10-letter words containing a, s, y
- daisywheel — a component of a computer printer in the shape of a wheel with many spokes that prints characters using a disk with characters around the circumference as the print element
- dandyishly — in the manner of a dandy
- dasypaedal — (of the young of some species of birds after hatching) having a covering of down
- davy jones — the ocean's bottom, esp when regarded as the grave of those lost or buried at sea
- day sailer — a small sailboat without sleeping accommodations, suitable for short trips.
- day school — A day school is a school where the students go home every evening and do not live at the school. Compare boarding school.
- debasingly — In a debasing manner.
- decastyles — Plural form of decastyle.
- decastylos — a decastyle building, as a classical temple.
- declassify — If secret documents or records are declassified, it is officially stated that they are no longer secret.
- decrassify — to make (something) less crass
- dehydrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dehydrate.
- delay slot — delayed control-transfer
- denasality — The quality of being denasal.
- depositary — a person or group to whom something is entrusted for safety or preservation
- desolately — barren or laid waste; devastated: a treeless, desolate landscape.
- desolatory — tending to cause desolation
- despicably — deserving to be despised, or regarded with distaste, disgust, or disdain; contemptible: He was a mean, despicable man, who treated his wife and children badly.
- dessyatine — a Russian measure of land, equivalent to 2.7 acres
- destratify — to form or place in strata or layers.
- detestably — In a detestable manner.
- diaphyseal — the shaft of a long bone.
- dichromasy — Alternative spelling of dichromacy.
- didynamous — (of plants) having four stamens arranged in two pairs of unequal length, as in the foxglove
- disability — lack of adequate power, strength, or physical or mental ability; incapacity.
- disamenity — The unpleasant quality or character of something.
- disanalogy — A lack or failure of analogy.
- disarrayed — Simple past tense and past participle of disarray.
- dish gravy — meat juices, as from a roast, served as a gravy without seasoning or thickening.
- disharmony — lack of harmony; discord.
- disloyally — In a disloyal manner.
- disloyalty — the quality of being disloyal; lack of loyalty; unfaithfulness.
- disneyland — any large, bustling place noted for its colorful attractions: The new shopping center has become an after-hours Disneyland.
- disparency — (proscribed) A significant discrepancy.
- dispensary — a place where something is dispensed, especially medicines.
- display ad — an advertisement, in a newspaper or other publication, often using special attention-getting devices, as large size, display type, and illustrations.
- displaying — to show or exhibit; make visible: to display a sign.
- disputably — In a disputable manner.
- disqualify — to deprive of qualification or fitness; render unfit; incapacitate.
- dissatisfy — to cause to be displeased, especially by failing to provide something expected or desired.
- dissonancy — dissonance.
- dissuasory — dissuasive
- disyllabic — consisting of or pertaining to two syllables.
- disyllable — a word of two syllables.
- dithyrambs — Plural form of dithyramb.
- dobzhansky — Theodosius (Grigorievich) [gri-gawr-ee-uh-vich,, -gohr-] /grɪˈgɔr i ə vɪtʃ,, -ˈgoʊr-/ (Show IPA), 1900–75, U.S. geneticist, born in Russia.
- doomsayers — Plural form of doomsayer.
- doomsaying — a person who predicts impending misfortune or disaster.
- doomsdayer — a doomsayer.
- dray horse — a draft horse used for pulling a dray.