13-letter words containing a, d, r, y
- medullary ray — (in the stems of woody plants) one of the vertical bands or plates of unspecialized tissue that radiate between the pith and the bark.
- meridionality — the quality or state of being on the meridian
- merry dancers — the aurora borealis
- midday prayer — the fourth of the seven canonical hours; sext
- midsummer day — the saint's day of St. John the Baptist, celebrated on June 24, being one of the four quarter days in England.
- military band — a musical band, usually made up of players of wind, percussion and some brass instruments, that play at military functions, etc
- mixed crystal — a crystal consisting of a solid solution of two or more distinct compounds
- model railway — a model of a small-scale railway system, often with toy moving trains
- monkey around — any mammal of the order Primates, including the guenons, macaques, langurs, and capuchins, but excluding humans, the anthropoid apes, and, usually, the tarsier and prosimians. Compare New World monkey, Old World monkey.
- myocardiogram — the graphic record produced by a myocardiograph.
- myristic acid — an oily, white crystalline compound, C 1 4 H 2 8 O 2 , insoluble in water, soluble in alcohol and ether: used in soaps, cosmetics, and in the synthesis of esters for flavors and perfumes.
- nearsightedly — In a nearsighted manner; as if nearsighted; myopically.
- never say die — to cease to live; undergo the complete and permanent cessation of all vital functions; become dead.
- newbery award — an annual award for the most distinguished book for juveniles.
- non-budgetary — an estimate, often itemized, of expected income and expense for a given period in the future.
- non-democracy — government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.
- non-fiduciary — Law. a person to whom property or power is entrusted for the benefit of another.
- non-mandatory — authoritatively ordered; obligatory; compulsory: It is mandatory that all students take two years of math.
- non-sedentary — accustomed to sit or rest a great deal or to take little exercise.
- nondefamatory — Not defamatory.
- nonhereditary — passing, or capable of passing, naturally from parent to offspring through the genes: Blue eyes are hereditary in our family. Compare congenital.
- of many words — talkative
- on every hand — on all sides; in all directions
- on your guard — If you are on your guard or on guard, you are being very careful because you think a situation might become difficult or dangerous.
- openheartedly — Alt form open-heartedly.
- orchid family — the plant family Orchidaceae, characterized by terrestrial or epiphytic herbaceous plants having simple, parallel-veined, usually alternate leaves, complex and often large and showy flowers pollinated primarily by insects, and fruit in the form of a capsule containing numerous minute seeds, and including calypso, fringed orchis, lady's-slipper, pogonia, rattlesnake plantain, vanilla, as well as numerous tropical orchids such as those of the genera Cattleya, Cymbidium, Dendrobium, Phalaenopsis, and Vanda.
- ordinary gain — An ordinary gain is a gain in the course of normal business.
- ordinary loss — An ordinary loss is a loss in the course of normal business.
- ordinary wave — Radio. (of the two waves into which a radio wave is divided in the ionosphere under the influence of the earth's magnetic field) the wave with characteristics more nearly resembling those that the undivided wave would have exhibited in the absence of the magnetic field.
- paradoxically — having the nature of a paradox; self-contradictory.
- parry islands — former name of the Queen Elizabeth Islands.
- partly cloudy — sky: not constantly clear
- party-colored — having different colors in different areas or patches; variegated: a parti-colored dress.
- patriot's day — the third Monday in April, a legal holiday in Me. and Mass. commemorating the battles of Lexington and Concord (April 19, 1775)
- patriots' day — the anniversary of the battles of Lexington and Concord (1775), celebrated the third Monday in April: a legal holiday in Massachusetts and Maine.
- payday lender — a person or group that offers short-term loans, in advance of payday, at high rates of interest
- periodontally — with respect to periodontal tissue
- perissodactyl — having an uneven number of toes or digits on each foot.
- phrygian mode — an authentic church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from E to E.
- picardy third — a major third in the final tonic chord of a composition written in a minor key.
- play hardball — baseball, as distinguished from softball.
- play on words — a pun or the act of punning.
- playing cards — cards used in playing various games, arranged in decks of four suits (spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs): a standard deck has 52 cards
- plug and pray — (humour) The Windows 95 equivalent of the Macintosh's plug and play, referring to difficulties encountered when setting up new hardware under Windows 95.
- postsecondary — of or relating to education beyond high school: She completed her postsecondary education at a two-year college.
- potty trained — Potty trained means the same as toilet trained.
- pre-democracy — government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.
- predominantly — having ascendancy, power, authority, or influence over others; preeminent.
- predominately — to be the stronger or leading element or force.
- prejudicially — causing prejudice or disadvantage; detrimental.