9-letter words containing y, a, l, t
- homotypal — of normal type
- hydrolant — an urgent warning of navigational dangers in the Atlantic Ocean, issued by the U.S. Navy Hydrographic Office.
- hylobates — Plural form of hylobate.
- hypertalk — A verbose semicompiled language by Bill Atkinson and Dan Winkler, with loose syntax and high readability. HyperTalk uses HyperCard as an object management system, development environment and interface builder. Programs are organised into "stacks" of "cards", each of which may have "buttons" and "fields". All data storage is in zero-terminated strings in fields, local, or global variables; all data references are through "chunk expressions" of the form: 'last item of background field "Name List" of card ID 34217'. Flow of control is event-driven and uses message-passing among scripts that are attached to stack, background, card, field and button objects.
- hypethral — (of a classical building) wholly or partly open to the sky.
- hypoblast — the endoderm.
- iatrology — Medical science.
- idiolatry — Autolatry, or self worship.
- idolatory — Misspelling of idolatry.
- immutably — In an immutable manner. In a way that cannot be varied, or changed.
- imputably — In an imputable manner; by imputation.
- inability — lack of ability; lack of power, capacity, or means: his inability to make decisions.
- inexactly — In a manner not exact or precise; inaccurately.
- initially — of, relating to, or occurring at the beginning; first: the initial step in a process.
- instantly — immediately; at once.
- interplay — reciprocal relationship, action, or influence: the interplay of plot and character.
- irreality — unreal.
- irritably — easily irritated or annoyed; readily excited to impatience or anger.
- isohyetal — a line drawn on a map connecting points having equal rainfall at a certain time or for a stated period.
- itinually — (Rastafari) continually; perpetually; always.
- jollyboat — Alternative form of jolly boat.
- joviality — the state or quality of being jovial; merriment; jollity.
- kallitype — an photographic printing process using silver and ferric salts, popular in the 19th century
- katalyses — catalysis.
- katalysis — catalysis.
- key plate — (in color printing) the plate providing the greatest definition of detail, usually the black plate, on which the other plates are registered.
- laberynth — Obsolete spelling of labyrinth.
- labiality — of, relating to, or resembling a labium.
- labryinth — Misspelling of labyrinth.
- labyrinth — an intricate combination of paths or passages in which it is difficult to find one's way or to reach the exit. Synonyms: maze, network, web.
- lace stay — that part of an Oxford shoe into which eyelets and laces are inserted.
- lactylate — (organic chemistry) Any salt or ester of a lactylic acid.
- ladysmith — a city in W Natal, in the E Republic of South Africa: besieged by Boers 1889–1900.
- lafayette — Marie Joseph Paul Yves Roch Gilbert du Motier [ma-ree zhaw-zef pawl eev rawk zheel-ber dy maw-tyey] /maˈri ʒɔˈzɛf pɔl iv rɔk ʒilˈbɛr dü mɔˈtyeɪ/ (Show IPA), Marquis de. Also, La Fayette. 1757–1834, French soldier, statesman, and liberal leader, who served in the American Revolutionary Army as aide-de-camp to General Washington, and took a leading part in the French revolutions of 1789 and 1830.
- lalopathy — any defect of speech.
- lambently — In a lambent manner, brightly.
- lastingly — continuing or enduring a long time; permanent; durable: a lasting friendship.
- latchkeys — Plural form of latchkey.
- latensify — to increase the developability of (the latent image on a film or plate) after exposure.
- laterally — of or relating to the side; situated at, proceeding from, or directed to a side: a lateral view.
- lathyrism — a disorder of humans and domestic animals caused by ingestion of the seeds of some legumes of the genus Lathyrus and marked by spastic paralysis and pain.
- latitancy — The act or state of lying hidden, or lurking.
- latrociny — banditry
- laudatory — containing or expressing praise: overwhelmed by the speaker's laudatory remarks.
- lay it on — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- lay waste — to consume, spend, or employ uselessly or without adequate return; use to no avail or profit; squander: to waste money; to waste words.
- layabouts — Plural form of layabout.
- lazy list — A list which is built using a non-strict constructor. Any head or tail of the list may be an unevaluated closure. Also known as streams since they may be used to carry a sequence of values from the output of one function to an input of another. See also Lazy evaluation.
- leastways — at least; at any rate; leastwise.
- lethality — of, relating to, or causing death; deadly; fatal: a lethal weapon; a lethal dose.