11-letter words containing a, y, r, e, s
- delusionary — having false or unrealistic beliefs or opinions: Senators who think they will get agreement on a comprehensive tax bill are delusional.
- dermoplasty — skin grafting.
- designatory — to mark or point out; indicate; show; specify.
- desparingly — In a despairing manner.
- desperately — reckless or dangerous because of despair, hopelessness, or urgency: a desperate killer.
- destroyable — Able to be destroyed.
- discernably — capable of being discerned; distinguishable.
- discrepancy — the state or quality of being discrepant or in disagreement, as by displaying an unexpected or unacceptable difference; inconsistency: The discrepancy between the evidence and his account of what happened led to his arrest.
- disentrayle — to pass out as if from the entrails
- disparately — distinct in kind; essentially different; dissimilar: disparate ideas.
- dreadlessly — in a dreadless manner
- dreamlessly — In a dreamless way; without dreams.
- dry measure — the system of units of capacity ordinarily used in measuring dry commodities, as grain or fruit. In the U.S. 2 pints = 1 quart (1.101 liters); 8 quarts = 1 peck (8.810 liters); 4 pecks = 1 bushel (35.24 liters). In Great Britain 2 pints = 1 quart (1.136 liters); 4 quarts = 1 gallon (4.546 liters); 8 quarts = 1 peck (9.092 liters); 4 pecks = 1 bushel (36.37 liters); 8 bushels = 1 quarter (291.0 liters).
- dry-cleanse — to dry-clean.
- dry-roasted — roasted with no oil, or less oil than is usually used in roasting, so that the product is drier, crisper, and less caloric: dry-roasted peanuts.
- dyspareunia — painful coitus.
- dysregulate — (biology) To cause a dysfunctional level of an activity or chemical in an organism by disrupting normal function of a regulatory mechanism.
- dyssynergia — (medicine) Failure of parts of the anatomy to work together correctly.
- early doors — at an early stage
- early music — music of the medieval, Renaissance, and early Baroque periods, especially revived and played on period instruments; European music after ancient music and before the classical music era, from the beginning of the Middle Ages to about 1750.
- early riser — person: gets up early
- easter lily — any of several white-flowered lilies that are artificially brought into bloom in early spring, especially Lilium longiflorum eximium, native to Taiwan and widely cultivated.
- easy street — a state of wealth, financial independence, or ease.
- easy virtue — loose morals; sexual promiscuity
- easy-breezy — easy: an easy-breezy way to update your wardrobe.
- embryoblast — A mass of cells at the embryonic pole of the blastocyst, that develops to form the embryo.
- erasability — the state of being erasable
- eristically — In an eristic manner.
- erosionally — In an erosional manner; by means of erosion.
- erythropsia — a defect of vision in which objects appear red
- escharotomy — A surgical procedure in which an incision is made through eschar to expose the fatty tissue below.
- euryphagous — eating a wide variety of foods
- expiscatory — acting to expiscate; tending to expiscate
- expressways — Plural form of expressway.
- fairy stone — a fossil or other oddly shaped stone or crystal.
- fancy dress — a costume for a ball, masquerade, etc., chosen to please the fancy, usually a costume characteristic of a particular period or place, class of persons, or historical or fictitious character.
- farawayness — the state of being faraway
- farm system — any small-scale or localized network or industry that provides experience and exposure for beginners, similar to that of a baseball farm.
- ferroalloys — Plural form of ferroalloy.
- fiscal year — any yearly period without regard to the calendar year, at the end of which a firm, government, etc., determines its financial condition.
- fly swatter — a device for killing flies, mosquitoes, and other insects, usually a square sheet of wire mesh attached to a long handle.
- flycatchers — Plural form of flycatcher.
- foreseeably — In a manner that could be foreseen.
- frame story — a secondary story or stories embedded in the main story.
- fray bentos — a port in W Uruguay, on the River Uruguay: noted for meat-packing. Pop: 23 122 (2004 est)
- free safety — a member of a secondary, usually the deepest-playing defender, with no specific assignment at the snap of the ball, but often covering the area of the field across from the weak side of the opponent's offensive line against runs and long pass plays.
- freemasonry — secret or tacit brotherhood; fellowship; fundamental bond or rapport: the freemasonry of those who hunger for knowledge.
- gastrectomy — partial or total excision of the stomach.
- geostrategy — The strategic use of geopolitics.
- glory years — very great praise, honor, or distinction bestowed by common consent; renown: to win glory on the field of battle.