10-letter words containing y, c, l, e
- kelyphitic — as in kelyphitic rim, a mineral shell enclosing another mineral in an igneous rock
- lachrymose — suggestive of or tending to cause tears; mournful.
- lardy cake — a rich sweet cake made of bread dough, lard, sugar, and dried fruit
- layer cake — a cake made in layers, with a cream, jelly, or other filling between them.
- lectionary — a book or a list of lections for reading in a divine service.
- legitimacy — the state or quality of being legitimate.
- leiotrichy — the condition of having straight hair
- leucocytes — Plural form of leucocyte.
- leucopathy — (dated) albinism.
- leukocytes — white blood cell.
- leukocytic — Of or pertaining to leukocytes.
- lexicality — of or relating to the words or vocabulary of a language, especially as distinguished from its grammatical and syntactical aspects.
- lexicology — the study of the formation, meaning, and use of words and of idiomatic combinations of words.
- lienectomy — splenectomy.
- life cycle — development process: sth living
- life-cycle — software life-cycle
- like crazy — mentally deranged; demented; insane.
- low comedy — comedy that depends on physical action, broadly humorous or farcical situations, and often bawdy or vulgar jokes.
- lucklessly — In a luckless way.
- lumpectomy — the surgical removal of a breast cyst or tumor.
- lymphocyte — a type of white blood cell having a large, spherical nucleus surrounded by a thin layer of nongranular cytoplasm.
- lysimetric — of or relating to the measurement of solubility
- macrocycle — (chemistry) a cyclic macromolecule, or a macrocyclic portion of a molecule.
- mcreynolds — James Clark, 1862–1946, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1914–41.
- mediocrely — In a mediocre way.
- megacycles — Plural form of megacycle.
- megalocyte — (physiology) A large, flattened corpuscle, twice the diameter of the ordinary red corpuscle, found in considerable numbers in the blood in profound anemia.
- melancholy — sober thoughtfulness; pensiveness.
- melanocyte — a cell producing and containing melanin.
- menacingly — something that threatens to cause evil, harm, injury, etc.; a threat: Air pollution is a menace to health.
- mercifully — full of mercy; characterized by, expressing, or showing mercy; compassionate: a merciful God.
- metrically — pertaining to meter or poetic measure.
- micropyles — Plural form of micropyle.
- miscellany — a miscellaneous collection or group of various or somewhat unrelated items.
- monocycles — Plural form of monocycle.
- motorcycle — a motor vehicle similar to a bicycle but usually larger and heavier, chiefly for one rider but sometimes having two saddles or an attached sidecar for passengers.
- multicycle — a pedalled cycle with four or more wheels
- myelocytes — Plural form of myelocyte.
- myelocytic — Of or pertaining to myelocytes.
- myelogenic — produced in the bone marrow.
- myslivecek — Josef [yaw-zef] /ˈyɔ zɛf/ (Show IPA), 1737–81, Czech composer.
- narcolepsy — a condition characterized by frequent and uncontrollable periods of deep sleep.
- necrolatry — worship of the dead.
- necrophily — Necrophilia.
- nectocalyx — the swimming bell of a jellyfish
- negligency — Negligence.
- neurolytic — Pathology. disintegration of nerve tissue. exhaustion of a nerve by excess stimulation.
- nice nelly — a prudish or affectedly modest person, who uses euphemisms
- nice-nelly — characterized by prudishness or excessive modesty: The entrance of his nice-nelly friend stopped the flow of risqué stories.
- nickeltype — an electrotype with a deposit of nickel.