11-letter words containing y, o, u, l
- leukonychia — Alt form leuconychia.
- libellously — in a libellous manner
- litigiously — In a litigious manner.
- locutionary — pertaining to the act of conveying semantic content in an utterance, considered as independent of the interaction between the speaker and the listener.
- longinquity — long distance; remoteness
- loony tunes — Informal. loony1 .
- loony-tunes — Informal. loony1 .
- low-country — Often, Low-Country. of or relating to the Low Countries.
- 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.
- lucy stoner — a person who advocates the retention of the maiden name by married women. Compare Stone (def 5).
- ludicrously — causing laughter because of absurdity; provoking or deserving derision; ridiculous; laughable: a ludicrous lack of efficiency.
- luxuriously — characterized by luxury; ministering or conducive to luxury: a luxurious hotel.
- lycopodiums — Plural form of lycopodium.
- lymphonodus — (anatomy) lymph node.
- lythraceous — belonging to the Lythraceae, the loosestrife family of plants.
- macrophylum — a group of languages that are of a higher order than a phylum
- maliciously — full of, characterized by, or showing malice; intentionally harmful; spiteful: malicious gossip.
- malonylurea — barbituric acid.
- marvelously — superb; excellent; great: a marvelous show.
- melodiously — of the nature of or characterized by melody; tuneful.
- molecularly — of or relating to or caused by molecules: molecular structure.
- molly-guard — /mol'ee-gard/ [University of Illinois] A shield to prevent tripping of some Big Red Switch by clumsy or ignorant hands. Originally used of the plexiglass covers improvised for the BRS on an IBM 4341 after a programmer's toddler daughter (named Molly) frobbed it twice in one day. Later generalised to covers over stop/reset switches on disk drives and networking equipment.
- molybdenous — containing bivalent molybdenum.
- momentously — of great or far-reaching importance or consequence: a momentous day.
- monday club — (in Britain) a club made up of right-wing Conservatives who originally met together for lunch on Monday: founded in 1961
- monocularly — In a monocular manner.
- monostylous — having only one style.
- monstrously — frightful or hideous, especially in appearance; extremely ugly.
- mucociliary — Of or pertaining to the action of cilia in transporting mucus.
- multicounty — involving or relating to several counties
- multistorey — Alternative spelling of multi-storey.
- murderously — In a murderous manner; as if wanting to commit murder; extremely angrily.
- murmurously — In a murmurous manner.
- myelogenous — produced in the bone marrow.
- myelomatous — Relating to a myeloma.
- nefariously — extremely wicked or villainous; iniquitous: a nefarious plot.
- neighbourly — (British, Canada) Showing the qualities of a friendly and helpful neighbour.
- neuroplasty — Any surgery to repair nerve tissue.
- nocturnally — of or relating to the night (opposed to diurnal).
- non-utility — the state or quality of being useful; usefulness: This chemical has no utility as an agricultural fertilizer.
- nonculinary — not culinary, not relating to cookery or the kitchen
- notoriously — widely and unfavorably known: a notorious gambler. Synonyms: infamous, egregious, outrageous, arrant, flagrant, disreputable.
- obliviously — unmindful; unconscious; unaware (usually followed by of or to): She was oblivious of his admiration.
- obnoxiously — In an obnoxious manner.
- obtrusively — having or showing a disposition to obtrude, as by imposing oneself or one's opinions on others.
- officiously — objectionably aggressive in offering one's unrequested and unwanted services, help, or advice; meddlesome: an officious person.
- old country — the original home country of an immigrant or a person's ancestors, especially a European country.
- opportunely — appropriate, favorable, or suitable: an opportune phrase for the occasion.
- oracularity — Oracular speech or behaviour.