9-letter words containing u, y
- laughably — In a manner that can be laughed at, humorous, in a laughable manner.
- layabouts — Plural form of layabout.
- leisurely — acting, proceeding, or done without haste; unhurried; deliberate: a leisurely conversation.
- leprously — In a leprous way.
- leucocyte — leukocyte.
- leucotomy — prefrontal lobotomy.
- leukocyte — white blood cell.
- leukotomy — prefrontal lobotomy.
- life buoy — any of variously formed buoyant devices for supporting a person fallen into the water.
- like fury — violently; furiously
- lingually — of or relating to the tongue or some tonguelike part.
- liquidity — a liquid state or quality.
- lobularly — in a lobular manner
- loquacity — the state of being loquacious; talkativeness; garrulity.
- lounsbury — Thomas Raynesford [reynz-ferd] /ˈreɪnz fərd/ (Show IPA), 1838–1915, U.S. linguist and educator.
- loutishly — In a loutish manner.
- lubricity — oily smoothness, as of a surface; slipperiness.
- luckpenny — a coin kept for luck
- lucky bag — a bag of mixed sweets, intended for children; the bag is transparent, so that you do not know exactly what it contains
- lucky dip — game: picking out random prize
- ludically — in a ludic or playful manner
- lullingly — In a way that lulls; soothingly.
- lumpingly — clumsily and heavily
- lumpishly — In a lumpish manner.
- lumpy jaw — actinomycosis.
- lunar day — a division of time that is equal to the elapsed time between two consecutive returns of the same terrestrial meridian to the moon.
- lurkingly — So as to lurk; in sinister concealment.
- lustfully — full of or motivated by lust, greed, or the like: He was an emperor lustful of power.
- lygus bug — any of a genus (Lygus, family Miridae) of hemipterous bugs, including many that damage plants
- lynchburg — a city in central Virginia.
- lyndhurst — a township in NE New Jersey.
- lyomerous — of or relating to Lyomeri fish
- lyubertsy — a city in the W Russian Federation in Europe, SE of Moscow.
- maha yuga — a period of 12,000 years, comprising four Yugas.
- marquetry — inlaid work of variously colored woods or other materials, especially in furniture.
- martyrium — a place where the relics of a martyr are kept.
- matsuyama — a seaport on NW Shikoku, in SW Japan.
- maudlinly — In a maudlin fashion.
- maximumly — In a maximum manner.
- may queen — a girl or young woman crowned with flowers and honored as queen in the festivities of May Day.
- mbujimayi — a city in the S central Democratic Republic of the Congo.
- mealy bug — any of several scalelike, homopterous insects of the families Pseudococcidae and Eriococcidae that are covered with a powdery wax secretion and feed on plants.
- medullary — pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling the medulla of an organ or the medulla oblongata.
- mercurify — to mix with mercury; amalgamate.
- mercyfull — Obsolete spelling of merciful.
- mindfully — attentive, aware, or careful (usually followed by of): mindful of one's responsibilities.
- minirugby — a version of rugby played with nine players per team on a pitch half the usual size
- moanfully — in a moaning and mournful manner
- modularly — In a modular manner.
- molybdous — of or containing molybdenum, especially in its lower valences.