13-letter words containing a, s, y, e, r
- 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.
- 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.
- disgracefully — In a disgraceful manner.
- disordinately — in a manner that lacks order
- dispurveyance — the lack of provisions
- dressy casual — (of clothes) informal yet expensive, smart, or stylish
- dysmenorrheal — painful menstruation.
- dysmenorrhoea — painful menstruation.
- 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
- eretz yisrael — the Holy Land; Israel
- 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
- evangelistary — a book containing passages from the gospels to be used as part of the liturgy
- everlastingly — In an everlasting manner; so as to be everlasting.
- exasperatedly — In an exasperated manner.
- exercise yard — a piece of enclosed ground in a prison on which inmates can exercise in order to get fit and to remain healthy
- exit strategy — In politics and business, an exit strategy is a way of ending your involvement in a situation such as a military operation or a business arrangement.
- 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.
- extrinsically — In an extrinsic manner.
- factory-fresh — coming directly from the factory; brand new
- fairy-slipper — Calypso (def 2).
- 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.
- featurelessly — In a featureless way; without features.
- fish hatchery — a facility where fish eggs are hatched and the fry raised, especially to stock lakes, streams, and ponds.
- fly fisherman — one who fishes by fly-casting
- flying saucer — any of various disk-shaped objects allegedly seen flying at high speeds and altitudes, often with extreme changes in speed and direction, and thought by some to be manned by intelligent beings from outer space.