13-letter words containing d, l, a, y
- directorially — In terms of film direction.
- dirty laundry — personal or private matters that could cause embarrassment if made public: You didn't have to air our dirty linen to all your friends!
- dirty old man — a mature or elderly man with lewd or obscene preoccupations.
- dirty realism — a style of writing, originating in the US in the 1980s, which depicts in great detail the seamier or more mundane aspects of ordinary life
- dirty-laundry — personal or private matters that could cause embarrassment if made public: You didn't have to air our dirty linen to all your friends!
- discreditably — In a discreditable manner.
- discriminably — So as to be discriminable; distinguishably.
- disgracefully — In a disgraceful manner.
- dishonourably — (British) alternative spelling of dishonorably.
- disobligatory — not obligatory
- disordinately — in a manner that lacks order
- disparagingly — that disparages; tending to belittle or bring reproach upon: a disparaging remark.
- display panel — an electronic screen on which information can be displayed
- disposability — designed for or capable of being thrown away after being used or used up: disposable plastic spoons; a disposable cigarette lighter.
- dispraisingly — By way of dispraise.
- disqualifying — Present participle of disqualify.
- dissimilarity — unlikeness; difference.
- dissimilatory — to modify by dissimilation.
- distastefully — In a distasteful manner.
- distractingly — to draw away or divert, as the mind or attention: The music distracted him from his work.
- disyllabicity — The state or characteristic of having two syllables.
- documentarily — Also, documental [dok-yuh-men-tl] /ˌdɒk yəˈmɛn tl/ (Show IPA). pertaining to, consisting of, or derived from documents: a documentary history of France.
- dollar-a-year — of or being an official or employee, especially a federal appointee, who receives a token annual salary, usually of one dollar: a dollar-a-year man.
- donald cherry — Donald Eugene ("Don") 1936–95, U.S. jazz trumpeter.
- donkey's tail — a succulent Mexican plant, Sedum morganianum, of the stonecrop family, bearing small, rose-colored flowers and long, hanging, nearly cylindrical stems with closely packed whitish-green leaves.
- doomsday cult — A doomsday cult is a religious cult whose members believe that the world is about to end.
- double whammy — twofold misfortune
- downheartedly — In a downhearted manner.
- dressy casual — (of clothes) informal yet expensive, smart, or stylish
- dual monarchy — the kingdom of Austria-Hungary 1867–1918.
- dualistically — of, relating to, or of the nature of dualism.
- duplicability — The quality of being duplicable.
- dyothelitical — relating to dyotheletism
- dysfunctional — not performing normally, as an organ or structure of the body; malfunctioning.
- dyslipidaemia — Alternative spelling of dyslipidemia.
- dysmenorrheal — painful menstruation.
- dysrationalia — The inability to think and behave rationally despite adequate intelligence.
- dysregulation — A failure to regulate properly.
- early adopter — a person who uses a new product or technology before it becomes widely known or used.
- educationally — pertaining to education.
- embarrassedly — In an embarrassed manner.
- encyclopaedia — (chiefly, UK, Australia) alternative spelling of encyclopedia.
- encyclopaedic — Alternative spelling of encyclopedic.
- encyclopedian — including a wide circle of learning
- encyclopedias — Plural form of encyclopedia.
- endolymphatic — (anatomy) Pertaining to, or containing, endolymph.
- english daisy — a small perennial plant (Bellis perennis) of the composite family, having single stalked heads with white or pinkish ray flowers
- equidistantly — In an equidistant manner or to an equidistant degree.
- evidentiarily — In an evidentiary way.
- exaggeratedly — To an excessive degree; in an exaggerated manner.