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13-letter words containing d, u, r, o, y

  • ground cherry — Also called husk tomato. any of several plants belonging to the genus Physalis, of the nightshade family, the several species bearing an edible berry enclosed in an enlarged calyx.
  • groundhog day — February 2, in most parts of the U.S., the day on which, according to legend, the groundhog first emerges from hibernation. If it is a sunny day and the groundhog sees its shadow, six more weeks of wintry weather are predicted.
  • holy saturday — the Saturday in Holy Week.
  • holy thursday — Ascension Day.
  • holyroodhouse — a royal palace in Edinburgh in Scotland: official residence of the Queen when in Scotland; begun in 1501 by James IV of Scotland; scene of the murder of David Rizzio in 1566
  • honey buzzard — a long-tailed Old World hawk, Pernis apivorus, that feeds on the larvae of bees as well as on small rodents, reptiles, and insects.
  • horned scully — a tapered block of concrete with projecting steel rails, placed under water to tear holes in the bottoms of boats.
  • hyaluronidase — Biochemistry. a mucolytic enzyme found in the testes, in snake venom, and in hemolytic streptococci and certain other bacteria, that decreases the viscosity of the intercellular matrix by breaking down hyaluronic acid.
  • hybrid vigour — the increased size, strength, etc, of a hybrid as compared to either of its parents
  • hydrocephalus — an accumulation of serous fluid within the cranium, especially in infancy, due to obstruction of the movement of cerebrospinal fluid, often causing great enlargement of the head; water on the brain.
  • hydrofracture — (geology) Rock fracture caused by the pressure of freezing water.
  • hydromedusoid — a jellyfish or something resembling a jellyfish that lives in water
  • hydronium ion — the hydrogen ion bonded to a molecule of water, H 3 O + , the form in which hydrogen ions are found in aqueous solution.
  • hydrosulfides — Plural form of hydrosulfide.
  • hydrosulfuric — (chemistry) Derived from hydrogen sulfide considered as hydrosulfuric acid.
  • 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.
  • laundry-woman — laundress.
  • many-coloured — having many colours
  • 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.
  • 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
  • producibility — to bring into existence; give rise to; cause: to produce steam.
  • road surveyor — a person who does surveying work for road building
  • shrove sunday — the Sunday before Ash Wednesday; Quinquagesima.
  • sound library — a collection of sounds stored on file (for example on CDs, DVDs, or as digital audio files)
  • superordinary — that is superior to the ordinary
  • tetradynamous — having four long and two short stamens, as a cruciferous flower.
  • transboundary — something that indicates bounds or limits; a limiting or bounding line.
  • treasury bond — any of various interest-bearing bonds issued by the U.S. Treasury Department, usually maturing over a long period of time.
  • underemployed — employed at a job that does not fully use one's skills or abilities.
  • unsupportedly — in an unsupported fashion, without support
  • upon my word! — a unit of language, consisting of one or more spoken sounds or their written representation, that functions as a principal carrier of meaning. Words are composed of one or more morphemes and are either the smallest units susceptible of independent use or consist of two or three such units combined under certain linking conditions, as with the loss of primary accent that distinguishes black·bird· from black· bird·. Words are usually separated by spaces in writing, and are distinguished phonologically, as by accent, in many languages.
  • vitreous body — a transparent gelatinous substance, permeated by fine fibrils, that fills the interior of the eyeball between the lens and the retina
  • wend your way — If you wend your way in a particular direction, you walk, especially slowly, casually, or carefully, in that direction.
  • young ireland — a movement or party of Irish patriots in the 1840s who split with Daniel O'Connell because they favoured a more violent policy than that which he promoted
  • yourdon, inc. — (company)   The company founded in 1974 by Edward Yourdon to provide educational, publishing, and consulting services in state-of-the-art software engineering technology. Over the next 12 years, the company grew to a staff of over 150 people, with offices throughout North America and Europe. As CEO of the company, Yourdon oversaw an operation that trained over 250,000 people around the world; the company was sold in 1986 and eventually became part of CGI, the French software company that is now part of IBM. The publishing division, Yourdon Press (now part of Prentice Hall), has produced over 150 technical computer books on a wide range of software engineering topics; many of these "classics" are used as standard university computer science textbooks.
  • yttrium oxide — a white, water-insoluble powder, Y 2 O 3 , used chiefly in incandescent gas and acetylene mantles.
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