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14-letter words containing d, r, y

  • mean solar day — day (def 3a).
  • merry-go-round — Also called carousel, carrousel. (in amusement parks, carnivals, etc.) a revolving, circular platform with wooden horses or other animals, benches, etc., on which people may sit or ride, usually to the accompaniment of mechanical or recorded music.
  • merthyr tydfil — an administrative district in Mid Glamorgan, in S Wales. 43 sq. mi. (113 sq. km).
  • methyl bromide — a colorless, poisonous gas, CH 3 Br, used chiefly as a solvent, refrigerant, and fumigant and in organic synthesis.
  • monoglycerides — Plural form of monoglyceride.
  • morbid anatomy — the branch of medical science concerned with the study of the structure of diseased organs and tissues
  • morbid obesity — a state of obesity in which the body mass index is between 40 and 49.9 kg/m2
  • morbidity rate — a measure of the relative incidence of a particular disease in a specific locality
  • motor industry — the manufacturers of cars viewed as a sector
  • murder mystery — detective story, thriller
  • mustard family — the plant family Cruciferae (or Brassicaceae), characterized by herbaceous plants having alternate leaves, acrid or pungent juice, clusters of four-petaled flowers, and fruit in the form of a two-parted capsule, and including broccoli, cabbage, candytuft, cauliflower, cress, mustard, radish, sweet alyssum, turnip, and wallflower.
  • myocardiograph — an instrument for recording the movements of the heart.
  • myocardiopathy — (pathology) Any disease of the myocardium.
  • naval dockyard — a place where a Navy's ships are kept
  • neurodiversity — the variation and differences in neurological structure and function that exist among human beings, especially when viewed as being normal and natural rather than pathological: recognizing autism as an example of neurodiversity.
  • neuroradiology — the branch of radiology dealing with the central nervous system
  • never you mind — You use never you mind to tell someone not to ask about something because it is not their concern or they should not know about it.
  • new model army — the army established in 1645 during the Civil War by the English parliamentarians, which exercised considerable political power under Cromwell
  • new year's day — January 1, celebrated as a holiday in many countries.
  • non-depository — a place where something is deposited or stored, as for safekeeping: the night depository of a bank.
  • non-derogatory — tending to lessen the merit or reputation of a person or thing; disparaging; depreciatory: a derogatory remark.
  • non-subsidiary — serving to assist or supplement; auxiliary; supplementary.
  • nondocumentary — a film or television programme not reflecting real life
  • norman dynasty — a succession of English kings founded by Duke William of the duchy of Normandy in northern France, who conquered England in 1066 and whose successors ruled the country to 1154.
  • north tyneside — a unitary authority of NE England, in Tyne and Wear. Pop: 190 800 (2003 est). Area: 84 sq km (32 sq miles)
  • numeric keypad — a separate section on some computer keyboards, grouping together numeric keys and those for mathematical or other special functions in an arrangement like that of a calculator.
  • of your dreams — If you describe someone or something as the person or thing of your dreams, you mean that you consider them to be ideal or perfect.
  • old-line party — either the Liberal Party or the Conservative Party
  • ordinary point — Mathematics. a point in a domain in which a given function of a complex variable is analytic.
  • ordinary share — British. a share of common stock.
  • ordinary stock — British. common stock.
  • orkney islands — group of islands north of Scotland, constituting an administrative division of Scotland: 377 sq mi (976 sq km); pop. 20,000
  • osteodystrophy — (medicine) Any abnormal or defective development of a bone.
  • ozone-friendly — Ozone-friendly chemicals, products, or technology do not cause harm to the ozone layer.
  • pachydermatous — of, relating to, or characteristic of pachyderms.
  • paper industry — the industry of manufacturing and selling paper
  • paradisiacally — in a paradisiacal way
  • paradoxicality — having the nature of a paradox; self-contradictory.
  • partially deaf — suffering from hearing loss; partly deaf
  • partridgeberry — a North American trailing plant, Mitchella repens, of the madder family, having roundish evergreen leaves, fragrant white flowers, and scarlet berries.
  • pastry blender — a kitchen utensil having several parallel wires bent in a semicircle and secured by a handle, used especially for mixing pastry dough.
  • payback period — the period in which money owed, debts, etc, have to be paid back
  • pedal keyboard — pedal (def 3a).
  • penny dreadful — a cheap, sensational novel of adventure, crime, or violence; dime novel.
  • penny-dreadful — a cheap, sensational novel of adventure, crime, or violence; dime novel.
  • perhydrogenate — to hydrogenate as completely as possible.
  • perhydrogenize — perhydrogenate.
  • periodontology — periodontics.
  • peroxy-radical — the bivalent group –O 2 –, derived from hydrogen peroxide.
  • pin grid array — (hardware)   (PGA) A style of integrated circuit socket or pin-out with pins laid out on a square or rectangular grid with a separation of 0.1 inch in each direction. The pins near the centre of the array are often missing. PGA is often used on motherboards for processors, e.g. Socket 6 and Socket 8. PPGA is "plastic PGA" (as opposed to ceramic?). See also SPGA.
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