10-letter words containing d, e, s, y
- heedlessly — careless; thoughtless; unmindful: Heedless of the danger, he returned to the burning building to save his dog.
- holystoned — Simple past tense and past participle of holystone.
- home study — instruction in a subject given by mail and addressed to a student's home.
- homostyled — (of a plant) having styles of the same form or length in all flowers.
- hyalinised — to become hyaline.
- hybridised — Simple past tense and past participle of hybridise.
- hybridizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hybridize.
- hydathodes — Plural form of hydathode.
- hydrangeas — Plural form of hydrangea.
- hydrastine — an alkaloid, C 21 H 21 NO 6 , that is extracted from the roots of goldenseal and forms prismatic crystals: used as an astringent and to inhibit uterine bleeding.
- hydrazides — Plural form of hydrazide.
- hydroceles — Plural form of hydrocele.
- hydrolases — Plural form of hydrolase.
- hydrolysed — Simple past tense and past participle of hydrolyse.
- hydrolyses — chemical decomposition in which a compound is split into other compounds by reacting with water.
- hydrolytes — a substance subjected to hydrolysis.
- hydrolyzes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of hydrolyze.
- hydroscope — an optical device for viewing objects below the surface of water.
- hydroseres — Plural form of hydrosere.
- hydrospace — the regions beneath the surface of the oceans and seas.
- hydroxides — Plural form of hydroxide.
- hyperdense — (medicine) Extremely dense.
- hyperspeed — Extremely high speed.
- hypnotised — Simple past tense and past participle of hypnotise.
- hypodermis — Zoology. an underlayer of epithelial cells in arthropods and certain other invertebrates that secretes substances for the overlying cuticle or exoskeleton.
- i dare say — (it is) quite possible (that)
- immodestly — not modest in conduct, utterance, etc.; indecent; shameless.
- isocyanide — a compound containing an isocyano group.
- isolatedly — separated from other persons or things; alone; solitary.
- klendusity — (in plants) the ability to resist disease
- lead story — the principal story in a newspaper
- lopsidedly — In a lopsided manner.
- lundy isle — an island at the mouth of the Bristol Channel, off Devon, SW England: historic refuge for pirates and smugglers. 1.5 sq. mi. (4 sq. km).
- many-sided — having many sides.
- mcreynolds — James Clark, 1862–1946, U.S. jurist: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1914–41.
- measuredly — In a measured fashion.
- merseyside — a metropolitan county in W England. 250 sq. mi. (648 sq. km).
- metecdysis — the period following the moult (ecdysis) of an arthropod, when the new cuticle is forming
- mind's eye — the hypothetical site of visual recollection or imagination: In her mind's eye she saw the city as it had been in Caesar's time.
- mindlessly — without intelligence; senseless: a mindless creature.
- mindszenty — Joseph (Joseph Pehm) 1892–1975, Hungarian Roman Catholic clergyman: primate of Hungary 1945–74.
- mistrayned — deluded or incorrectly trained
- misty-eyed — on the verge of tears.
- molybdates — Plural form of molybdate.
- muster day — the annual day for enrollment in the militia of all able men aged 18 to 45, according to a law established in 1792 and in effect until after the Civil War.
- needlessly — unnecessary; not needed or wanted: a needless waste of food.
- nose candy — cocaine.
- oxysulfide — a sulfide in which part of the sulfur is replaced by oxygen.
- oyster bed — a place where oysters breed or are cultivated.
- pdsa cycle — Plan, Do, See, Approve (from Japan).