15-letter words containing d, r, y, s
- secondary xylem — xylem derived from the cambium during secondary growth.
- security thread — a colored thread running through the paper of a piece of paper money, used to deter counterfeiting.
- semicylindrical — of, relating to, or having the shape of a semicylinder
- 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.
- southeastwardly — toward the southeast
- southwestwardly — toward the southwest
- 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
- statutory order — a statute that applies further legislation to an existing act
- 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.
- sully-prudhomme — René François Armand [ruh-ney frahn-swa ar-mahn] /rəˈneɪ frɑ̃ˈswa arˈmɑ̃/ (Show IPA), 1839–1907, French poet: Nobel prize 1901.
- 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
- superabundantly — very or too abundantly
- superheterodyne — denoting, pertaining to, or using a method of processing received radio or video signals in which an incoming modulated wave is changed by the heterodyne process into a lower-frequency wave and then subjected to amplification and subsequent detection.
- 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 present day — The present day is the period of history that we are in now.
- thursday island — an island in Torres Strait between NE Australia and New Guinea; part of Queensland: pearl fishing. 1½ sq. mi. (4 sq. km).
- to do your best — If you do your best or try your best to do something, you try as hard as you can to do it, or do it as well as you can.
- 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.
- unadventurously — in an unadventurous manner
- unconstrainedly — in an unconfined manner
- under secretary — an official who is subordinate to a principal secretary, as in the U.S. cabinet: Under Secretary of the Treasury.
- under-secretary — UK ministerial position
- understandingly — mental process of a person who comprehends; comprehension; personal interpretation: My understanding of the word does not agree with yours.
- 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
- vindhya pradesh — a former state in central India: now part of Madhya Pradesh.
- wild strawberry — uncultivated plant bearing red fruit
- winter holidays — a period of rest from work or studies taken in winter
- x-ray diagnosis — diagnosis by means of an X-ray
- yorkshire dales — the valleys of the rivers flowing from the Pennines in W Yorkshire: chiefly Ribblesdale, Swaledale, Nidderdale, Wharfedale, and Wensleydale; tourist area