10-letter words containing y, o
- literosity — the condition of being affectedly literary
- lithoglyph — an incision or engraving on a gem or stone
- litholatry — the worship of stones
- lithomancy — Divination with the use of precious or semi-precious stones, gemstones, or normal stones by either interpreting the light they reflect (crystallomancy), or how they fall (sortilege).
- lithophysa — a cavity or hollow found in volcanic rocks, caused by expanding gas
- lithophyte — Zoology. a polyp with a hard or stony structure, as a coral.
- lithotrity — the operation of crushing stone in the urinary bladder into particles small enough to be voided.
- little boy — the code name for the uranium-fueled atomic bomb dropped by the U.S. on Hiroshima in 1945.
- livelyhood — Misspelling of livelihood.
- lmgtfy.com — (humour, web) A somewhat sarcastic web service that animates the action of searching on Google. Instead of displaying the search results, the site creates a self-referential URL like that takes you to a page showing an animation of the actions of clicking in the Google search box, entering some text and clicking the submit button. It then takes you to the results on Google. The link is intended be sent to in answer to a question that could easily have been answered by Google. It is a more polite, if long-winded, way of saying JFGI or STFW. In the belief that it is better to teach a man to fish than to give him a fish, the service helps the recipient to help himself while succinctly conveying the message that he is too stupid to use Google.
- locomotory — Also, locomotory. of, relating to, or affecting locomotion.
- loganberry — the large, dark-red, acid fruit of a plant, Rubus ursinus loganobaccus.
- logicality — according to or agreeing with the principles of logic: a logical inference.
- logography — printing with logotypes.
- lokayatika — a member of the Lokayata school.
- lollywater — a sweet soft drink, especially one brightly colored.
- london eye — London's big wheel
- lonesomely — In a lonesome manner, in a way missing companionship.
- long jenny — an in-off up the cushion into a far pocket
- longsomely — lengthily, slowly, and tediously
- looyenwork — a physical therapy intended to release muscle fibre adhesions
- lopsidedly — In a lopsided manner.
- lord mayor — (chiefly in Britain and the Commonwealth) the mayor of certain cities or the chief municipal officer of certain boroughs.
- lord's day — the, Sunday.
- lordolatry — the veneration or worship of a lord
- lorry load — the amount that can be carried in a lorry
- loungingly — in a lounging manner
- lousy with — infested with lice.
- lovability — of such a nature as to attract love; deserving love; amiable; endearing.
- love story — story about a romantic relationship
- lovelessly — Without love; in a loveless fashion.
- loveworthy — worthy of being loved
- low comedy — comedy that depends on physical action, broadly humorous or farcical situations, and often bawdy or vulgar jokes.
- low sunday — the first Sunday after Easter.
- low-flying — Low-flying aircraft or birds are flying very close to the ground, or lower than normal.
- loweringly — In a lowering manner; with cloudiness or threatening gloom.
- loya jirga — an assembly of regional leaders and tribal chiefs in Afghanistan
- luminosity — luminance (def 2).
- luminously — radiating or reflecting light; shining; bright.
- lumpectomy — the surgical removal of a breast cyst or tumor.
- lusciously — highly pleasing to the taste or smell: luscious peaches.
- lustrously — In a lustrous manner, glossily.
- 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.
- lyam-hound — a bloodhound.
- lycopodium — any erect or creeping, mosslike, evergreen plant of the genus Lycopodium, as the club moss or ground pine.
- lycra lout — an aggressive urban cyclist who disregards the rules of the road
- lye hominy — whole or ground hulled corn from which the bran and germ have been removed by bleaching the whole kernels in a lye bath (lye hominy) or by crushing and sifting (pearl hominy)
- lygophilia — The love of darkness.
- lying down — to be in a horizontal, recumbent, or prostrate position, as on a bed or the ground; recline. Antonyms: stand.
- lyme-hound — lyam-hound.