11-letter words containing y, e, s
- keyboarders — Plural form of keyboarder.
- keyboardist — the row or set of keys on a piano, organ, or the like.
- keyhole saw — a compass saw for cutting keyholes, etc.
- khmelnitsky — a city in W Ukraine, SW of Kiev.
- khyber pass — the chief mountain pass between Pakistan and Afghanistan, W of Peshawar. 33 miles (53 km) long; 6825 feet (2080 meters) high.
- kidney dish — medical: curved basin
- kinesiology — the science dealing with the interrelationship of the physiological processes and anatomy of the human body with respect to movement.
- kittenishly — In a kittenish manner.
- krebs cycle — a cycle of enzyme-catalyzed reactions in living cells that is the final series of reactions of aerobic metabolism of carbohydrates, proteins, and fatty acids, and by which carbon dioxide is produced, oxygen is reduced, and ATP is formed.
- la fresnaye — Roger de [raw-zhey duh] /rɔˈʒeɪ də/ (Show IPA), 1885–1925, French painter.
- ladies' day — a special day set aside, either occasionally or regularly, on which women are encouraged to attend or participate in a certain activity at a reduced fee or at no cost: Friday was Ladies' Day at the ball park.
- ladyfingers — Plural form of ladyfinger.
- larcenously — In a larcenous manner.
- law society — association of lawyers
- lay eyes on — the organ of sight, in vertebrates typically one of a pair of spherical bodies contained in an orbit of the skull and in humans appearing externally as a dense, white, curved membrane, or sclera, surrounding a circular, colored portion, or iris, that is covered by a clear, curved membrane, or cornea, and in the center of which is an opening, or pupil, through which light passes to the retina.
- lay to rest — the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep: a good night's rest.
- lead astray — tempt into bad behaviour
- lecherously — given to or characterized by lechery; lustful.
- led display — a flat-screen device in which an array of light-emitting diodes can be selectively activated to display numerical and alphabetical information, used esp in pocket calculators, digital timepieces, measuring instruments, and in some microcomputers
- leschetizky — Theodor [tey-uh-dawr,, -dohr,, thee-] /ˈteɪ əˌdɔr,, -ˌdoʊr,, ˈθi-/ (Show IPA), 1830–1915, Polish pianist and composer.
- lewy bodies — abnormal proteins that occur in the nerve cells of the cerebral cortex and the basal ganglia, causing Parkinson's disease and dementia
- libellously — in a libellous manner
- lickerishly — In a lickerish manner.
- lightsomely — (archaic) In a lightsome manner.
- limitlessly — In an limitless way.
- liquescency — The quality or state of being liquescent.
- literaryism — habitual use of literary forms
- lithophytes — Plural form of lithophyte.
- loadsamoney — an extremely wealthy person
- loathsomely — In a way that is loathsome.
- lobachevsky — Nikolai Ivanovich [nyi-kuh-lahy ee-vah-nuh-vyich] /nyɪ kʌˈlaɪ iˈvɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1793–1856, Russian mathematician.
- loony tunes — Informal. loony1 .
- loony-tunes — Informal. loony1 .
- loose bytes — Commonwealth hackish term for the padding bytes or shims many compilers insert between members of a record or structure to cope with alignment requirements imposed by the machine architecture.
- low-density — having a low concentration.
- lucy stoner — a person who advocates the retention of the maiden name by married women. Compare Stone (def 5).
- lumberyards — Plural form of lumberyard.
- lychnoscope — lowside window.
- lymph nodes — any of the glandlike masses of tissue in the lymphatic vessels containing cells that become lymphocytes.
- lymphocytes — Plural form of lymphocyte.
- lymphokines — Plural form of lymphokine.
- lyophilised — (of tissue, blood, serum, or the like) to dry by freezing in a high vacuum.
- lysogenesis — production of a lysogen.
- lythraceous — belonging to the Lythraceae, the loosestrife family of plants.
- macrophytes — Plural form of macrophyte.
- macrosystem — A programming system in which small constructs (macros) represent groups of machine instructions.
- maple syrup — a syrup produced by partially boiling down the sap of the sugar maple or of any of several other maple trees.
- mars yellow — a medium to deep orange-yellow color.
- marvelously — superb; excellent; great: a marvelous show.
- masculinely — In a masculine manner.