11-letter words containing y, o, l, a
- lackey moth — a bombycid moth, Malacosoma neustria, whose brightly striped larvae live at first in a communal web often on fruit trees, of which they may become a pest
- laconically — using few words; expressing much in few words; concise: a laconic reply.
- lacrimatory — of, relating to, or causing the shedding of tears.
- lady doctor — a doctor who is a female
- lady orchid — a tall graceful orchid, Orchis purpurea, with faintly scented purple-brown and green flowers with a pinkish or white lip
- lady's room — ladies' room
- laminectomy — the surgical removal of part of the posterior arch of a vertebra to provide access to the spinal canal, as for the excision of a ruptured disk.
- lamprophony — loudness and clarity of voice.
- lamprophyre — any dark intrusive rock in which dark minerals occur both as phenocrysts and as groundmass.
- laparectomy — excision of strips of the abdominal wall and suturing of the wounds so as to correct laxity of the abdominal muscles.
- laparoscopy — examination of the abdominal cavity or performance of minor abdominal surgery using a laparoscope.
- larcenously — In a larcenous manner.
- laryngology — the branch of medicine dealing with the larynx.
- laryngotomy — incision of the larynx.
- laughworthy — worthy of being laughed at
- law society — association of lawyers
- lay brother — a man who has taken religious vows and habit but is employed by his order chiefly in manual labor.
- 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 hold of — to seize or grasp
- lay to rest — the refreshing quiet or repose of sleep: a good night's rest.
- layer board — lear board.
- legacy code — legacy system
- legationary — Relating to a legation.
- leiomyomata — a benign tumor composed of nonstriated muscular tissue.
- leptodactyl — leptodactylous
- leuconychia — White discoloration appearing on nails. Also known as white nails.
- leukonychia — Alt form leuconychia.
- lipoatrophy — (medicine) The loss of subcutaneous fatty tissue.
- lithography — the art or process of producing a picture, writing, or the like, on a flat, specially prepared stone, with some greasy or oily substance, and of taking ink impressions from this as in ordinary printing.
- litholapaxy — the procedure of removing bladder stones by crushing them and extracting them through a catheter
- loading bay — dock where cargo is loaded
- 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.
- local derby — a football match between two teams from the same area
- locutionary — pertaining to the act of conveying semantic content in an utterance, considered as independent of the interaction between the speaker and the listener.
- logic array — an arrangement of circuitry on a mass-produced microchip permitting the chip to be easily customized for a specific application.
- lognormally — in the manner of having a having a natural logarithm with normal distribution
- logodaedaly — the cunning or skilful use of words
- logotherapy — (psychotherapy) A therapy that involves finding the meaning of one's life.
- lolly water — any of various coloured soft drinks
- lollygagged — Simple past tense and past participle of lollygag.
- lollygagger — (slang) A lazy person, one who lollygags; a slacker, ne'er-do-well.
- longanimity — patient endurance of hardship, injuries, or offense; forbearance.
- low-quality — substandard; of inferior quality: It’s hard to make a delicious dish when you start with low-quality ingredients. Repairs made with low-quality parts are cheaper, but they won’t last long.
- lucubratory — Composed by candlelight, or at night.
- lycanthrope — a person affected with lycanthropy.
- lycanthropy — a delusion in which one imagines oneself to be a wolf or other wild animal.
- lydian mode — an authentic church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from F to F.
- lymphoblast — a large, metabolically active lymphocyte shortly before it enters into mitosis.