13-letter words containing d, r, y, u
- hydrosulphate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
- hydrosulphide — a compound containing the univalent group –HS.
- hydrosulphite — hyposulfite (def 1).
- hydrotelluric — (chemistry) Formed by hydrogen and tellurium.
- hyperproducer — an increased or rapid producer
- hypochondrium — either of two regions of the abdomen, situated on each side of the epigastrium and above the lumbar regions.
- incredulously — not credulous; disinclined or indisposed to believe; skeptical.
- indolebutyric — as in indolebutyric acid, a synthetic plant growth regulator
- inductothermy — the production of fever by means of electromagnetic induction.
- industriously — working energetically and devotedly; hard-working; diligent: an industrious person.
- industry-wide — from, covering, or affecting an entire industry: industrywide profits.
- injured party — victim
- interindustry — occurring or existing between two or more industries
- interruptedly — In an interrupted manner.
- laundry-woman — laundress.
- many-coloured — having many colours
- medullary ray — (in the stems of woody plants) one of the vertical bands or plates of unspecialized tissue that radiate between the pith and the bark.
- midsummer day — the saint's day of St. John the Baptist, celebrated on June 24, being one of the four quarter days in England.
- monkey around — any mammal of the order Primates, including the guenons, macaques, langurs, and capuchins, but excluding humans, the anthropoid apes, and, usually, the tarsier and prosimians. Compare New World monkey, Old World monkey.
- multicylinder — having more than one cylinder, as an internal-combustion or steam engine.
- multiindustry — Of or pertaining to more than one industry.
- non-budgetary — an estimate, often itemized, of expected income and expense for a given period in the future.
- non-fiduciary — Law. a person to whom property or power is entrusted for the benefit of another.
- odoriferously — In an odoriferous manner.
- on your guard — If you are on your guard or on guard, you are being very careful because you think a situation might become difficult or dangerous.
- overcredulity — Excessive credulity.
- partly cloudy — sky: not constantly clear
- 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.
- prejudicially — causing prejudice or disadvantage; detrimental.
- private study — the act or process of studying outwith classes
- producibility — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
- prudentiality — prudential nature or practice
- quadratically — square.
- quadrennially — Every four years.
- quadringenary — a 400th anniversary
- quadrupedally — In the manner of an animal that walks on four feet or four legs.
- quadruplicity — the state or fact of being quadruple or fourfold.
- quandary peak — a mountain in central Colorado, in the Park Range, in the Rocky Mountains, NE of Leadville. 14,265 feet (4348 meters).
- railway guide — a publication containing routes and timetables for train journeys
- refundability — to give back or restore (especially money); repay.
- road surveyor — a person who does surveying work for road building
- rudimentarily — pertaining to rudiments or first principles; elementary: a rudimentary knowledge of geometry.
- scullery maid — a maid whose duties include washing up and vegetable preparation
- 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
- sound library — a collection of sounds stored on file (for example on CDs, DVDs, or as digital audio files)
- squanderingly — in a squandering manner
- sulfapyridine — a sulfanilamide derivative, C 1 1 H 1 1 N 3 O 2 S, formerly used for infections caused by pneumococci, now used primarily for a particular dermatitis.
- sunday driver — a person who drives a car inexpertly, especially slowly or overcautiously, in the manner of one who drives infrequently.