10-letter words containing s, y, l, a
- asystolism — the indications or symptoms which are representative of asystole
- 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
- 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
- ayatollahs — Plural form of ayatollah.
- baby blues — depression suffered after childbirth
- 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.
- babylonish — Babylonian.
- 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.
- beautyless — Devoid of beauty.
- belly-slam — belly-flop.
- belly-wash — any barely drinkable liquid or beverage, as inferior soda, beer, coffee, or soup.
- bellyaches — Informal. a pain in the abdomen or bowels.
- bestiality — Bestiality is disgusting behaviour.
- blast away — If a gun, or a person firing a gun, blasts away, the gun is fired continuously for a period of time.
- blastocyst — the blastula of mammals: a sphere of cells (trophoblast) enclosing an inner mass of cells and a fluid-filled cavity (blastocoel)
- blue daisy — a bushy, composite shrub, Felicia amelloides, of southern Africa, having solitary, daisylike flowers with yellow disks and blue rays, grown as an ornamental.
- boastfully — given to or characterized by boasting.
- brailowsky — Alexander [al-ig-zan-der,, -zahn-;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahn-dr] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər,, -ˈzɑn-;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑn dr/ (Show IPA), 1896–1976, Russian pianist.
- bytesexual — (jargon) /bi:t" sek"shu-*l/ An adjective used to describe hardware, denotes willingness to compute or pass data in either big-endian or little-endian format (depending, presumably, on a mode bit somewhere). See also NUXI problem.
- caddis fly — any of an order (Trichoptera) of small, mothlike insects with a soft body, long antennae and legs, and two pairs of hairy, membranous wings
- calotypist — a person who produces photographs using the calotype process
- canal rays — rays of positive ions passing through openings in the cathode of a vacuum tube
- candyfloss — Candyfloss is a large pink or white mass of sugar threads that is eaten from a stick. It is sold at fairs or other outdoor events.
- canorously — In a canorous manner.
- captiously — In a captious manner.
- carelessly — If someone does something carelessly, they do it without much thought or effort.
- castellany — the office or position of a castellan
- cataclysms — Plural form of cataclysm.
- catalysing — Present participle of catalyse.
- catalystic — (nonstandard) Serving as a catalyst; catalytic.
- cautiously — showing, using, or characterized by caution: a cautious man; To be cautious is often to show wisdom.
- cheapishly — in a fairly cheap manner
- chlamydias — Plural form of chlamydia.
- chrysocale — a copper alloy containing zinc and lead.
- chylaceous — of or resembling chyle.
- clannishly — In a clannish manner.
- clashingly — In a clashing manner.
- clay stone — argillite.
- claystones — argillite.
- clearstory — clerestory
- clepsydras — Plural form of clepsydra.
- clydesdale — a heavy powerful breed of carthorse, originally from Scotland
- cocatalyst — a substance that acts in tandem with another as a catalyst
- colossally — extraordinarily great in size, extent, or degree; gigantic; huge.
- condylomas — Plural form of condyloma.
- confusably — In a confusable way; such that they may be confused.