9-letter words with LY in the middle
Delve into the fascinating world of words where the letter LY is nestled in the middle. This section highlights the unique placement of LY in various words, illustrating how it contributes to their sound and meaning. From everyday language to more unusual terms, discover how LY in the middle shapes the essence of these words.
| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| paralyzed | 24 | affected with paralysis | - |
| jellyfish | 25 | large siphonophore having a bladderlike float and stinging tentacles | - |
| analyzing | 22 | - | - |
| paralysis | 14 | loss of the ability to move a body part | - |
| paralysed | 15 | - | - |
| supplying | 17 | the activity of supplying or providing something | - |
| polygraph | 20 | a medical instrument that records several physiological processes simultaneously (e.g., pulse rate and blood pressure and respiration and perspiration) | - |
| cataclysm | 18 | a sudden violent change in the earth's surface | - |
| jellyroll | 19 | thin sheet of sponge cake spread with jelly and then rolled up to make a cylindrical cake | - |
| polyester | 14 | a complex ester used for making fibers or resins or plastics or as a plasticizer | - |
| analysing | 13 | - | - |
| pollyanna | 14 | - | - |
| paralytic | 16 | relating to or of the nature of paralysis | paralytic symptoms |
| glycerine | 15 | a sweet syrupy trihydroxy alcohol obtained by saponification of fats and oils | - |
| bellyache | 19 | complain | - |
| scallywag | 18 | one who is playfully mischievous | - |
| polythene | 17 | a lightweight thermoplastic; used especially in packaging and insulation | - |
| complying | 19 | - | - |
| jellybean | 21 | - | - |
| catalytic | 16 | relating to or causing or involving catalysis | catalytic reactions |
| catalyzer | 23 | - | - |
| hollyhock | 24 | any of various plants of the genus Althaea; similar to but having smaller flowers than genus Alcea | - |
| overlying | 16 | placed on or over something else | an overlying image |
| polymorph | 21 | an organism that can assume more than one adult form as in the castes of ants or termites | - |
| polyvinyl | 20 | - | - |
| collyrium | 16 | lotion consisting of a solution used as a cleanser for the eyes | - |
| flyweight | 22 | an amateur boxer who weighs no more than 112 pounds | - |
| catalyzed | 24 | - | - |
| analytics | 14 | - | - |
| mollyhawk | 24 | - | - |
| mollymawk | 23 | large web-footed birds of the southern hemisphere having long narrow wings; noted for powerful gliding flight | - |
| molybdate | 17 | - | - |
| molybdous | 17 | - | - |
| mucolytic | 18 | - | - |
| newlyweds | 19 | - | - |
| nonflying | 16 | - | - |
| oncolytic | 16 | - | - |
| oncolysis | 14 | - | - |
| oncolyses | 14 | - | - |
| olympiads | 17 | - | - |
| outflying | 16 | - | - |
| oughlying | 17 | - | - |
| paralyzes | 23 | - | - |
| paralyzer | 23 | - | - |
| paralyser | 14 | - | - |
| paralyses | 14 | - | - |
| mersalyls | 14 | - | - |
| mealybugs | 17 | - | - |
| willywaws | 21 | - | - |
| whillying | 19 | - | - |
| whillywha | 24 | - | - |
| zymolyses | 26 | - | - |
| zymolysis | 26 | a process in which an agent causes an organic substance to break down into simpler substances; especially, the anaerobic breakdown of sugar into alcohol | - |
| zymolytic | 28 | of or relating to or causing fermentation | - |
| wallyball | 17 | - | - |
| wallydrag | 17 | - | - |
| sallyport | 14 | - | - |
| scolytids | 15 | - | - |
| scolytoid | 15 | - | - |
| seemlyhed | 18 | - | - |
| sealyhams | 17 | - | - |
| sicklying | 19 | - | - |
| skellying | 17 | - | - |
| slynesses | 12 | - | - |
| spulyeing | 15 | - | - |
| steelyard | 13 | a portable balance consisting of a pivoted bar with arms of unequal length | - |
| tachylyte | 20 | - | - |
| tallyhoed | 16 | - | - |
| tallyshop | 17 | - | - |
| thelytoky | 22 | - | - |
| trevallys | 15 | - | - |
| trollying | 13 | - | - |
| triglyphs | 18 | - | - |
| triplying | 15 | - | - |
| unlyrical | 14 | - | - |
| unflyable | 17 | - | - |
| polychete | 19 | chiefly marine annelids possessing both sexes and having paired appendages (parapodia) bearing bristles | - |
| polygonum | 17 | diverse genus of herbs or woody subshrubs of north temperate regions | - |
| polyhedra | 18 | - | - |
| polyimide | 17 | - | - |
| polylemma | 18 | - | - |
| polymasty | 19 | - | - |
| polymaths | 19 | - | - |
| polymathy | 22 | - | - |
| polygonal | 15 | having many sides or relating to a surface marked by polygons | polygonal structure |
| polyglott | 15 | - | - |
| polyconic | 18 | - | - |
| polydemic | 19 | - | - |
| polygalas | 15 | - | - |
| polygamic | 19 | - | - |
| polygenes | 15 | - | - |
| polygenic | 17 | of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes | - |
| polyglots | 15 | - | - |
| polymeric | 18 | of or relating to or consisting of a polymer | a polymeric compound |
| polymyxin | 26 | any of several toxic antibiotics obtained from a particular soil bacterium | - |
| polypidom | 19 | - | - |
| polypills | 16 | - | - |
| polypites | 16 | - | - |
| polyploid | 17 | (genetics) an organism or cell having more than twice the haploid number of chromosomes | - |
| polypneas | 16 | - | - |
| polypneic | 18 | - | - |
| polypores | 16 | - | - |
| polyposes | 16 | - | - |
| polypides | 17 | - | - |
| polyphony | 22 | music arranged in parts for several voices or instruments | - |
| polyomino | 16 | - | - |
| polyonyms | 19 | - | - |
| polyonymy | 22 | - | - |
| polyparia | 16 | - | - |
| polyphagy | 23 | - | - |
| polyphase | 19 | of an electrical system that uses or generates two or more alternating voltages of the same frequency but differing in phase angle | - |
| polyphone | 19 | a letter that has two or more pronunciations | `c' is a polyphone because it is pronounced like `k' in `car' but like `s' in `cell' |
| polyphons | 19 | - | - |
| polyposis | 16 | - | - |
| polycarpy | 21 | - | - |
| pollywigs | 18 | - | - |
| pollywogs | 18 | - | - |
| polyamine | 16 | - | - |
| polyandry | 18 | polygamy in which a woman has more than one husband at a time | - |
| polyantha | 17 | - | - |
| polyanthi | 17 | - | - |
| polyarchy | 22 | - | - |
| polyaxial | 21 | - | - |
| polyaxons | 21 | - | - |
| polybasic | 18 | - | - |
| polyamide | 17 | a polymer containing repeated amide groups | - |
| polybrids | 17 | - | - |
| polyptych | 24 | - | - |
| polyurias | 14 | - | - |
| polywater | 17 | - | - |
| polyzoans | 23 | - | - |
| polyzoary | 26 | - | - |
| polyzonal | 23 | - | - |
| polyzooid | 24 | - | - |
| polytypic | 21 | - | - |
| polytypes | 19 | - | - |
| polypuses | 16 | - | - |
| polysemes | 16 | - | - |
| polysemic | 18 | - | - |
| polysomes | 16 | - | - |
| polysomic | 18 | - | - |
| polystyle | 17 | - | - |
| polytonal | 14 | using more than one key or tonality simultaneously | exciting rhythms and polytonal harmonies |
| pompholyx | 28 | - | - |
| proselyte | 14 | a new convert; especially a gentile converted to Judaism | - |
| pyrolyzes | 26 | - | - |
| pyrolysed | 18 | - | - |
| pyrolyser | 17 | - | - |
| pyrolyses | 17 | - | - |
| pyrolysis | 17 | transformation of a substance produced by the action of heat | - |
| pyrolytic | 19 | resulting from pyrolysis | - |
| pyrolyzed | 27 | - | - |
| pyrolyzer | 26 | - | - |
| reanalyze | 21 | - | - |
| reallying | 13 | - | - |
| reanalyse | 12 | - | - |
| rallyings | 13 | - | - |
| rallyists | 12 | - | - |
| perilymph | 21 | the bodily fluid that fills the space between the bony labyrinth and the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear | - |
| photolyse | 17 | - | - |
| photolyze | 26 | - | - |
| phlyctena | 19 | - | - |
| hydrolyse | 19 | undergo hydrolysis; decompose by reacting with water | - |
| hydrolyte | 19 | - | - |
| hydrolyze | 28 | undergo hydrolysis; decompose by reacting with water | - |
| jollyboat | 21 | - | - |
| jollyhead | 23 | - | - |
| jollyings | 20 | - | - |
| jellylike | 23 | thick like gelatin | - |
| klystrons | 16 | - | - |
| keelyvine | 19 | - | - |
| kailyards | 17 | - | - |
| kailyaird | 17 | - | - |
| kalyptras | 18 | - | - |
| lallygags | 14 | - | - |
| lollygags | 14 | - | - |
| lollypops | 16 | - | - |
| lipolyses | 14 | - | - |
| lipolysis | 14 | - | - |
| lipolytic | 16 | - | - |
| hemelytra | 17 | - | - |
| hemolytic | 19 | relating to or involving or causing hemolysis | hemolytic anemia |
| hemolyzed | 27 | - | - |
| hemolyzes | 26 | - | - |
| hemolysis | 17 | lysis of erythrocytes with the release of hemoglobin | - |
| hemolysin | 17 | any substance that can cause lysis (destruction) of erythrocytes (red blood cells) and the release of their hemoglobin | - |
| hemolymph | 24 | - | - |
| hemolysed | 18 | - | - |
| hemolyses | 17 | - | - |
| haulyards | 16 | - | - |
| homolyses | 17 | - | - |
| homolysis | 17 | - | - |
| homolytic | 19 | - | - |
| holytides | 16 | - | - |
| holystone | 15 | a soft sandstone used for scrubbing the decks of a ship | - |
| holydames | 18 | - | - |
| highflyer | 22 | a person of great ability and ambition | - |
| copolymer | 18 | a polymer consisting of two or more different monomers | - |
| cytolyses | 17 | - | - |
| cytolysin | 17 | a substance that partly or completely destroys animal cells | - |
| cytolysis | 17 | pathological breakdown of cells by the destruction of their outer membrane | - |
| cytolytic | 19 | of or relating to cytolysis, the dissolution or destruction of a cell | - |
| dailyness | 13 | - | - |
| cullyisms | 16 | - | - |
| curlycues | 16 | - | - |
| diaglyphs | 19 | - | - |
| dialysate | 13 | - | - |
| dialysers | 13 | - | - |
| dialysing | 14 | - | - |
| dialyzate | 22 | - | - |
| dialyzers | 22 | - | - |
| dialyzing | 23 | - | - |
| dielytras | 13 | - | - |
| dollybird | 16 | - | - |
| earlywood | 16 | - | - |
| coalyards | 15 | - | - |
| eucalypti | 16 | - | - |
| eucalypts | 16 | - | - |
| eudialyte | 13 | - | - |
| flyscreen | 17 | - | - |
| flysheets | 18 | - | - |
| flyspecks | 23 | - | - |
| flystrike | 19 | - | - |
| flywheels | 21 | - | - |
| flyrodder | 17 | - | - |
| flypapers | 19 | - | - |
| flybridge | 19 | the highest navigational bridge on a ship; a small (often open) deck above the pilot house | - |
| flyleaves | 18 | - | - |
| flymakers | 21 | - | - |
| forelying | 16 | - | - |
| gillyvors | 16 | - | - |
| ginglymus | 16 | a freely moving joint in which the bones are so articulated as to allow extensive movement in one plane | - |
| ghillying | 17 | - | - |
| glycerols | 15 | - | - |
| glyceryls | 18 | - | - |
| glycocoll | 17 | - | - |
| glycogens | 16 | - | - |
| glycollic | 17 | - | - |
| glyconics | 17 | - | - |
| glycoside | 16 | a group of compounds derived from monosaccharides | - |
| glycosyls | 18 | - | - |
| glycerins | 15 | - | - |
| glycaemia | 17 | - | - |
| glycaemic | 19 | - | - |
| glycemias | 17 | - | - |
| glycerias | 15 | - | - |
| glyceride | 16 | an ester of glycerol and fatty acids that occurs naturally as fats and fatty oils | fresh fats contain glycerides of fatty acids and very little free acid |
| gollywogs | 17 | - | - |
| endolymph | 20 | the bodily fluid that fills the membranous labyrinth of the inner ear | - |
| emphlyses | 19 | - | - |
| emphlysis | 19 | - | - |
| ballyards | 15 | - | - |
| ballyhoos | 17 | - | - |
| ballyrags | 15 | - | - |
| bellyband | 17 | a cloth band that is worn around the waist (as on infants until the navel has healed) | - |
| bellyfuls | 17 | - | - |
| bellyings | 15 | - | - |
| bellylike | 18 | - | - |
| billyboys | 19 | - | - |
| billycans | 16 | - | - |
| billycock | 22 | - | - |
| bullyboys | 19 | - | - |
| bullyisms | 16 | - | - |
| bullyrags | 15 | - | - |
| calyptera | 16 | - | - |
| calypters | 16 | - | - |
| calyptras | 16 | - | - |
| calypsoes | 16 | - | - |
| calyculus | 16 | a group of bracts simulating a calyx as in a carnation or hibiscus | - |
| calycinal | 16 | of or relating to or resembling a calyx | - |
| calycular | 16 | relating to or resembling a calyculus | - |
| calycules | 16 | - | - |
| catalysts | 14 | - | - |
| catalyzes | 23 | - | - |
| catalysis | 14 | acceleration of a chemical reaction induced the presence of material that is chemically unchanged at the end of the reaction | of the top 50 commodity chemicals, 30 are created directly by catalysis and another 6 are made from raw materials that are catalytically produced |
| catalyses | 14 | - | - |
| catalysed | 15 | - | - |
| catalyser | 14 | - | - |
| catholyte | 17 | - | - |
| catolytes | 14 | - | - |
| chalybean | 19 | - | - |
| chalybite | 19 | iron ore in the form of ferrous carbonate | - |
| atmolysed | 15 | - | - |
| atmolyses | 14 | - | - |
| atmolysis | 14 | - | - |
| atmolyzed | 24 | - | - |
| atmolyzes | 23 | - | - |
| autolysin | 12 | - | - |
| autolysis | 12 | lysis of plant or animal tissue by an internal process | - |
| autolytic | 14 | of or relating to self-digestion | - |
| autolyzed | 22 | - | - |
| autolyzes | 21 | - | - |
| autolyses | 12 | - | - |
| autolysed | 13 | - | - |
| aglycones | 15 | - | - |
| analyzers | 21 | - | - |
| analysand | 13 | a person undergoing psychoanalysis | - |
| analysers | 12 | - | - |
| amblyopia | 18 | visual impairment without apparent organic pathology | - |
| amblyopic | 20 | pertaining to a kind of visual impairment without apparent organic pathology | - |
| anaglyphs | 18 | - | - |
| anaglyphy | 21 | the process of producing pictures in contrasting colors that appear three-dimensional when superimposed and viewed through spectacles with one red and one green lens | - |
| ampholyte | 19 | - | - |
| polyacids | 17 | - | - |
| polyamory | 19 | - | - |
| polytyped | 20 | - | - |
| silymarin | 14 | - | - |
| tallyhoes | 15 | - | - |
| bullycide | 17 | - | - |
| bullyings | 15 | - | - |
| chromolys | 19 | - | - |
| glycation | 15 | - | - |
| haemolyse | 17 | - | - |
| haemolyze | 26 | - | - |
| flysprays | 20 | - | - |
| flyfisher | 21 | - | - |
| flyposter | 17 | - | - |
| bellyflop | 19 | - | - |
| bellyboat | 16 | - | - |
