13-letter words containing d, e, c, a, y
- prejudicially — causing prejudice or disadvantage; detrimental.
- pro-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.
- 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
- 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)
- richard petty — Richard, born 1937, U.S. racing-car driver.
- 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.
- safety device — A safety device is a piece of equipment such as a fire extinguisher, safety belt, or burglar alarm that reduces loss or damage from a fire, accident, or break-in.
- scullery maid — a maid whose duties include washing up and vegetable preparation
- secondary era — the period from the beginning of the Triassic to the end of the Cretaceous
- 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
- 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.
- the secondary — cornerbacks and safeties collectively
- thermodynamic — of or relating to thermodynamics.
- transcendency — the quality or state of being transcendent.
- uncommendably — in an uncommendable manner
- underactivity — insufficient activity
- unpredictably — not predictable; not to be foreseen or foretold: an unpredictable occurrence.
- 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.