12-letter words containing d, e, s, y
- on your side — If something is on your side or if you have it on your side, it helps you when you are trying to achieve something.
- overmodestly — in an extremely modest manner
- pachydermous — any of the thick-skinned, nonruminant ungulates, as the elephant, hippopotamus, and rhinoceros.
- pepys' diary — a diary kept by Samuel Pepys from January 1, 1660 to May 31, 1669, in which are recorded his impressions of contemporary London life, the life of the court, and the administration of the navy.
- perfidiously — deliberately faithless; treacherous; deceitful: a perfidious lover.
- phased array — a radar antenna consisting of an array of dipoles that are excited in or out of phase with each other to control beam direction and radiation pattern without moving the antenna. Compare dipole (def 3).
- polydisperse — of or noting a sol that contains particles of different sizes.
- polyhedrosis — an often fatal disease of certain insect larvae or decapod crustaceans, caused by viruses containing DNA.
- polysulphide — any sulphide of a metal containing divalent anions in which there are chains of sulphur atoms, as in the polysulphides of sodium, Na2S2, Na2S3, Na2S4, etc
- polysyndeton — the use of a number of conjunctions in close succession.
- possessed by — spurred or moved by a strong feeling, madness, or a supernatural power (often followed by by, of, or with): The army fought as if possessed. The village believed her to be possessed of the devil.
- postdelivery — of, relating to, or occurring after a delivery
- praseodymium — a rare-earth, metallic, trivalent element, named from its green salts. Symbol: Pr; atomic weight: 140.91; atomic number: 59; specific gravity: 6.77 at 20°C.
- prayer beads — the beads of the rosary
- prediscovery — a previous discovery
- pseudocyesis — false pregnancy.
- pseudography — writing that does not follow conventional spelling or usage
- pseudomartyr — someone falsely or inaccurately called a martyr
- pseudonymity — pseudonymous character.
- pseudonymous — bearing a false or fictitious name.
- puy de sancy — a mountain in S central France: highest peak of the Monts Dore. Height: 1886 m (6188 ft)
- red nose day — a fund-raising day on behalf of the British charity organization Comic Relief, which culminates in a live telethon on BBC One
- regardlessly — having or showing no regard; heedless; unmindful (often followed by of).
- remedilessly — in a remediless manner, beyond remedy
- residentiary — residing; resident.
- resoundingly — making an echoing sound: a resounding thud.
- resyndicated — 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.
- reynoldsburg — a town in central Ohio.
- 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.
- schindylesis — an articulation or fibrous joint in which one bone is received into the cleft or slit of another bone
- schindyletic — relating to the joint in which one bone is received into the cleft or slit of another bone
- second-story — of or located on the second story or floor.
- 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.
- seed oysters — oyster spat; very young oysters, esp. at the stage suitable for transplanting
- self-denying — the sacrifice of one's own desires; unselfishness.
- 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.
- semicylinder — half of a cylinder divided lengthwise.
- shamefacedly — modest or bashful.
- shepherd boy — male child who herds sheep
- shovel-ready — of or relating to a construction project that is ready to start immediately
- side by side — one of the surfaces forming the outside of or bounding a thing, or one of the lines bounding a geometric figure.
- 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-cylinder — having six chambers in a reciprocating internal-combustion engine, pump, or compressor within which the pistons move