10-letter words containing y, o, l, a
- proximally — situated toward the point of origin or attachment, as of a limb or bone. Compare distal (def 1).
- pyrazoline — any of the group of heterocyclic compounds containing three carbon atoms, two adjacent nitrogen atoms, and one double bond in the ring.
- pyrazolone — any of the group of heterocyclic compounds containing the pyrazoline ring in which one carbon atom is doubly linked to an oxygen atom not in the ring.
- pyrogallol — a white, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous, solid, phenolic compound, C 6 H 3 (OH) 3 , obtained by heating gallic acid and water: used chiefly as a developer in photography, as a mordant for wool, in dyeing, and in medicine in the treatment of certain skin conditions.
- pyrolysate — a product of pyrolysis
- quadrilogy — (nonstandard) A tetralogy.
- radio play — a play written for broadcasting on radio
- radiolysis — the dissociation of molecules by ionizing radiation.
- radiolytic — the dissociation of molecules by ionizing radiation.
- rallycross — a form of motor sport in which cars race over a one-mile circuit of rough grass with some hard-surfaced sections
- rationally — agreeable to reason; reasonable; sensible: a rational plan for economic development.
- ravenously — extremely hungry; famished; voracious: feeling ravenous after a hard day's work.
- ray floret — one of the marginal florets surrounding the disk of tubular florets in the flower heads of certain composite plants, as the daisy.
- ray flower — one of the marginal florets surrounding the disk of tubular florets in the flower heads of certain composite plants, as the daisy.
- reasonably — agreeable to reason or sound judgment; logical: a reasonable choice for chairman.
- regionally — of or relating to a region of considerable extent; not merely local: a regional meeting of the Boy Scouts.
- regulatory — to control or direct by a rule, principle, method, etc.: to regulate household expenses.
- resonantly — resounding or echoing, as sounds: the resonant thundering of cannons being fired.
- revelatory — of, relating to, or having the characteristics of revelation.
- rockabilly — a style of popular music combining the features of rock-'n'-roll and hillbilly music.
- royal anne — a variety of sweet cherry having yellow fruit tinged with red.
- royal blue — a deep blue, often with a faint reddish tinge.
- royal duke — a duke who is also a royal prince, being a member of the royal family
- royal fern — a coarse fern, Osmunda regalis, having tall, upright fronds.
- royal fizz — a beverage consisting of gin, lemon juice, sugar, and an egg.
- royal lily — a lily, Lilium regale, of western China, having fragrant flowers about six inches (15 cm) wide that are white inside, lilac-colored or purplish outside, and have a yellow base.
- royal mast — a mast situated immediately above, and generally formed as a single spar with, a topgallant mast.
- royal mint — a British organization having the sole right to manufacture coins since the 16th century. In 1968 it moved from London to Llantrisant in Wales
- royal navy — the navy of the United Kingdom
- royal palm — any of several tall, showy feather palms of the genus Roystonea, as R. regia, having a trunk that is swollen in the middle.
- royal road — an auspicious or easy way or means to achieve something: the royal road to success.
- royalistic — relating to a royalist
- sally port — a gateway permitting the passage of a large number of troops at a time.
- salutatory — pertaining to or of the nature of a salutation.
- satanology — the aspect of knowledge that relates to Satan or evil
- savoy alps — a range of the Alps in SE France. Highest peak: Mont Blanc, 4807 m (15 772 ft)
- school day — any day on which school is conducted.
- schooldays — school-age period
- schoolyard — a playground or sports field near a school.
- seasonally — pertaining to, dependent on, or accompanying the seasons of the year or some particular season; periodical: seasonal work.
- shellycoat — a mythical creature dressed in shells who haunts rivers and streams
- shylockian — a relentless and revengeful moneylender in Shakespeare's Merchant of Venice.
- sibilatory — characterized by hissing or whistling
- simulatory — to create a simulation, likeness, or model of (a situation, system, or the like): to simulate crisis conditions.
- slavocracy — the rule or domination of slaveholders: the slavocracy of the old plantations.
- societally — noting or pertaining to large social groups, or to their activities, customs, etc.
- solar myth — a myth explaining or allegorizing the origin or movement of the sun
- solar year — year (def 4b).
- solar-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.
- solidarily — characterized by or involving community of responsibilities and interests.