13-letter words containing a, r, s, y
- daguerrotypes — Plural form of daguerrotype, a misspelling of daguerreotype.
- damage survey — an inspection by an insurance company of something that has been damaged and for which an insurance claim has been made, in order to determine the extent and cause of damage
- danish pastry — Danish pastries are cakes made from sweet pastry. They are often filled with things such as apple or almond paste.
- dare i say it — You use 'dare I say it' when you know that what you are going to say will disappoint or annoy someone.
- data security — the protection of data stored on computers
- days of grace — days permitted by custom for payment of a promissory note, bill of exchange, etc, after it falls due
- decarboxylase — an enzyme that catalyses the removal of carbon dioxide from a compound
- dehydrogenase — an enzyme, such as any of the respiratory enzymes, that activates oxidation-reduction reactions by transferring hydrogen from substrate to acceptor
- demonstratory — having the quality of demonstrating
- denmark vesey — Denmark, 1767–1822, black freedman, born probably on St. Thomas, Danish West Indies: hanged as alleged leader of a slave insurrection, in Charleston, S.C.
- dermatophytes — Plural form of dermatophyte.
- dermatoplasty — any surgical operation on the skin, esp skin grafting
- designer baby — People sometimes refer to a baby that has developed from an embryo with certain desired characteristics as a designer baby.
- digressionary — Serving as a digression.
- dioristically — in a dioristic manner
- dirty realism — a style of writing, originating in the US in the 1980s, which depicts in great detail the seamier or more mundane aspects of ordinary life
- discovery bay — an inlet of the Indian Ocean in SE Australia
- discovery day — Columbus Day.
- discreditably — In a discreditable manner.
- discretionary — subject or left to one's own discretion.
- discriminably — So as to be discriminable; distinguishably.
- disgracefully — In a disgraceful manner.
- dishonourably — (British) alternative spelling of dishonorably.
- disobligatory — not obligatory
- disordinately — in a manner that lacks order
- disparagingly — that disparages; tending to belittle or bring reproach upon: a disparaging remark.
- dispraisingly — By way of dispraise.
- dispurveyance — the lack of provisions
- dissimilarity — unlikeness; difference.
- dissimilatory — to modify by dissimilation.
- distortionary — an act or instance of distorting.
- distractingly — to draw away or divert, as the mind or attention: The music distracted him from his work.
- dressy casual — (of clothes) informal yet expensive, smart, or stylish
- 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
- early english — pertaining to the first style of Gothic architecture in England, ending in the latter half of the 13th century, characterized by the use of lancet arches, plate tracery, and narrow openings.
- earnest money — money given by a buyer to a seller to bind a contract.
- east ayrshire — a council area of SW Scotland, comprising the E part of the historical county of Ayrshire: part of Strathclyde region from 1975 to 1996: chiefly agricultural. Administrative centre: Kilmarnock. Pop: 119 530 (2003 est). Area: 1252 sq km (483 sq miles)
- 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.
- easter sunday — Easter (def 2).
- easterly wave — a westward-moving, wavelike disturbance of low atmospheric pressure embedded in tropical easterly winds.
- ecclesiolatry — excessive reverence for churchly forms and traditions.
- embarrassedly — In an embarrassed manner.
- empyreumatise — to render empyreumatic
- energy saving — the fact of saving energy, or amount of energy saved