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13-letter words containing d, a, y, l, e

  • quadrennially — Every four years.
  • quadrupedally — In the manner of an animal that walks on four feet or four legs.
  • radioteletype — Also called radioteletypewriter [rey-dee-oh-tel-i-tahyp-rahy-ter, -tel-i-tahyp-rahy-] /ˌreɪ di oʊˌtɛl ɪˈtaɪpˌraɪ tər, -ˈtɛl ɪ taɪpˌraɪ-/ (Show IPA). a teletypewriter equipped for transmitting or receiving messages by radio instead of wire.
  • railway guide — a publication containing routes and timetables for train journeys
  • rayleigh disc — a small light disc suspended in the path of a sound wave, used to measure the intensity of the sound by analysing the resulting deflection of the disc
  • rayleigh disk — a small circular disk, usually of mica, that is suspended from a fiber and tends to be deflected at right angles to a stream of air, indicating by its deflection the intensity of a sound wave.
  • reality-based — (especially of television) portraying or alleging to portray events as they actually happened.
  • recommendably — in a way that is recommendable
  • record player — phonograph.
  • redbelly dace — any of the small, brightly colored North American freshwater cyprinids, especially Phoxinus oreas (northern redbelly dace) and P. erythrogaster (southern redbelly dace)
  • refundability — to give back or restore (especially money); repay.
  • remediability — the state of being able to be remedied
  • residentially — of or relating to residence or to residences: a residential requirement for a doctorate.
  • royal academy — a society founded in 1768 by George III of England for the establishment of a school of design and the holding of an annual exhibition of the works of living artists.
  • rudimentarily — pertaining to rudiments or first principles; elementary: a rudimentary knowledge of geometry.
  • safety island — an area provided for the safety of pedestrians from vehicular traffic, as between lanes on a busy street or highway.
  • sandfly fever — a usually mild viral disease occurring in hot, dry areas, characterized by fever, eye pain, and sometimes a rash, transmitted by sandflies of the genus Phlebotomus.
  • scullery maid — a maid whose duties include washing up and vegetable preparation
  • self-advocacy — the practice of having mentally handicapped people speak for themselves and control their own affairs, rather than having nonhandicapped people automatically assume responsibility for them
  • self-analyzed — having undergone self-analysis.
  • semilegendary — having some historical basis, but legendary in part
  • shetland pony — one of a breed of small but sturdy, rough-coated ponies, raised originally in the Shetland Islands.
  • sidereal year — year (def 4c).
  • six-yard line — the line marking the limits of the goal area
  • solderability — the characteristic of being solderable
  • spreadability — capable of being spread; easily spread: a soft, spreadable cheese.
  • squanderingly — in a squandering manner
  • sulfapyridine — a sulfanilamide derivative, C 1 1 H 1 1 N 3 O 2 S, formerly used for infections caused by pneumococci, now used primarily for a particular dermatitis.
  • synecdochical — a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.
  • ten-yard rule — the rule allowing a referee, when a player disputes the award of a penalty or free kick, to penalize the offending side further by moving the place from which the kick is to be taken ten yards further forward
  • the iron lady — a nickname often used to describe female heads of government around the world, meaning 'strong-willed woman'. Most famously used of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1979 to 1990) Margaret Thatcher
  • transportedly — in a passionate or rapturous manner
  • tread lightly — to proceed with delicacy or tact
  • tyndallimetry — the determination of the concentration of suspended material in a liquid by measuring the amount of light scattered
  • uncommendably — in an uncommendable manner
  • understatedly — in an understated manner
  • undeviatingly — to turn aside, as from a route, way, course, etc.
  • unpredictably — not predictable; not to be foreseen or foretold: an unpredictable occurrence.
  • unqualifiedly — not qualified; not fit; lacking requisite qualifications: unqualified for the job.
  • unsteadfastly — in an unsteadfast manner
  • unwarrantedly — in an unwarranted manner
  • valued policy — a policy in which the company and the policyholder agree to the amount to be paid in the event of total loss of property, regardless of the value of the property.
  • velocity head — the velocity of a fluid expressed in terms of the head or static pressure required to produce that velocity. It equals ρν/2 where ρ is the density of the fluid and ν is the velocity. In hydrology the density of water can be written 1/G where G is the gravitational constant
  • victory medal — a round bronze medal awarded to all those who served in the armed forces of the U.S. during World War I.
  • video library — video and dvd lending service
  • walleyed pike — walleye (def 1).
  • warmheartedly — Alternative form of warm-heartedly.
  • woolly-headed — having hair of a woolly texture or appearance.
  • wrongheadedly — In a wrongheaded manner.
  • yankee doodle — (italics) a song with a melody of apparent British origin, popular with American troops during the Revolutionary War.
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