10-letter words containing a, y, r, s
- cyclosarin — Cyclohexyl methylphosphonofluoridate, an extremely toxic substance used as a chemical weapon.
- cystinuria — a condition in which excessive levels of cystine are present in the urine
- cystocarps — Plural form of cystocarp.
- cystograms — Plural form of cystogram.
- cytherea's — Aphrodite: so called because of her birth in the sea near Cythera.
- dad's army — an affectionate or humorous term for the British Home Guard during World War II
- dairyhouse — A farm building operating as a dairy.
- dairymaids — Plural form of dairymaid.
- day sailer — a small sailboat without sleeping accommodations, suitable for short trips.
- decrassify — to make (something) less crass
- dehydrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dehydrate.
- depositary — a person or group to whom something is entrusted for safety or preservation
- desolatory — tending to cause desolation
- destratify — to form or place in strata or layers.
- dichromasy — Alternative spelling of dichromacy.
- 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.
- disparency — (proscribed) A significant discrepancy.
- dispensary — a place where something is dispensed, especially medicines.
- dissuasory — dissuasive
- dithyrambs — Plural form of dithyramb.
- doomsayers — Plural form of doomsayer.
- doomsdayer — a doomsayer.
- dray horse — a draft horse used for pulling a dray.
- dreyfusard — a defender or supporter of Alfred Dreyfus.
- drysaltery — The articles kept by a drysalter for sale.
- dwarfishly — In a dwarfish manner.
- dysarthria — Difficult or unclear articulation of speech that is otherwise linguistically normal.
- dysarthric — Afflicted with, or pertaining to, dysarthria.
- dyschromia — Abnormal alteration of the color of the skin or nails.
- dyscrasite — an alloy of antimony and silver
- dysgraphia — inability to write, caused by cerebral lesion.
- dysgraphic — a person who suffers from dysgraphia
- dysmorphia — Deformity or abnormality in the shape or size of a specified part of the body.
- dyspractic — relating to or affected by dyspraxia
- dystrophia — Medicine/Medical. faulty or inadequate nutrition or development.
- early days — initial stages
- easter day — the Sunday on which the festival of Easter is celebrated
- eastwardly — having an eastward direction or situation.
- easy chair — an upholstered armchair for lounging.
- elder days — The heroic age of hackerdom (roughly, pre-1980); the era of the PDP-10, TECO, ITS and the ARPANET. This term has been rather consciously adopted from J. R. R. Tolkien's fantasy epic "The Lord of the Rings". Compare Iron Age. See also elvish and Great Worm.
- ember days — any of four groups of three days (always Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday) of prayer and fasting, the groups occurring after Pentecost, after the first Sunday of Lent, after the feast of St Lucy (Dec 13), and after the feast of the Holy Cross (Sept 14)
- embryo sac — the structure within a plant ovule that contains the egg cell: develops from the megaspore and contains the embryo plant and endosperm after fertilization
- entry visa — a visa giving official permission to enter a country of which you are not a national
- epistolary — Relating to or denoting the writing of letters or literary works in the form of letters.
- erymanthus — Mountmountain in the NW Peloponnesus, Greece: 7,297 ft (2,224 m): in Greek mythology, haunt of a savage boar captured by Hercules
- erysipelas — An acute, sometimes recurrent disease caused by a bacterial infection. It is characterized by large, raised red patches on the skin, especially that of the face and legs, with fever and severe general illness.
- escalatory — tending to escalate
- eukaryotes — Plural form of eukaryote.