12-letter words containing d, r, y
- dry tortugas — a group of eight coral islands at the entrance to the Gulf of Mexico: part of Florida
- dry-bone ore — a porous variety of smithsonite found near the surface of the earth.
- dry-cleaning — Dry-cleaning is the action or work of dry-cleaning things such as clothes.
- drying agent — A drying agent is used in an absorption column (= a tall vessel) to remove water from fractions.
- dryopithecus — an extinct genus of generalized hominoids that lived in Europe and Africa during the Miocene Epoch and whose members are characterized by small molars and incisors.
- duple rhythm — a rhythmic pattern created by a succession of disyllabic feet.
- dusky grouse — blue grouse.
- dusty clover — a bush clover, Lespedeza capitata.
- dusty miller — Botany. any of several composite plants, as Centaurea cineraria, Senecio cineraria, or the beach wormwood, having pinnate leaves covered with whitish pubescence. rose campion.
- duty manager — A duty manager is a person who is in charge at a particular time.
- duty of care — the legal obligation to safeguard others from harm while they are in your care, using your services, or exposed to your activities
- duty officer — In the police or armed forces, a duty officer is an officer who is on duty at a particular time.
- dvapara yuga — the third of the Yugas, not as good as the Treta Yuga but better than the Kali Yuga.
- dwarf cherry — any of several low, North American cherries that grow on dry or sandy soil, especially Prunus pumila, of the Great Lakes region.
- dye transfer — a photographic printing method by which a full-color image is produced by the printing of separate cyan, magenta, and yellow images from individual gelatin relief matrices.
- dyer's-broom — woadwaxen.
- dynamometers — Plural form of dynamometer.
- dynamometric — Relating to dynamometry.
- dysenterical — Alternative form of dysenteric.
- dysmenorrhea — painful menstruation.
- dysregulated — Simple past tense and past participle of dysregulate.
- dysrhythmias — Plural form of dysrhythmia.
- early modern — designating or of the period of European history from the end of the Middle Ages (c. 1450) to c. 1750
- easter daisy — a nearly stemless composite plant, Townsendia exscapa, of the Rocky Mountain regions, having stalkless purplish or white flowers in a rosette of narrow leaves.
- eco-friendly — environmentally safe
- ectrodactyly — the congenital absence of part or all of one or more fingers or toes.
- eddy current — an electric current in a conducting material that results from induction by a moving or varying magnetic field.
- edward abbey — Edward, 1927–89, U.S. novelist and nature writer.
- electrolyzed — Simple past tense and past participle of electrolyze.
- electrotyped — Simple past tense and past participle of electrotype.
- enderby land — part of the coastal region of Antarctica, between Kemp Land and Queen Maud Land: the westernmost part of the Australian Antarctic Territory (claims are suspended under the Antarctic Treaty); discovered in 1831
- endurability — The state or quality of being endurable.
- energy drink — beverage: added vitamins, etc.
- erciyas daği — an extinct volcano in central Turkey. Height 3916 m (12 848 ft)
- erciyes daği — an extinct volcano in central Turkey. Height 3916 m (12 848 ft)
- ereyesterday — (obsolete) On the day before yesterday.
- erythroderma — An inflammatory skin disease with erythema and scaling that affects nearly the entire cutaneous surface.
- everydayness — (uncountable) The quality or state of happening every day, or frequently.
- ex-directory — phone number: not listed publicly
- extrordinary — Misspelling of extraordinary.
- far and away — at or to a great distance; a long way off; at or to a remote point: We sailed far ahead of the fleet.
- faraday cage — an enclosure constructed of grounded wire mesh or parallel wires that shields sensitive electrical instruments from electrostatic interference.
- farsightedly — In a farsighted manner.
- father's day — a day, usually the third Sunday in June, set aside in honor of fathers.
- federatively — from a federative point of view
- ferricyanide — a salt of ferricyanic acid, as potassium ferricyanide, K 3 Fe(CN) 6 .
- ferrocyanide — a salt of ferrocyanic acid, as potassium ferrocyanide, K 4 Fe(CN) 6 .
- ferry bridge — transporter bridge.
- field theory — a detailed mathematical description of the distribution and movement of matter under the influence of one or more fields.
- fire hydrant — a hydrant for use in extinguishing fires.