14-letter words containing d, a, i, r, y
- royal canadian — in the service of the Canadian federal government and the British monarch: Royal Canadian Air Force; Royal Canadian Mounted Police.
- rural delivery — a mail service in a country area, often run by contractors for the Post Office
- ryukyu islands — a chain of 55 islands in the W Pacific, extending almost 650 km (400 miles) from S Japan to N Taiwan: an ancient kingdom, under Chinese rule from the late 14th century, invaded by Japan in the early 17th century, under full Japanese sovereignty from 1879 to 1945, and US control from 1945 to 1972; now part of Japan again. They are subject to frequent typhoons. Chief town: Naha (on Okinawa). Pop: 1 318 220 (2000). Area: 2196 sq km (849 sq miles)
- sacred history — history that is retold with the aim of instilling religious faith and which may or may not be founded on fact
- salivary gland — any of several glands, as the submaxillary glands, that secrete saliva.
- secondary gain — any advantage, as increased attention, disability benefits, or release from unpleasant responsibilities, obtained as a result of having an illness (distinguished from primary gain).
- secretary bird — a large, long-legged, raptorial bird, Sagittarius serpentarius, of Africa, that feeds on reptiles.
- security guard — a uniformed guard employed by a bank, airport, office building, etc., to maintain security.
- self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
- semi-legendary — somewhat legendary; having something of the nature of a legend; almost legendary
- semi-paralyzed — to affect with paralysis.
- sergiyev posad — a city in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Moscow.
- slave cylinder — a small cylinder containing a piston that operates the brake shoes or pads in hydraulic brakes or the working part in any other hydraulically operated system
- strait-lacedly — in a strait-laced manner
- subinfeudatory — a person who holds by subinfeudation.
- sunday morning — a poem (1923) by Wallace Stevens.
- sunday painter — a nonprofessional painter, usually unschooled and generally painting during spare time.
- sunday trading — the fact of opening a shop or business on a Sunday
- tailor's dummy — a mannequin used to help tailor or fit clothes
- tayside region — a former local government region in E Scotland: formed in 1975 from Angus, Kinross-shire, and most of Perthshire; replaced in 1996 by the council areas of Angus, City of Dundee, and Perth and Kinross
- terpin hydrate — a white, crystalline powder, C 10 H 20 O 2 ⋅H 2 O, usually used in combination with codeine, as an expectorant.
- the very idea! — that is preposterous, unreasonable, etc
- thermodynamics — the science concerned with the relations between heat and mechanical energy or work, and the conversion of one into the other: modern thermodynamics deals with the properties of systems for the description of which temperature is a necessary coordinate.
- topiary garden — a garden that features topiary work
- traditionality — of or relating to tradition.
- trepidatiously — tremulous fear, alarm, or agitation; perturbation.
- tricyanic acid — cyanuric acid.
- trinity sunday — the Sunday after Pentecost, observed as a festival in honor of the Trinity.
- uncrystallized — lacking a final form
- undeliberately — carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional: a deliberate lie.
- under-activity — insufficiently active: an underactive thyroid gland.
- undespairingly — in an undespairing manner
- undiscoverably — in an undiscoverable manner
- undistractedly — in an undistracted manner
- undramatically — in an undramatic manner
- upgradeability — an incline going up in the direction of movement.
- ursine dasyure — Tasmanian devil.
- vapour density — the ratio of the density of a gas or vapour to that of hydrogen at the same temperature and pressure
- varnishing day — vernissage (def 1).
- victory garden — a vegetable garden, especially a home garden, cultivated to increase food production during a war or period of shortages.
- wild hydrangea — a shrub, Hydrangea arborescens, of the saxifrage family, common throughout the eastern half of the U.S., having egg-shaped leaves and a rounded cluster of white flowers.
- young marrieds — young married people