12-letter words containing u, y
- lasciviously — inclined to lustfulness; wanton; lewd: a lascivious, girl-chasing old man.
- launch party — a party that celebrates the launch of a new magazine, product, etc
- laundry list — a lengthy, especially random list of items: a laundry list of hoped-for presents; a laundry list of someone's crimes.
- laundry mark — a symbol on a label on an article of clothing, bed-linen, etc, which specifies how the item should be washed and cared for, for example, at which temperature it should be washed at, whether it should be ironed, dry-cleaned, etc
- laundry room — utility room
- laundrywoman — laundress.
- laundrywomen — Plural form of laundrywoman.
- lauraldehyde — lauric aldehyde.
- lay a course — to sail on a planned course without tacking
- lee kuan yew — 1923–2015, Singaporean statesman; prime minister of Singapore 1959–90, during which period his party's authoritarian rule was criticized but the country's economy progressed rapidly
- left-justify — If printed text is left-justified, each line begins at the same distance from the left-hand edge of the page or column.
- lenticularly — in a lenticular manner
- leucocytosis — an increase in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
- leukocytosis — an increase in the number of white blood cells in the blood.
- libidinously — In a libidinous manner.
- licentiously — In a licentious manner, rowdily, overwhelmed by passion and without control of appetites (especially sexual appetites).
- lieutenantry — the post or commission of a lieutenant
- life annuity — any annuity that is contingent upon the survival of the annuitant or annuitants, especially an annuity that terminates with the death of a single annuitant.
- liturgically — of or relating to formal public worship or liturgies.
- liturgiology — liturgics.
- live yoghurt — yoghurt that contains live bacteria
- looney-tunes — crazy; demented
- loquaciously — In a loquacious manner.
- lubriciously — In a lubricious manner.
- lugubriosity — mournful, dismal, or gloomy, especially in an affected, exaggerated, or unrelieved manner: lugubrious songs of lost love.
- lugubriously — In a lugubrious manner.
- lundy's lane — a road near Niagara Falls, in Ontario, Canada: battle between the British and Americans in 1814.
- luxury goods — expensive non-essential items
- mains supply — electricity, water, or gas supplied to a building through wires or pipes
- malodorously — With a bad smell.
- manipulatory — to manage or influence skillfully, especially in an unfair manner: to manipulate people's feelings.
- manuka honey — honey from the nectar of the manuka tree, often used for medicinal purposes; known as active manuka honey if it has a UMF rating of over 10.
- marvellously — In a marvellous manner.
- maspar unity — A translator from UNITY to MPL by Martin Huber, University of Karlsruhe, Germany. Version 1.0.
- masturbatory — the stimulation or manipulation of one's own genitals, especially to orgasm; sexual self-gratification.
- matthew quay — Matthew Stanley, 1833–1904, U.S. politician: senator 1887–99, 1901–4.
- maundy money — the ceremony of washing the feet of the poor, especially commemorating Jesus' washing of His disciples' feet on Maundy Thursday.
- meaningfully — full of meaning, significance, purpose, or value; purposeful; significant: a meaningful wink; a meaningful choice.
- mendaciously — In a lying or deceitful manner.
- mercuriality — Mercurial behaviour.
- mercury mass — blue mass (def 1).
- merrythought — the wishbone or furcula of a fowl.
- methyl group — the univalent group CH 3 −, derived from methane.
- meticulosity — taking or showing extreme care about minute details; precise; thorough: a meticulous craftsman; meticulous personal appearance.
- meticulously — taking or showing extreme care about minute details; precise; thorough: a meticulous craftsman; meticulous personal appearance.
- mickey mouse — trite and commercially slick in character; corny: mickey mouse music.
- microcentury — One CS professor used to characterise the standard length of his lectures as a microcentury - that is, about 52.6 minutes (see also attoparsec, nanoacre, and especially microfortnight).
- microsurgery — any of various surgical procedures performed under magnification and with small specialized instruments, permitting very delicate operations, as the reconnection of severed blood vessels and nerves.
- middle youth — the period of life between about 30 and 50
- middy blouse — any of various loose blouses with a sailor collar, often extending below the waistline to terminate in a broad band or fold, as worn by sailors, women, or children.