12-letter words containing d, e, s, y, a
- safety blade — a blade, as on a knife, razor, etc, with a guard to reduce the risk of accidental cutting
- salicylamide — a compound of ammonia and gualtheria oil
- sanctifiedly — in a sanctified manner
- sand-sprayed — noting an exterior wall finish composed of mortar to which is added a mixture of sand and cement in equal parts while the mortar is still wet.
- save the day — solve a problem for sb
- say the word — If someone says the word, they give their approval as a sign that something should start to happen.
- sedge family — the plant family Cyperaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, often found in wet areas, having solid stems, narrow, grasslike leaves with closed sheaths, spikes of very small flowers set in a scalelike bract, and a dry, flattened, convex fruit, and including the bulrush, chufa, cotton grass, papyrus, and umbrella plant.
- see daylight — the light of day: At the end of the tunnel they could see daylight.
- sell-by date — the last date on which perishable food should be sold, usually established with some allowance for home storage under refrigeration. Compare shelf life.
- shamefacedly — modest or bashful.
- shovel-ready — of or relating to a construction project that is ready to start immediately
- sidereal day — the interval between two successive passages of the vernal equinox over the meridian, being about four minutes shorter than a mean solar day.
- siderography — the art or technique of engraving on steel.
- six-year-old — being six years in age
- snotty-faced — having visible nasal mucus on the face
- softheadedly — in a soft-headed manner
- south hadley — a city in W Massachusetts.
- spotted cavy — paca.
- squared away — a rectangle having all four sides of equal length.
- stand surety — to act as a surety
- stapedectomy — a microsurgical procedure to relieve deafness by replacing the stapes of the ear with a prosthetic device.
- steady state — physics: condition which does not change over time
- steady-going — steadfast; faithful; unchanging: steady-going service to the cause of justice.
- stonyhearted — unfeeling; pitiless; cruel
- subfeudatory — of or relating to subfeu
- sunday paper — a newspaper which is only published on Sundays
- synadelphite — an arsenate containing manganese and aluminium
- systematized — to arrange in or according to a system; reduce to a system; make systematic.
- the old days — the past
- tryparsamide — a white, crystalline powder, C 8 H 10 O 4 N 2 AsNa·½H 2 , used chiefly in treating African sleeping sickness.
- unassistedly — in an unassisted manner
- unhandsomely — unattractively
- unsyncopated — marked by syncopation: syncopated rhythm.
- unsyndicated — a group of individuals or organizations combined or making a joint effort to undertake some specific duty or carry out specific transactions or negotiations: The local furniture store is individually owned, but is part of a buying syndicate.
- veterans day — November 11, a legal holiday in the U.S. in commemoration of the end of World Wars I and II and in honor of veterans of the armed services.
- washer-dryer — a washing machine and a clothes dryer combined in one unit.
- wild parsley — any of several uncultivated plants resembling the parsley in shape and structure.
- yellow daisy — the black-eyed Susan, Rudbeckia hirta.