10-letter words containing y, e, l, p
- imployment — Obsolete spelling of employment.
- impolitely — In an impolite manner; uncivilly; rudely.
- impotently — not potent; lacking power or ability.
- improperly — not proper; not strictly belonging, applicable, correct, etc.; erroneous: He drew improper conclusions from the scant evidence.
- impudently — of, relating to, or characterized by impertinence or effrontery: The student was kept late for impudent behavior.
- inexpertly — not expert; unskilled.
- inexpiably — In an inexpiable manner or degree; permitting no atonement.
- interglyph — a surface between two grooves, as on a triglyph.
- interplays — Plural form of interplay.
- intrepidly — In an intrepid manner; fearlessly; daringly; resolutely.
- isocephaly — (of a composition) having the heads of all figures on approximately the same level.
- jellygraph — a device that uses a plate of jelly to make copies of a sheet of writing, etc
- kelyphitic — as in kelyphitic rim, a mineral shell enclosing another mineral in an igneous rock
- key player — The key players in a particular organization, event, or situation are the most important people or things involved in it.
- lady apple — a small, yellow apple with a red blush, grown as a specialty variety, and used for eating and in commercial canning.
- lampoonery — a sharp, often virulent satire directed against an individual or institution; a work of literature, art, or the like, ridiculing severely the character or behavior of a person, society, etc.
- lay person — a person who is not a member of the clergy; one of the laity.
- lay-people — a person who is not a member of the clergy; one of the laity.
- leaky heap — memory leak
- leucopathy — (dated) albinism.
- leukopathy — (pathology) depigmentation of the skin.
- lexigraphy — (uncountable) The representation of words in writing.
- lippershey — Hans. died ?1619, Dutch lens grinder, who built the first telescope
- lithophyte — Zoology. a polyp with a hard or stony structure, as a coral.
- lopsidedly — In a lopsided manner.
- lumpectomy — the surgical removal of a breast cyst or tumor.
- lymph node — any of the glandlike masses of tissue in the lymphatic vessels containing cells that become lymphocytes.
- lymphedema — the accumulation of lymph in soft tissue with accompanying swelling, often of the extremities: sometimes caused by inflammation, obstruction, or removal of lymph channels.
- lymphocyte — a type of white blood cell having a large, spherical nucleus surrounded by a thin layer of nongranular cytoplasm.
- lymphodema — (pathology) A condition of fluid retention caused by a compromised lymphatic system.
- lymphokine — any lymphocyte product, as interferon, that is not an antibody but may participate in the immune response through its effect on the function of other cells, as destroying antigen-coated cells or stimulating macrophages.
- lyophilise — Alternative spelling of lyophilize.
- lyophilize — (of tissue, blood, serum, or the like) to dry by freezing in a high vacuum.
- medal play — play in which the score is reckoned by counting the strokes taken to complete the round.
- mesophylls — Plural form of mesophyll.
- methyldopa — a white powder, C 1 0 H 1 3 NO 4 , used in the treatment of hypertension.
- micropyles — Plural form of micropyle.
- mp3 player — a digital media player, usually portable, that plays and stores files in the MP3 format.
- mumbly-peg — a children's game played with a pocketknife, the object being to cause the blade to stick in the ground or a wooden surface by flipping the knife in a number of prescribed ways or from a number of prescribed positions.
- myelopathy — any disorder of the spinal cord or of bone marrow.
- narcolepsy — a condition characterized by frequent and uncontrollable periods of deep sleep.
- necrophily — Necrophilia.
- nephrology — the branch of medical science that deals with the kidney.
- nickeltype — an electrotype with a deposit of nickel.
- nilpotency — The quality of being nilpotent.
- nyctophile — (zoology) Any of the Australian bats of the genus Nyctophilus.
- nympholept — a person seized with nympholepsy.
- oppositely — situated, placed, or lying face to face with something else or each other, or in corresponding positions with relation to an intervening line, space, or thing: opposite ends of a room.
- optatively — In an optative way.
- oversimply — in an oversimple manner