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10-letter words containing s, y, l

  • 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-bust — belly-flop.
  • 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.
  • besottedly — in a besotted manner
  • 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)
  • blimpishly — in a blimpish manner
  • blindstory — a windowless story
  • blissfully — full of, abounding in, enjoying, or conferring bliss.
  • bloomsbury — a district of central London in the borough of Camden: contains the British Museum, part of the University of London, and many publishers' offices
  • 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.
  • bluest eye — a novel (1970) by Toni Morrison.
  • boastfully — given to or characterized by boasting.
  • body louse — See under louse (def 1).
  • 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.
  • bull's-eye — The bull's-eye is the small circular area at the centre of a target.
  • bustlingly — in a bustling manner
  • by oneselfbe oneself, to be in one's normal state of mind or physical condition. to be unaffected and sincere: One makes more friends by being oneself than by putting on airs.
  • 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.
  • celioscopy — celoscope.
  • cheapishly — in a fairly cheap manner
  • chelyuskin — Capenorthernmost point of Asia, on the Taimyr Peninsula, Siberia
  • chessylite — the blue mineral azurite or copper carbonate
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