10-letter words containing y, i, t, e
- lily-white — white as a lily: soft lily-white skin.
- listlessly — having or showing little or no interest in anything; languid; spiritless; indifferent: a listless mood; a listless handshake.
- literality — the quality or state of being literal; literalness.
- literarily — pertaining to or of the nature of books and writings, especially those classed as literature: literary history.
- literately — able to read and write.
- literosity — the condition of being affectedly literary
- lithophyte — Zoology. a polyp with a hard or stony structure, as a coral.
- litterally — Obsolete form of literally.
- little boy — the code name for the uranium-fueled atomic bomb dropped by the U.S. on Hiroshima in 1945.
- luteolysis — The structural and functional degradation of the corpus luteum, occurring at the end of the luteal phase of both the estrous and menstrual cycles in the absence of pregnancy.
- lysimetric — of or relating to the measurement of solubility
- main entry — the principal entry of an item in a reference text, often placed in alphabetical order.
- manifestly — readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain: a manifest error.
- martyrizer — One who martyrs, puts others trough martyrdom.
- martyrlike — Resembling or characteristic of a martyr.
- materially — to an important degree; considerably: Their endorsement didn't help materially.
- mediocrity — the state or quality of being mediocre.
- mesitylene — a colorless, liquid, aromatic hydrocarbon, C 9 H 1 2 , occurring naturally in coal tar and prepared from acetone: used chiefly as a chemical intermediate.
- mesophytic — Relating to a mesophyte.
- metaphysic — metaphysics.
- metaphysis — (anatomy) The part of a long bone that grows during development.
- metecdysis — the period following the moult (ecdysis) of an arthropod, when the new cuticle is forming
- metonymies — a figure of speech that consists of the use of the name of one object or concept for that of another to which it is related, or of which it is a part, as “scepter” for “sovereignty,” or “the bottle” for “strong drink,” or “count heads (or noses)” for “count people.”.
- metrically — pertaining to meter or poetic measure.
- metrifying — Present participle of metrify.
- metronymic — derived from the name of a mother or other female ancestor.
- microcytes — Pathology. an abnormally small red blood cell.
- micrometry — the act or process of taking measurements with a micrometer.
- microphyte — a microscopic plant.
- midcentury — Occurring around the center or middle of the century.
- mimeticity — (rare) The quality or state of being mimetic, or the degree to which one is mimetic.
- mindszenty — Joseph (Joseph Pehm) 1892–1975, Hungarian Roman Catholic clergyman: primate of Hungary 1945–74.
- minisystem — a set of hi-fi equipment in which the components are smaller than standard size
- minstrelsy — the art or practice of a minstrel.
- mint jelly — a jelly (or sauce) flavored with mint leaves, served esp. with lamb
- mispayment — Incorrect payment.
- mistakenly — wrongly conceived, held, or done: a mistaken antagonism.
- mistrayned — deluded or incorrectly trained
- mistressly — relating to a female who is skilled or expert in a particular area
- misty-eyed — on the verge of tears.
- mittyesque — Walter Mitty.
- monetarily — of or relating to the coinage or currency of a country.
- mosquitoey — Swarming with mosquitoes.
- muliebrity — womanly nature or qualities.
- multi-year — a period of 365 or 366 days, in the Gregorian calendar, divided into 12 calendar months, now reckoned as beginning Jan. 1 and ending Dec. 31 (calendar year or civil year) Compare common year, leap year.
- multicycle — a pedalled cycle with four or more wheels
- multilayer — multilayered.
- myasthenia — muscle weakness.
- myasthenic — Of, pertaining to, or suffering from myasthenia.
- myelinated — (of a nerve) having a myelin sheath; medullated.