11-letter words containing y, a, t
- keyboardist — the row or set of keys on a piano, organ, or the like.
- kinetically — pertaining to motion.
- kleptocracy — a government or state in which those in power exploit national resources and steal; rule by a thief or thieves.
- knowability — capable of being known.
- labiaplasty — (surgery) The moulding or shaping of the labia minora and/or labia majora.
- labor party — one of the chief political parties of Australia, generally supporting the interests of organized labour
- labyrinthal — Like a maze or labyrinth, intricate or convoluted. labyrinthine.
- labyrinthic — of, relating to, or resembling a labyrinth.
- lachrymator — a chemical substance that causes the shedding of tears, as tear gas.
- lackey moth — a bombycid moth, Malacosoma neustria, whose brightly striped larvae live at first in a communal web often on fruit trees, of which they may become a pest
- lacrimatory — of, relating to, or causing the shedding of tears.
- lady doctor — a doctor who is a female
- lamentingly — to feel or express sorrow or regret for: to lament his absence.
- laminectomy — the surgical removal of part of the posterior arch of a vertebra to provide access to the spinal canal, as for the excision of a ruptured disk.
- lantern fly — any of several large tropical insects of the family Fulgoridae, formerly thought to be luminescent.
- laparectomy — excision of strips of the abdominal wall and suturing of the wounds so as to correct laxity of the abdominal muscles.
- laryngotomy — incision of the larynx.
- last-cyclic — denoting rules that apply only to main clauses
- laudability — Laudableness.
- laughworthy — worthy of being laughed at
- law faculty — the department or division of a university concerned with teaching law
- law society — association of lawyers
- lay analyst — a psychoanalyst who does not have a medical degree.
- lay baptism — baptism administered by a lay-person.
- lay brother — a man who has taken religious vows and habit but is employed by his order chiefly in manual labor.
- lay to rest — the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep: a good night's rest.
- lead astray — tempt into bad behaviour
- league city — a town in S Texas.
- legacy duty — estate tax; inheritance tax
- legationary — Relating to a legation.
- leiomyomata — a benign tumor composed of nonstriated muscular tissue.
- leptodactyl — leptodactylous
- liberty cap — a soft, conical cap given to a freed slave in ancient Rome at manumission of his servitude, used as a symbol of liberty, especially since the 18th century.
- lieutenancy — the office, authority, incumbency, or jurisdiction of a lieutenant.
- ligamentary — Of or relating to ligaments.
- likeability — readily or easily liked; pleasing: a likable young man.
- linear type — 1. (theory, programming) An attribute of values which are used exactly once: they are neither duplicated nor destroyed. Such values require no garbage collection, and can safely be updated in place, even if they form part of a data structure. Linear types are related to the linear logic of J.-Y Girard. They extend Schmidt's notion of single threading, provide an alternative to Hudak and Bloss' update analysis, and offer a practical complement to Lafont and Holmström's elegant linear languages.
- lipoatrophy — (medicine) The loss of subcutaneous fatty tissue.
- literaryism — habitual use of literary forms
- lithography — the art or process of producing a picture, writing, or the like, on a flat, specially prepared stone, with some greasy or oily substance, and of taking ink impressions from this as in ordinary printing.
- litholapaxy — the procedure of removing bladder stones by crushing them and extracting them through a catheter
- liveability — Alternative spelling of livability.
- loathsomely — In a way that is loathsome.
- locutionary — pertaining to the act of conveying semantic content in an utterance, considered as independent of the interaction between the speaker and the listener.
- logotherapy — (psychotherapy) A therapy that involves finding the meaning of one's life.
- lolly water — any of various coloured soft drinks
- longanimity — patient endurance of hardship, injuries, or offense; forbearance.
- low-quality — substandard; of inferior quality: It’s hard to make a delicious dish when you start with low-quality ingredients. Repairs made with low-quality parts are cheaper, but they won’t last long.
- lucratively — In a lucrative manner, profitably.
- lucubratory — Composed by candlelight, or at night.