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16-letter words containing d, r, y, o, a

  • day of reckoning — If someone talks about the day of reckoning, they mean a day or time in the future when people will be forced to deal with an unpleasant situation which they have avoided until now.
  • daylight robbery — If someone charges you a great deal of money for something and you think this is unfair or unreasonable, you can refer to this as daylight robbery.
  • deflationary gap — a situation in which total spending in an economy is insufficient to buy all the output that can be produced with full employment
  • dehydroascorbate — (organic compound) Any salt or ester of dehydroascorbic acid.
  • delayed reaction — response after an interval
  • democratic party — (in the US) the older and more liberal of the two major political parties, so named since 1840
  • depolymerisation — (chemistry) alternative spelling of depolymerization.
  • depolymerization — (chemistry) The decomposition of a polymer into smaller fragments.
  • dermatologically — In a dermatological way.
  • destroying angel — a white slender very poisonous basidiomycetous toadstool, Amanita virosa, having a pronounced volva, frilled, shaggy stalk, and sickly smell
  • diacetylmorphine — heroin.
  • dictionary flame — [Usenet] An attempt to sidetrack a debate away from issues by insisting on meanings for key terms that presuppose a desired conclusion or smuggle in an implicit premise. A common tactic of people who prefer argument over definitions to disputes about reality. Compare spelling flame.
  • dictionary-maker — a person who compiles a dictionary
  • diethyl carbinol — a colorless, liquid isomer of amyl alcohol, (CH3CH2)2CHOH, used in drugs and as a solvent
  • dihydroxyacetone — (organic compound) The compound CO(CH2OH)2 that has a number of industrial uses.
  • dimethylcarbinol — isopropyl alcohol.
  • diphosphorylated — (biochemistry) phosphorylated with two units of phosphoric acid.
  • direct democracy — to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
  • discographically — In terms of discography.
  • discriminatorily — characterized by or showing prejudicial treatment, especially as an indication of bias related to age, color, national origin, religion, sex, etc.: discriminatory practices in housing; a discriminatory tax.
  • distributionally — In a distributional manner.
  • do the necessary — to do something that is necessary in a particular situation
  • documentary film — factual, informative film
  • dollar diplomacy — a government policy of promoting the business interests of its citizens in other countries.
  • domiciliary care — services, such as meals-on-wheels, health visiting, and home help, provided by a welfare agency for people in their own homes
  • dorothy canfield — Dorothy, Fisher, Dorothy Canfield.
  • double monastery — a religious community of both men and women who live in separate establishments under the same superior and who worship in a common church.
  • down memory lane — If you say that someone is taking a walk or trip down memory lane, you mean that they are talking, writing, or thinking about something that happened to them a long time ago.
  • dramatic society — an amateur dramatics club
  • dry distillation — destructive distillation.
  • dual personality — a disorder in which an individual possesses two dissociated personalities.
  • duplessis-mornay — Philippe [fee-leep] /fiˈlip/ (Show IPA), Mornay, Philippe de.
  • dynamic response — The dynamic response of a machine, structure, or process is how it reacts over time to something that is done to it.
  • echocardiography — an instrument employing reflected ultrasonic waves to examine the structures and functioning of the heart.
  • electrohydraulic — Relating to electrohydraulics.
  • embroidery frame — a frame in the form of a pair of (usually circular) rings, designed to keep the fabric taut while an embroiderer works on it
  • ethinylestradiol — A derivative of 17\u03b2-estradiol, the major endogenous estrogen in humans, used in oral contraceptives.
  • fashion industry — the industry that deals with the world of fashion
  • ferrocyanic acid — a white, crystalline, unstable, water-soluble solid, H 4 Fe(CN) 6 , obtained by the interaction of a ferrocyanide and an acid.
  • firework display — a public event at which fireworks are set alight
  • focused strategy — a business strategy in which an organization divests itself of all but its core activities, using the funds raised to enhance the distinctive abilities that give it an advantage over its rivals
  • follow-my-leader — a game in which the players must repeat the actions of the leader
  • forefathers' day — the anniversary of the day (December 21, 1620, in Old Style December 11) on which the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth, Mass. Owing to an error in changing the date from the Old Style to the New, it is generally observed on December 22.
  • forward analysis — An analysis which determines properties of the output of a program from properties of the inputs.
  • forward delivery — delivery at a future date.
  • fringed polygala — a North American milkwort, Polygala paucifolia, having flowers with purplish-pink, winglike petals and a fringed tube.
  • gender dysphoria — a psychological condition marked by significant emotional distress and impairment in life functioning, caused by a lack of congruence between gender identity and biological sex assigned at birth.
  • glycosylceramide — (organic chemistry) Any glycosyl derivative of a ceramide.
  • gravity railroad — a railroad depending partly on the force of gravity for motive power.
  • greater-doxology — Gloria in Excelsis Deo.
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