11-letter words containing d, r, y
- elucidatory — Serving to elucidate.
- embryonated — Containing an embryo.
- emery board — abrasive tool for shaping fingernails
- endearingly — In an endearing manner.
- energy band — a range of energies associated with the quantum states of electrons in a crystalline solid. In a semiconductor or an insulator there is a valence band containing many states, most of which are occupied. Above this is a forbidden band with only a few isolated states caused by impurities. Above this is a conduction band containing many states most of which are empty. In a metal there is a continuous valence-conduction band
- equity card — a card proving membership of an actors' trade union
- erodibility — the ability to erode
- erysipeloid — an infective dermatitis mainly affecting the hands, characterized by inflammation and caused by the microorganism Erysipelothrix rhusiopathiae on contaminated meat, poultry, or fish: most prevalent among fishermen and butchers
- escort duty — a military duty in which one or more servicemen accompany a person, group of people, or vehicle, for protection, guidance, restraint, or as a mark of honour
- eurypterids — Plural form of eurypterid.
- eurypteroid — of, relating to or resembling a eurypterid or eurypterids
- evidentiary — (legal) Of or pertaining to evidence.
- exboyfriend — Alternative form of ex-boyfriend.
- expiry date — the date on which something comes to an end, can no longer be used, or is no longer safe to be eaten
- export duty — a government tax paid on goods exported from a country
- fairy bread — slices of white bread covered with small beads of brightly coloured sugar, served as a children’s snack
- fancy dress — a costume for a ball, masquerade, etc., chosen to please the fancy, usually a costume characteristic of a particular period or place, class of persons, or historical or fictitious character.
- fiduciarily — Law. a person to whom property or power is entrusted for the benefit of another.
- fifty-third — next after the fifty-second; being the ordinal number for 53.
- flusteredly — In a flustered manner.
- foolhardily — In a foolhardy manner.
- forbiddenly — in a forbidden manner; illegally
- forty-third — next after the forty-second; being the ordinal number for 43.
- fraudulency — characterized by, involving, or proceeding from fraud, as actions, enterprise, methods, or gains: a fraudulent scheme to evade taxes.
- furaldehyde — either of two aldehydes derived from furan, esp 2-furaldehyde
- garden city — a city in SE Michigan, near Detroit.
- gastrodynia — (pathology) gastralgia (stomach pain).
- gay gordons — an energetic old-time dance
- germylidene — (chemistry) the germanium analogues of carbenes, R2Ge':'.
- gerrymander — U.S. Politics. the dividing of a state, county, etc., into election districts so as to give one political party a majority in many districts while concentrating the voting strength of the other party into as few districts as possible.
- girl friday — gal Friday.
- goldenberry — the Cape gooseberry
- good friday — the Friday before Easter, a holy day of the Christian church, observed as the anniversary of the Crucifixion of Jesus.
- gooney bird — any of several albatrosses, especially the black-footed albatross and the Laysan albatross, occurring on islands in the Pacific Ocean, often near naval bases.
- gradability — a measure of a truck's pulling power expressed as the steepest grade the truck can climb with a full load.
- grand duchy — a territory ruled by a grand duke or grand duchess.
- grandiosely — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
- grandiosity — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
- granny bond — (in Britain) an informal name for retirement issue certificate, an index-linked savings certificate, originally available only to people over retirement age
- gravity dam — a dam resisting the pressure of impounded water through its own weight.
- gravity-fed — the supplying of fuel, materials, etc., by force of gravity.
- gray-headed — having gray hair.
- greedy guts — a glutton
- grey-haired — having grey hair
- grey-headed — having gray hair.
- hairy-faced — having a face covered with hair.
- handyperson — a person who is practiced at doing maintenance work.
- haphazardly — in a haphazard manner; at random.
- haphazardry — haphazard character, state, or order; fortuity.
- hard by sth — If one thing is hard by another, it is very close to it.