder.
- keyboardist — the row or set of keys on a piano, organ, or the like.
- keyhole saw — a compass saw for cutting keyholes, etc.
- khyber pass — the chief mountain pass between Pakistan and Afghanistan, W of Peshawar. 33 miles (53 km) long; 6825 feet (2080 meters) high.
- kiss my ass — expressing defiance or contempt
- krasnoyarsk — a territory of the Russian Federation in N and central Asia. 827,507 sq. mi. (2,143,243 sq. km).
- krasny luch — a city in SE Ukraine, E of Donetsk.
- la fresnaye — Roger de [raw-zhey duh] /rɔˈʒeɪ də/ (Show IPA), 1885–1925, French painter.
- labiaplasty — (surgery) The moulding or shaping of the labia minora and/or labia majora.
- laboriously — requiring much work, exertion, or perseverance: a laborious undertaking.
- ladies' day — a special day set aside, either occasionally or regularly, on which women are encouraged to attend or participate in a certain activity at a reduced fee or at no cost: Friday was Ladies' Day at the ball park.
- lady's maid — a maid who is a woman's personal attendant, as in dressing.
- lady's room — ladies' room
- ladyfingers — Plural form of ladyfinger.
- laparoscopy — examination of the abdominal cavity or performance of minor abdominal surgery using a laparoscope.
- larcenously — In a larcenous manner.
- laryngismus — Laryngospasm.
- last-cyclic — denoting rules that apply only to main clauses
- law society — association of lawyers
- lay analyst — a psychoanalyst who does not have a medical degree.
- lay baptism — baptism administered by a lay-person.
- lay eyes on — the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- lay to rest — the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep: a good night's rest.
- lead astray — tempt into bad behaviour
- led display — a flat-screen device in which an array of light-emitting diodes can be selectively activated to display numerical and alphabetical information, used esp in pocket calculators, digital timepieces, measuring instruments, and in some microcomputers
- literaryism — habitual use of literary forms
- loadsamoney — an extremely wealthy person
- loathsomely — In a way that is loathsome.
- lobachevsky — Nikolai Ivanovich [nyi-kuh-lahy ee-vah-nuh-vyich] /nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ iˈvɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1856, Russian mathematician.
- lumberyards — Plural form of lumberyard.
- lymphoblast — a large, metabolically active lymphocyte shortly before it enters into mitosis.
- lyssophobia — a pathological fear of going insane.
- lythraceous — belonging to the Lythraceae, the loosestrife family of plants.
- macrophytes — Plural form of macrophyte.
- macrosystem — A programming system in which small constructs (macros) represent groups of machine instructions.
- magistrally — In a magistral manner; authoritatively; dogmatically.
- mal du pays — homesickness.
- maliciously — full of, characterized by, or showing malice; intentionally harmful; spiteful: malicious gossip.