16-letter words containing d, e, s, y, a

play one's cards — to carry out one's plans; take action (esp in the phrase play one's cards right)
polycondensation — formation of a polymer by chemical condensation with the elimination of a small molecule, such as water.
pseudoparenchyma — (in certain fungi and red algae) a compact mass of tissue, made up of interwoven hyphae or filaments, that superficially resembles plant tissue.
psychic distance — the degree of emotional detachment maintained toward a person, group of people, event, etc.
radiosymmetrical — radially symmetrical.
ramsden eyepiece — an eyepiece consisting of two plano-convex crown-glass lenses of equal focal length, placed with the convex sides facing each other and with a separation between the lenses of about two-thirds of the focal length of each.
relative density — specific gravity.
rhythm and blues — a folk-based but urbanized form of black popular music that is marked by strong, repetitious rhythms and simple melodies and was developed, in a commercialized form, into rock-'n'-roll.
rhythm-and-blues — a folk-based but urbanized form of black popular music that is marked by strong, repetitious rhythms and simple melodies and was developed, in a commercialized form, into rock-'n'-roll.
safety standards — standards prescribed (by a regulatory body, etc) that must be adhered to to ensure a product, event, etc, is safe and not dangerous
same-day service — (humour, operating system) An ironic term used to describe long response time, particularly with respect to MS-DOS system calls (which ought to require only a tiny fraction of a second to execute). Such response time is a major incentive for programmers to write programs that are not well-behaved. See also PC-ism.
sandstone quarry — a quarry from which sand is extracted
second-story man — a burglar who enters through an upstairs window.
secondary accent — a stress accent weaker than primary accent but stronger than lack of stress.
secondary cancer — a cancerous growth in some part of the body away from the site of the original tumour
secondary colour — a colour formed by mixing two primary colours
secondary growth — an increase in the thickness of the shoots and roots of a vascular plant as a result of the formation of new cells in the cambium.
secondary market — the market that exists for an issue after large blocks of shares have been publicly distributed.
secondary modern — Secondary moderns were schools which existed until recently in Britain for children aged between about eleven and sixteen, where more attention was paid to practical skills and less to academic study than in a grammar school.
secondary phloem — phloem derived from the cambium during secondary growth.
secondary school — a high school or a school of corresponding grade, ranking between a primary school and a college or university.
secondary source — next after the first in order, place, time, etc.
secondary stress — Engineering. a stress induced by the elastic deformation of a structure under a temporary load.
secondary tissue — tissue derived from cambium.
sedimentary rock — rock formed from compacted minerals
self-deprecatory — belittling or undervaluing oneself; excessively modest.
sensory overload — being overwhelmed by sights, sounds, etc.
share and enjoy! — 1. Commonly found at the end of software release announcements and README files, this phrase indicates allegiance to the hacker ethic of free information sharing (see hacker ethic). 2. The motto of the Sirius Cybernetics Corporation (the ultimate gaggle of incompetent suits) in Douglas Adams's "Hitch Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy". The irony of using this as a cultural recognition signal appeals to freeware hackers.
situation comedy — a comedy drama, especially a television series made up of discrete episodes about the same group of characters, as members of a family.
snakebite remedy — hard liquor.
social democracy — a political ideology advocating a gradual transition to socialism or a modified form of socialism by and under democratic political processes.
sodium cyclamate — a white, crystalline, water-soluble powder, NaC 6 NH 1 2 SO 3 , that has been used as a sweetening agent: banned by the FDA in 1970.
sodium methylate — a white, free-flowing, flammable powder, CH 3 ONa, decomposed by water to sodium hydroxide and methyl alcohol: used chiefly in organic synthesis.
special delivery — (in the U.S. Postal Service) delivery of mail outside the regularly scheduled hours, by a special messenger, upon the payment of an extra fee.
spiny-rayed fish — any of various fishes, as basses and perches, that have sharp, often pointed and usually rigid fin spines.
stagedoor johnny — a man who often goes to a theater or waits at a stage door to court an actress.
standing cypress — a plant, Ipomopsis rubra, of the southern U.S., having feathery leaves and clusters of red and yellow flowers.
strawberry blond — reddish blond.
summary judgment — a judgment, as in an action for debt, that is entered without the necessity of jury trial, based on affidavits of the creditor and debtor that convince the court that there is no arguable issue.
sysdeco mimer ab — (company) Part of the international software group Sysdeco Group AS. They developed the MIMER RDBMS. Address: Uppsala, Sweden.
take holy orders — to become ordained
tea and sympathy — a caring attitude, esp to someone in trouble
the roaring days — the period of the Australian goldrushes
the-card-players — a painting (1892) by Paul Cézanne.
to pay dividends — If something pays dividends, it brings advantages at a later date.
to spend a penny — If someone says that they are going to spend a penny, they mean that they are going to go to the toilet.
transcendentally — transcendent, surpassing, or superior.
type ii diabetes — diabetes (def 4).
videodisc player — an electronic device for playing videodiscs through a television set.
weather advisory — advisory (def 5).

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