14-letter words containing d, u, r, y
- jerry-building — the act of building (houses, flats, etc) badly using cheap materials
- juridical days — days on which the courts are in session
- juxtamedullary — (anatomy) next to the edge of the medulla (of the kidney).
- kentucky derby — a horse race for three-year-olds, run annually since 1875, on the first Saturday in May, at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky.: the first race in the Triple Crown.
- kentucky fried — Southern-fried (def 1).
- kidney failure — loss of renal function
- laetare sunday — the fourth Sunday of Lent when the introit begins with “ Laetare Jerusalem ” (Rejoice ye, Jerusalem).
- laundry basket — container for clothes and linen
- laundry worker — sb who washes clothes for a living
- leukodystrophy — (medicine) Any of a group of disorders characterized by progressive degeneration of the white matter of the brain, caused by imperfect growth or development of the myelin sheath that acts as an insulator around nerve fibres.
- light industry — consumer goods manufacturing
- liqueur brandy — sweetened flavoured brandy
- liquid crystal — a liquid having certain crystalline characteristics, especially different optical properties in different directions when exposed to an electric field.
- machado y ruiz — Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1875–1939, Spanish writer.
- macrodactylous — related to or having macrodactyly
- maturity yield — Finance. the rate of return on a bond expressed as a percentage that accounts for the difference between the interest earned based on current market value and that earned if the bond is held to maturity.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- non-subsidiary — serving to assist or supplement; auxiliary; supplementary.
- nondocumentary — a film or television programme not reflecting real life
- 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.
- pachydermatous — of, relating to, or characteristic of pachyderms.
- paper industry — the industry of manufacturing and selling paper
- 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.
- pituitary body — (formerly) the pituitary gland.
- power industry — all the people and activities involved in providing power (gas, electricity, etc) to homes and businesses
- productibility — the ability to produce
- pseudepigraphy — the false ascription of a piece of writing to an author.
- pseudoprostyle — having a colonnade at each end, either very close to the front wall or engaged in it.
- pseudosymmetry — an apparent symmetry different from that appropriate to a crystal of a given mineral.
- pure democracy — a form of democracy in which the laws and policies are made directly by the citizens rather than by representatives.
- quadrangularly — in a quadrangular manner
- quadrisyllabic — a word or poetic meter with four syllables
- quadrisyllable — a word of four syllables.
- radiofrequency — the frequency of the transmitting waves of a given radio message or broadcast.
- radium therapy — treatment of disease by means of radium.
- read-only user — (jargon) Describes a luser who uses computers almost exclusively for reading Usenet, bulletin boards, and/or electronic mail, rather than writing code or purveying useful information. See twink, terminal junkie, lurker.
- red-lead putty — a compound for caulking pipe joints, made of red lead, white lead, and boiled linseed oil.
- redundancy pay — severance pay.
- refund annuity — an annuity providing for a lump-sum payment or installment payments to the beneficiary for the amount remaining of the purchase price at the death of the annuitant.
- roundaboutedly — in a roundabout manner
- rural delivery — a mail service in a country area, often run by contractors for the Post Office
- ryukyu islands — a chain of 55 islands in the W Pacific, extending almost 650 km (400 miles) from S Japan to N Taiwan: an ancient kingdom, under Chinese rule from the late 14th century, invaded by Japan in the early 17th century, under full Japanese sovereignty from 1879 to 1945, and US control from 1945 to 1972; now part of Japan again. They are subject to frequent typhoons. Chief town: Naha (on Okinawa). Pop: 1 318 220 (2000). Area: 2196 sq km (849 sq miles)