10-letter words containing ly
- baselessly — In a baseless way.
- becomingly — that suits or gives a pleasing effect or attractive appearance, as to a person or thing: a becoming dress; a becoming hairdo.
- beer belly — If a man has a beer belly, he has a fat stomach because of drinking too much beer.
- belly flop — a dive into water in which the body lands horizontally
- belly girt — girth (def 2).
- belly pack — fanny pack.
- belly tank — a fuel tank in the belly of a plane
- belly-bust — belly-flop.
- belly-flop — to do a belly flop, as in diving or sledding.
- belly-land — (of an aviator) to land (an aircraft) directly on the fuselage, as because of defective landing gear.
- belly-like — resembling a belly
- belly-slam — belly-flop.
- belly-wash — any barely drinkable liquid or beverage, as inferior soda, beer, coffee, or soup.
- bellyaches — Informal. a pain in the abdomen or bowels.
- bellyboard — a small surfboard, usually 3–4 feet (0.9–1.2 meters) long, for riding waves on one's belly, sometimes used in conjunction with swim fins.
- besottedly — in a besotted manner
- bi-monthly — occurring every two months.
- biannually — occurring twice a year; semiannual.
- biblically — of or in the Bible: a Biblical name.
- bibliopoly — a bookseller, especially a dealer in rare or used books.
- biennially — happening every two years: biennial games.
- bifacially — from a bifacial point of view
- billy budd — a novella (1924) by Herman Melville.
- billy club — billy (def 1).
- billy goat — A billy goat is a male goat.
- billy-club — billy (def 1).
- bionically — utilizing electronic devices and mechanical parts to assist humans in performing difficult, dangerous, or intricate tasks, as by supplementing or duplicating parts of the body: The scientist used a bionic arm to examine the radioactive material.
- biopolymer — a large molecule in a living organism
- biotically — from a biotic point of view
- blimpishly — in a blimpish manner
- blindingly — unable to see; lacking the sense of sight; sightless: a blind man.
- blissfully — full of, abounding in, enjoying, or conferring bliss.
- blood lily — any of various bulbous plants of the genus Haemanthus, native to Africa, having clusters of red or white flowers.
- blurringly — in a manner which causes blurring
- boastfully — given to or characterized by boasting.
- bouncingly — in a bouncing manner
- braggartly — in a braggart or boastful manner
- broodingly — preoccupied with depressing, morbid, or painful memories or thoughts: a brooding frame of mind.
- bully beef — tinned corned beef
- bully tree — any of several tropical American trees of the sapodilla family that yield balata
- bumblingly — in a bumbling manner
- bunglingly — in a bungling manner
- bustlingly — in a bustling manner
- caddicefly — caddisfly.
- caddis fly — any of an order (Trichoptera) of small, mothlike insects with a soft body, long antennae and legs, and two pairs of hairy, membranous wings
- caerphilly — a market town in SE Wales, in Caerphilly county borough: site of the largest castle in Wales (13th–14th centuries). Pop: 31 060 (2001)
- cajolingly — In a cajoling manner.
- calla lily — any southern African plant of the aroid genus Zantedeschia, esp Z. aethiopica, which has a white funnel-shaped spathe enclosing a yellow spadix
- calla-lily — Also called calla lily, arum lily. any of several plants belonging to the genus Zantedeschia, of the arum family, especially Z. aethiopica, having arrow-shaped leaves and a large white spathe enclosing a yellow spike.
- calyciform — having the form of a calyx