15-letter words containing d, r, y, i
- semidocumentary — a film or television programme that is fictional but includes many factual events or details
- serendipitously — come upon or found by accident; fortuitous: serendipitous scientific discoveries.
- soul-destroying — Activities or situations that are soul-destroying make you depressed, because they are boring or because there is no hope of improvement.
- spratly islands — a widely-scattered group of uninhabited islets and reefs in the S South China Sea, the subject of territorial claims wholly or in part by six neighbouring nations
- sticky-fingered — given to thieving
- strawberry dish — a shallow, circular fruit dish with a fluted or pierced border.
- strike pay dirt — to achieve one's objective
- styloid process — a long, spinelike process of a bone, especially the projection from the base of the temporal bone.
- subsidiary cell — Immunology. any of various cells of the immune system that work with T or B cells to initiate a specific immune response.
- subsidiary coin — a coin, especially one made of silver, having a value less than that of the monetary unit.
- summer holidays — the time when children do not go to school in the summer
- sunset industry — any industry that holds little promise of future development
- superintendency — a district or place under a superintendent.
- surface density — quantity, as of electric charge, per unit surface area.
- swiss army code — (programming, humour) Code for an application that is suffering from feature creep. Swiss Army Code does many things, but does none of them well.
- the daily round — the usual activities of one's day
- thursday island — an island in Torres Strait between NE Australia and New Guinea; part of Queensland: pearl fishing. 1½ sq. mi. (4 sq. km).
- thyroid extract — the powdered preparation made from the thyroid gland of certain animals, used to treat hypothyroidism
- thyroid hormone — A thyroid hormone is a hormone, especially thyroxine or triiodothyronine, produced by the thyroid gland.
- total depravity — the Calvinist doctrine that humankind's entire nature, including its reason, is corrupt or sinful as a result of the Fall and that people are therefore completely dependent on God for regeneration.
- trading company — a company that is owned by the people who have bought shares in that company
- transvaal daisy — a composite plant, Gerbera jamesonii, native to southern Africa, having showy, many-rayed, variously colored flower heads.
- tricotyledonous — having three cotyledons.
- tristram shandy — a novel (1759–67) by Laurence Sterne.
- unaffordability — that can be afforded; believed to be within one's financial means: attractive new cars at affordable prices.
- unconstrainedly — in an unconfined manner
- understandingly — mental process of a person who comprehends; comprehension; personal interpretation: My understanding of the word does not agree with yours.
- unextraordinary — beyond what is usual, ordinary, regular, or established: extraordinary costs.
- unintermittedly — in an unintermitted manner
- uninterruptedly — in a manner that is not broken, discontinued, or hindered
- untraditionally — in an untraditional fashion; not traditionally
- upward mobility — movement from one social level to a higher one (upward mobility) or a lower one (downward mobility) as by changing jobs or marrying.
- upwardly mobile — See under vertical mobility (def 1).
- urinary bladder — a distensible, muscular and membranous sac, in which the urine is retained until it is discharged from the body.
- uropygial gland — a gland opening on the back at the base of the tail in most birds that secretes an oily fluid used by the bird in preening its feathers.
- vaginal dryness — abnormal dryness of the vagina, caused by lack of natural lubrication
- vice-presidency — the position of a person who ranks immediately below the chief executive or head of state of a republic, esp of the US, and serves as his deputy
- video frequency — transmission frequency of the television picture.
- vindhya pradesh — a former state in central India: now part of Madhya Pradesh.
- whip-tailed ray — a whipray.
- wild strawberry — uncultivated plant bearing red fruit
- winter holidays — a period of rest from work or studies taken in winter
- working holiday — trip combining vacation with job experience
- x-ray diagnosis — diagnosis by means of an X-ray
- xeroradiography — an x-ray utilizing a specially coated plate that allows a picture to be developed without the use of liquid chemicals.
- yellow mandarin — (in the Chinese Empire) a member of any of the nine ranks of public officials, each distinguished by a particular kind of button worn on the cap.
- yorkshire dales — the valleys of the rivers flowing from the Pennines in W Yorkshire: chiefly Ribblesdale, Swaledale, Nidderdale, Wharfedale, and Wensleydale; tourist area
- ytterbium oxide — a colorless compound, Yb 2 O 3 , used in certain alloys and ceramics.