13-letter words containing d, e, s, y
- overdiversity — excessive diversity
- pedal cyclist — a person who rides a pedal cycle, as opposed to a motorcycle
- perissodactyl — having an uneven number of toes or digits on each foot.
- phony disease — a disease of peaches, characterized by dwarfing, dark-green leaves, premature leafing and flowering, and the production of reduced numbers of small fruit, caused by a virus, Nanus mirabilis.
- physics model — a variety of software illustrating the movement of objects in reality, used by designers of video games to improve verisimilitude
- polyadelphous — (of stamens) united by the filaments into three or more sets or bundles.
- polydaemonism — the belief in many evil spirits.
- postsecondary — of or relating to education beyond high school: She completed her postsecondary education at a two-year college.
- private study — the act or process of studying outwith classes
- pussy-whipped — (of a woman) to dominate or control (a romantic partner); henpeck.
- pycnidiospore — the fruiting body of certain fungi, which contains spore-bearing cells
- 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
- rayleigh disk — a small circular disk, usually of mica, that is suspended from a fiber and tends to be deflected at right angles to a stream of air, indicating by its deflection the intensity of a sound wave.
- reality-based — (especially of television) portraying or alleging to portray events as they actually happened.
- residentially — of or relating to residence or to residences: a residential requirement for a doctorate.
- road surveyor — a person who does surveying work for road building
- 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.
- safety island — an area provided for the safety of pedestrians from vehicular traffic, as between lanes on a busy street or highway.
- sandfly fever — a usually mild viral disease occurring in hot, dry areas, characterized by fever, eye pain, and sometimes a rash, transmitted by sandflies of the genus Phlebotomus.
- 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
- sedimentology — the study of sedimentary rocks.
- 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
- self-analyzed — having undergone self-analysis.
- self-deifying — to make a god of; exalt to the rank of a deity; personify as a deity: to deify a beloved king.
- self-employed — earning one's living directly from one's own profession or business, as a freelance writer or artist, rather than as an employee earning salary or commission from another.
- self-identify — identify (defs 7, 8): to self-identify as gay; to self-identify with others in the same situation.
- self-identity — the identity or consciousness of identity of a thing with itself.
- semilegendary — having some historical basis, but legendary in part
- semisedentary — partially or somewhat sedentary
- send away for — order by post
- seventy-third — next after the seventy-second; being the ordinal number for 73.
- shetland pony — one of a breed of small but sturdy, rough-coated ponies, raised originally in the Shetland Islands.
- shrove monday — the Monday before Ash Wednesday.
- shrove sunday — the Sunday before Ash Wednesday; Quinquagesima.
- sidereal year — year (def 4c).
- sigmoidectomy — surgical removal of the sigmoid colon
- six-yard line — the line marking the limits of the goal area
- slippery dick — a wrasse, Halichoeres bivittatus, inhabiting tropical regions of the Atlantic Ocean.
- soapbox derby — a race between children in homemade racing carts
- solderability — the characteristic of being solderable
- spend a penny — to urinate
- spheroidicity — a spheroidal state or form.
- spider monkey — any of several tropical American monkeys of the genus Ateles, having a slender body, long, slender limbs, and a long, prehensile tail: some are endangered.
- spotted hyena — a long-legged carnivorous doglike mammal native to Africa and S Asia (Crocuta crocuta)
- spreadability — capable of being spread; easily spread: a soft, spreadable cheese.
- sprint medley — a medley relay in which the first member of a team runs 440 yards, the second and third members run 220 yards each, and the fourth member runs 880 yards.
- spy wednesday — (in Ireland) the Wednesday before Easter, named for Judas' becoming a spy for the Sanhedrin
- squanderingly — in a squandering manner
- steady-handed — having steady hands; having self-control; calm.