11-letter words containing d, r, y, e
- rock steady — the style of vocalized Jamaican popular music that succeeded ska and preceded reggae in the 1960s, influenced by American soul music and having a more upbeat tempo with emphasis on electric bass and guitar rather than on horns.
- rudimentary — pertaining to rudiments or first principles; elementary: a rudimentary knowledge of geometry.
- rue the day — If you rue the day that you did something, you are sorry that you did it, because it has had unpleasant results.
- sand myrtle — an evergreen shrub, Leiophyllum buxifolium, of the heath family, native to the eastern U.S., having simple, leathery leaves and clusters of white or pink flowers.
- scaredy cat — fraidy-cat.
- scaredy-cat — fraidy-cat.
- scatteredly — distributed or occurring at widely spaced and usually irregular intervals: scattered villages; scattered showers.
- scoundrelly — having the character of a scoundrel; unscrupulous; villainous.
- sculduddery — obscene behavior; lewdness.
- sculduggery — skulduggery.
- secondarily — next after the first in order, place, time, etc.
- sedimentary — of, relating to, or of the nature of sediment.
- seditionary — of or relating to sedition; seditious.
- seed oyster — a very young oyster, especially one used in the cultivating and transplanting of an oyster bed.
- self-parody — a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing: his hilarious parody of Hamlet's soliloquy.
- sentry duty — the duty of serving as a sentry
- serendipity — an aptitude for making desirable discoveries by accident.
- silly-sider — a left-handed person.
- skulduddery — (of people) adultery
- skulduggery — dishonorable proceedings; mean dishonesty or trickery: bribery, graft, and other such skulduggery.
- skyrocketed — a rocket firework that ascends into the air and explodes at a height, usually in a brilliant array of sparks of one or more colors.
- soldier fly — any of several flies of the family Stratiomyidae, characterized by brightly colored abdominal stripes.
- spider lily — any of several plants having lilylike flowers with narrow petals, as those belonging to the genera Crinum, Hymenocallis, and Lycoris, of the amaryllis family.
- spiny-rayed — spiny-finned.
- spotted ray — any of various species of ray with irregular markings on the back
- spreadingly — in a spreading manner
- square yard — a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one yard on each side; 0.8361 square meters. 2 , sq. yd. Abbreviation: yd.
- starry-eyed — overly romantic or idealistic: He was a starry-eyed dreamer.
- stereotyped — reproduced in or by stereotype plates.
- stipendiary — receiving a stipend; performing services for regular pay.
- stormstayed — isolated or unable to travel because of adverse weather conditions, esp a snowstorm
- strathclyde — a region in SW Scotland. 5300 sq. mi. (13,727 sq. km).
- subdeaconry — the position or office of a subdeacon
- subdermally — in, located, or placed in a subdermal manner
- superdainty — very dainty
- sydneysider — a resident of Sydney
- tetradactyl — a four-toed animal
- tetradymite — a mineral, bismuth telluride and sulfide, Bi 2 Te 2 S, occurring in soft-gray to black foliated masses.
- tetrahydric — (especially of alcohols and phenols) tetrahydroxy.
- tetraploidy — having a chromosome number that is four times the basic or haploid number.
- the elderly — elderly people as a group
- thunder bay — a port in W Ontario, in S Canada, on Lake Superior: created in 1970 by the merger of twin cities (Fort William and Port Arthur) and two adjoining townships.
- timber yard — A timber yard is a place where timber is stored and sold.
- touch-ready — (of software) ready to work on touch-screen computers and devices
- toy soldier — child's plaything: small military figure
- trade cycle — the recurrent fluctuation between boom and depression in the economic activity of a capitalist country
- tragicomedy — a dramatic or other literary composition combining elements of both tragedy and comedy.
- trepidatory — characterized by trepidation
- trinitytide — the period between Trinity Sunday and Advent.
- trypanocide — a drug or substance that kills trypanosomes