13-letter words containing d, a, y, o

maldeployment — the inefficient use of resources or an instance of such
many-coloured — having many colours
mark my words — If you say 'mark my words' to someone, you are emphasizing that something you have just warned them about is very likely to happen, especially when you think they should change their attitude or behaviour to prevent it.
mastoidectomy — the removal of part of a mastoid process, usually for draining an infection.
matagorda bay — a bay in SE Texas, at the mouth of the Colorado River, separated from the Gulf of Mexico by the Matagorda Peninsula. About 50 miles (80 km) long.
meadow beauty — any of several North American plants of the genus Rhexia, especially R. mariana or R. virginica, having showy rose-pink flowers with eight prominent bright yellow stamens.
mealy-mouthed — avoiding the use of direct and plain language, as from timidity, excessive delicacy, or hypocrisy; inclined to mince words; insincere, devious, or compromising.
mend o's ways — If someone who has been behaving badly mends their ways, they begin to behave well.
meridionality — the quality or state of being on the meridian
model railway — a model of a small-scale railway system, often with toy moving trains
modesty panel — a panel across the front of a desk, especially an office desk, designed to conceal the legs of a person seated at it.
modifiability — to change somewhat the form or qualities of; alter partially; amend: to modify a contract.
monkey around — any mammal of the order Primates, including the guenons, macaques, langurs, and capuchins, but excluding humans, the anthropoid apes, and, usually, the tarsier and prosimians. Compare New World monkey, Old World monkey.
monkey island — a flying bridge on top of a pilothouse or chart house.
monodactylous — having only one digit or claw.
multimodality — the quality or state of being modal.
myocardiogram — the graphic record produced by a myocardiograph.
non-budgetary — an estimate, often itemized, of expected income and expense for a given period in the future.
non-democracy — government by the people; a form of government in which the supreme power is vested in the people and exercised directly by them or by their elected agents under a free electoral system.
non-fiduciary — Law. a person to whom property or power is entrusted for the benefit of another.
non-mandatory — authoritatively ordered; obligatory; compulsory: It is mandatory that all students take two years of math.
non-sedentary — accustomed to sit or rest a great deal or to take little exercise.
nonadditivity — the state of being nonadditive or not involving addition
nondefamatory — Not defamatory.
nondialyzable — not dialyzable or capable of undergoing dialysis
nonhereditary — passing, or capable of passing, naturally from parent to offspring through the genes: Blue eyes are hereditary in our family. Compare congenital.
nonmyelinated — (of nerve fibres) lacking a myelin sheath
oak-apple day — (in Britain) May 29, the anniversary of the Restoration (1660), formerly commemorated by the wearing of oak apples or oak leaves, recalling the Boscobel oak in which Charles II hid after the battle of Worcester
of many words — talkative
old and young — people of all ages
on a suddenty — suddenly, unexpectedly
on every hand — on all sides; in all directions
on your guard — If you are on your guard or on guard, you are being very careful because you think a situation might become difficult or dangerous.
once and away — conclusively
openheartedly — Alt form open-heartedly.
opinionatedly — In an opinionated manner.
orchid family — the plant family Orchidaceae, characterized by terrestrial or epiphytic herbaceous plants having simple, parallel-veined, usually alternate leaves, complex and often large and showy flowers pollinated primarily by insects, and fruit in the form of a capsule containing numerous minute seeds, and including calypso, fringed orchis, lady's-slipper, pogonia, rattlesnake plantain, vanilla, as well as numerous tropical orchids such as those of the genera Cattleya, Cymbidium, Dendrobium, Phalaenopsis, and Vanda.
ordinary gain — An ordinary gain is a gain in the course of normal business.
ordinary loss — An ordinary loss is a loss in the course of normal business.
ordinary wave — Radio. (of the two waves into which a radio wave is divided in the ionosphere under the influence of the earth's magnetic field) the wave with characteristics more nearly resembling those that the undivided wave would have exhibited in the absence of the magnetic field.
outstandingly — prominent; conspicuous; striking: an outstanding example of courage.
paleopedology — the branch of pedology dealing with the soils of past geologic ages.
paradoxically — having the nature of a paradox; self-contradictory.
partly cloudy — sky: not constantly clear
party-colored — having different colors in different areas or patches; variegated: a parti-colored dress.
passamaquoddy — a member of a small tribe of North American Indians formerly of coastal Maine and New Brunswick and now living in Maine.
patriot's day — the third Monday in April, a legal holiday in Me. and Mass. commemorating the battles of Lexington and Concord (April 19, 1775)
patriots' day — the anniversary of the battles of Lexington and Concord (1775), celebrated the third Monday in April: a legal holiday in Massachusetts and Maine.
pedagogically — of or relating to a pedagogue or pedagogy.
peptidoglycan — a polymer, consisting of polysaccharide and peptide chains, responsible for the structure of the cell wall of bacteria

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