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13-letter words containing d, r, y, n

  • ordinary wave — Radio. (of the two waves into which a radio wave is divided in the ionosphere under the influence of the earth's magnetic field) the wave with characteristics more nearly resembling those that the undivided wave would have exhibited in the absence of the magnetic field.
  • orthohydrogen — the form of molecular hydrogen in which the nuclei of the two hydrogen atoms contained in the molecule have spins in the same direction.
  • over-identify — to recognize or establish as being a particular person or thing; verify the identity of: to identify handwriting; to identify the bearer of a check.
  • parry islands — former name of the Queen Elizabeth Islands.
  • payday lender — a person or group that offers short-term loans, in advance of payday, at high rates of interest
  • periodontally — with respect to periodontal tissue
  • phrygian mode — an authentic church mode represented on the white keys of a keyboard instrument by an ascending scale from E to E.
  • play on words — a pun or the act of punning.
  • playing cards — cards used in playing various games, arranged in decks of four suits (spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs): a standard deck has 52 cards
  • plug and pray — (humour)   The Windows 95 equivalent of the Macintosh's plug and play, referring to difficulties encountered when setting up new hardware under Windows 95.
  • polyprotodont — any marsupial of the group Polyprotodontia, characterized by four or more upper incisor teeth on each side of the jaw: includes the opossums and bandicoots
  • postsecondary — of or relating to education beyond high school: She completed her postsecondary education at a two-year college.
  • potty trained — Potty trained means the same as toilet trained.
  • powder monkey — (formerly) a boy employed on warships to carry gunpowder from the magazine to the guns.
  • predominantly — having ascendancy, power, authority, or influence over others; preeminent.
  • predominately — to be the stronger or leading element or force.
  • pride and joy — a high or inordinate opinion of one's own dignity, importance, merit, or superiority, whether as cherished in the mind or as displayed in bearing, conduct, etc.
  • property bond — a bond issued by a life-assurance company, the premiums for which are invested in a property-owning fund
  • prudentiality — prudential nature or practice
  • pycnidiospore — the fruiting body of certain fungi, which contains spore-bearing cells
  • quadrennially — Every four years.
  • quadringenary — a 400th anniversary
  • quandary peak — a mountain in central Colorado, in the Park Range, in the Rocky Mountains, NE of Leadville. 14,265 feet (4348 meters).
  • raiding party — a group of people who together carry out a raid
  • rally driving — the sport of taking part in motor rallies
  • recommendably — in a way that is recommendable
  • refundability — to give back or restore (especially money); repay.
  • residentially — of or relating to residence or to residences: a residential requirement for a doctorate.
  • rogation days — Usually, rogations. Ecclesiastical. solemn supplication, especially as chanted during procession on the three days (Rogation Days) before Ascension Day.
  • roman holiday — a public spectacle or controversy marked by barbarism, vindictiveness, or scandal.
  • rudimentarily — pertaining to rudiments or first principles; elementary: a rudimentary knowledge of geometry.
  • 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.
  • scotland yard — a short street in central London, England: formerly the site of the London police headquarters, which were removed 1890 to a Thames embankment (New Scotland Yard, ).
  • secondary era — the period from the beginning of the Triassic to the end of the Cretaceous
  • 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.
  • shrove monday — the Monday before Ash Wednesday.
  • shrove sunday — the Sunday before Ash Wednesday; Quinquagesima.
  • shunting yard — a place where railway coaches are manoeuvred
  • silk industry — the industry that is involved with the breeding of silkworms and the manufacture of the silk they produce into thread and fabric
  • six-yard line — the line marking the limits of the goal area
  • sound library — a collection of sounds stored on file (for example on CDs, DVDs, or as digital audio files)
  • 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.
  • sporting lady — a prostitute.
  • 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.
  • squanderingly — in a squandering manner
  • standing army — a permanently organized military force maintained by a nation.
  • stony-hearted — hardhearted.
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