10-letter words containing y, s
- lazy tongs — extensible tongs for grasping objects at a distance, consisting of a series of pairs of crossing pieces, each pair pivoted together in the middle and connected with the next pair at the extremities.
- lead story — the principal story in a newspaper
- leiomyomas — Plural form of leiomyoma.
- leisurably — in a leisurable manner
- lengthways — Lengthwise.
- leucocytes — Plural form of leucocyte.
- leukocytes — white blood cell.
- life story — an account of all the events that happened to someone during their life
- lifelessly — not endowed with life; having no life; inanimate: lifeless matter.
- lifestyler — One who lives an alternative lifestyle all the time, not just occasionally.
- lifestyles — Plural form of lifestyle.
- like sixty — a cardinal number, ten times six.
- linguistry — the study of language
- lippershey — Hans. died ?1619, Dutch lens grinder, who built the first telescope
- listlessly — having or showing little or no interest in anything; languid; spiritless; indifferent: a listless mood; a listless handshake.
- literosity — the condition of being affectedly literary
- lithophysa — a cavity or hollow found in volcanic rocks, caused by expanding gas
- lonesomely — In a lonesome manner, in a way missing companionship.
- longsomely — lengthily, slowly, and tediously
- lopsidedly — In a lopsided manner.
- lord's day — the, Sunday.
- lousy with — infested with lice.
- love story — story about a romantic relationship
- lovelessly — Without love; in a loveless fashion.
- low sunday — the first Sunday after Easter.
- lucklessly — In a luckless way.
- luminosity — luminance (def 2).
- luminously — radiating or reflecting light; shining; bright.
- lundy isle — an island at the mouth of the Bristol Channel, off Devon, SW England: historic refuge for pirates and smugglers. 1.5 sq. mi. (4 sq. km).
- 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.
- lyme grass — type of perennial dune grass
- lyme regis — a resort in S England, in Dorset, on the English Channel: noted for finds of prehistoric fossils. Pop: 4406 (2001)
- lymphatics — Plural form of lymphatic.
- lyophilise — Alternative spelling of lyophilize.
- lyre snake — any of several mildly venomous colubrid snakes of the genus Trimorphodon, inhabiting rocky areas from the southwestern U.S. to Central America, having fangs in the rear of the upper jaw and a lyre-shaped marking on the head.
- lysenkoism — a genetic doctrine formulated by Lysenko and asserting that acquired characteristics are inheritable.
- lysigenous — caused by the breaking down of cells
- lysimachus — 361?–281 b.c, Macedonian general: king of Thrace 306–281.
- lysimetric — of or relating to the measurement of solubility
- lysistrata — a comedy (411 b.c.) by Aristophanes.
- lysogenize — to make lysogenic.
- macanalyst — An analysis CASE tool for the Macintosh from Excel Software, Inc.
- macrocytes — Plural form of macrocyte.
- magistracy — the office or function of a magistrate.
- malinovsky — Rodion Yakovlevich [ruh-dyi-awn yah-kuh-vlyi-vyich] /rə dyɪˈɔn ˈyɑ kə vlyɪ vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1898–1967, Russian army officer: minister of defense of the U.S.S.R. 1957–67.
- malmesbury — William of, William of Malmesbury.
- mama's boy — a boy or man showing excessive attachment to or dependence on his mother.
- manifestly — readily perceived by the eye or the understanding; evident; obvious; apparent; plain: a manifest error.