10-letter words containing ly
- hemelytrum — the anterior wing of some insects such as earwigs
- hemolysins — Plural form of hemolysin.
- heroically — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
- hesitantly — hesitating; undecided, doubtful, or disinclined.
- hieroglyph — Also, hieroglyphical. designating or pertaining to a pictographic script, particularly that of the ancient Egyptians, in which many of the symbols are conventionalized, recognizable pictures of the things represented.
- high flyer — a person who is extravagant or goes to extremes in aims, pretensions, opinions, etc.
- high-flyer — a person who is extravagant or goes to extremes in aims, pretensions, opinions, etc.
- highflying — moving upward to or along at a considerable height: highflying planes.
- hippolytus — Also, Hippolytos [hi-pol-i-tuh s, -tos] /hɪˈpɒl ɪ təs, -ˌtɒs/ (Show IPA). Classical Mythology. the son of Theseus who was falsely accused by his stepmother, Phaedra, of raping her after he had rejected her advances and who was killed by Poseidon in response to the plea of Theseus.
- histolysis — disintegration or dissolution of organic tissues.
- hobblingly — in a hobbling manner
- hollyhocks — Plural form of hollyhock.
- hollywired — Siliwood
- holy bible — Bible (def 1).
- holy bread — bread used in a Eucharistic service, both before and after consecration.
- holy cross — Mount of the, a peak in central Colorado, in the Sawatch Range: snow-filled, cross-shaped crevasses. 14,005 feet (4269 meters).
- holy ghost — the third person of the Trinity.
- holy grail — grail (def 1).
- holy grass — any of several fragrant grasses of the genus Hierochloë, especially H. odorata, the vanilla grass.
- holy moses — expressing surprise or shock
- holy place — somewhere sacred
- holy synod — the governing council of an autocephalous church, composed of bishops and presided over by the patriarch or another prelate.
- holy water — water blessed by a priest.
- holystoned — Simple past tense and past participle of holystone.
- holystones — Plural form of holystone.
- honorarily — given for honor only, without the usual requirements, duties, privileges, emoluments, etc.: The university presented the new governor with an honorary degree.
- honourably — (British) In a honourable manner.
- hopelessly — In a way that shows or causes despair.
- hormonally — In a hormonal way.
- hospitably — receiving or treating guests or strangers warmly and generously: a hospitable family.
- humblingly — not proud or arrogant; modest: to be humble although successful.
- humorously — characterized by humor; funny; comical: a humorous anecdote.
- humouredly — (only in combination with good, bad or ill) In the manner of a specified kind of humour. See good-humouredly, bad-humouredly, ill-humouredly.
- hurlyburly — (archaic) A noisy and disorderly tumult and confusion, especially as of battle.
- hurtlessly — harmlessly
- hydrically — in a hydric manner; in a manner using water or moisture
- hydrolysed — Simple past tense and past participle of hydrolyse.
- hydrolyses — chemical decomposition in which a compound is split into other compounds by reacting with water.
- hydrolysis — chemical decomposition in which a compound is split into other compounds by reacting with water.
- hydrolytes — a substance subjected to hydrolysis.
- hydrolytic — producing, noting, or resulting in hydrolysis.
- hydrolyzed — Simple past tense and past participle of hydrolyze.
- hydrolyzes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hydrolyze.
- hydropolyp — an individual animal in a colony of hydroids
- hymeneally — in a hymenean manner
- hypolydian — denoting a plagal mode represented by the diatonic scale from D to D
- iconically — of, relating to, or characteristic of an icon.
- ignorantly — lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned: an ignorant man.
- illatively — By means of illation.
- illusively — illusory.