13-letter words containing a, r, o, y, s
- dysmenorrheal — painful menstruation.
- dysmenorrhoea — painful menstruation.
- dysrationalia — The inability to think and behave rationally despite adequate intelligence.
- dysregulation — A failure to regulate properly.
- early closing — shop closure at earlier hour
- earnest money — money given by a buyer to a seller to bind a contract.
- east by north — a point on the compass 11°15′ north of east. Abbreviation: EbN.
- east rockaway — a town in SE New York.
- easter monday — the day after Easter, observed as a holiday in some places.
- ecclesiolatry — excessive reverence for churchly forms and traditions.
- erythematosus — (pathology) An eruption of red lesions.
- erythroblasts — Plural form of erythroblast.
- escort agency — an agency where people, esp young women, may be hired to accompany someone for entertainment, etc
- expostulatory — Of, characterized by, or exhibiting expostulation.
- extrasystoles — Plural form of extrasystole.
- extrasystolia — (medicine) An alteration in the rhythm of the heart due to extrasystoles.
- extrasystolic — Relating to extrasystole, the premature contraction of the heart.
- factory-fresh — coming directly from the factory; brand new
- fairy swallow — a variety of domestic fancy pigeon having blue-and-white plumage and heavily muffed feet
- feature story — a newspaper or magazine article or report of a person, event, an aspect of a major event, or the like, often having a personal slant and written in an individual style. Compare follow-up (def 3b), hard news, news story.
- flirtatiously — given or inclined to flirtation.
- floristically — In a floristic manner.
- formal system — an uninterpreted symbolic system whose syntax is precisely defined, and on which a relation of deducibility is defined in purely syntactic terms; a logistic system
- four-way stop — an intersection of two roads with four stop signs, one facing in each direction
- frobisher bay — an inlet of the Atlantic in NE Canada, in the SE coast of Baffin Island
- frontal gyrus — any of several convolutions on the outer surface of the frontal lobe of the cerebrum.
- galois theory — the branch of mathematics that deals with the application of the theory of finite groups to the solution of algebraic equations.
- gastrorrhaphy — The suture of a perforation of the stomach.
- general synod — the governing body, under Parliament, of the Church of England, made up of the bishops and elected clerical and lay representatives
- geostationary — of or relating to a satellite traveling in an orbit 22,300 miles (35,900 km) above the earth's equator: at this altitude, the satellite's period of rotation, 24 hours, matches the earth's and the satellite always remains in the same spot over the earth: geostationary orbit.
- gesticulatory — Making a lot of gesticulations.
- grease monkey — a mechanic, especially one who works on automobiles or airplanes.
- great society — the goal of the Democratic Party under the leadership of President Lyndon B. Johnson, chiefly to enact domestic programs to improve education, provide medical care for the aged, and eliminate poverty.
- gross anatomy — the branch of anatomy that deals with structures that can be seen with the naked eye.
- gynecocracies — Plural form of gynecocracy.
- gyrocompasses — Plural form of gyrocompass.
- gyromagnetism — the condition or state of being gyromagnetic
- harry hotspur — the nickname of Sir Henry Percy
- have eyes for — to be interested in
- he's your man — he's the person needed (for a particular task, role, job, etc)
- heresiography — a treatise on heresy.
- heusler alloy — any of various alloys of manganese and other nonferromagnetic metals that exhibit ferromagnetism.
- hippo zarytus — ancient name of Bizerte.
- holidaymakers — Plural form of holidaymaker.
- holy saturday — the Saturday in Holy Week.
- holy thursday — Ascension Day.
- hyaluronidase — Biochemistry. a mucolytic enzyme found in the testes, in snake venom, and in hemolytic streptococci and certain other bacteria, that decreases the viscosity of the intercellular matrix by breaking down hyaluronic acid.
- hybridisation — Alternative form of hybridization.
- hydrarthrosis — a build-up of fluid or water in the cavity of a joint, esp the knee joint
- hydroaerobics — aerobic exercises performed in water, as in a swimming pool.