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14-letter words containing d, y, a, s

  • pyramidologist — a person who believes in pyramidology
  • quadrisyllabic — a word or poetic meter with four syllables
  • quadrisyllable — a word of four syllables.
  • radiochemistry — the chemical study of radioactive elements, both natural and artificial, and their use in the study of chemical processes.
  • 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.
  • richard scarry — Richard McClure, 1919–94, U.S. author and illustrator of children's books.
  • road stability — the extent to which a motor vehicle is stable and does not skid, esp at high speeds, or on sharp bends or wet roads
  • royal standard — a flag bearing the arms of the British sovereign, flown only when she (or he) is present
  • 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)
  • sacred history — history that is retold with the aim of instilling religious faith and which may or may not be founded on fact
  • safety islands — a group of three small French islands in the Atlantic, off the coast of French Guiana
  • safety-deposit — safe-deposit.
  • sailing dinghy — a small boat or dinghy with a single mast, used esp for recreational sailing
  • salicylic acid — a white, crystalline, very slightly water-soluble powder, C 7 H 6 O 3 , prepared from salicin or phenol: used as a food preservative, in the manufacture of aspirin, and in medicine chiefly in the form of a salicylate as a remedy for rheumatic and gouty conditions.
  • salivary gland — any of several glands, as the submaxillary glands, that secrete saliva.
  • secondary beam — a beam of particles of one kind selected from the group of particles produced when a beam of particles from an accelerator (primary beam) strikes a target.
  • secondary cell — storage cell.
  • secondary gain — any advantage, as increased attention, disability benefits, or release from unpleasant responsibilities, obtained as a result of having an illness (distinguished from primary gain).
  • secondary road — a road less important than a main road or highway.
  • secondary wall — the innermost part of a plant cell wall, deposited after the wall has ceased to increase in surface area.
  • secondary wave — a transverse earthquake wave that travels through the interior of the earth and is usually the second conspicuous wave to reach a seismograph.
  • secretary bird — a large, long-legged, raptorial bird, Sagittarius serpentarius, of Africa, that feeds on reptiles.
  • security guard — a uniformed guard employed by a bank, airport, office building, etc., to maintain security.
  • self-laudatory — containing or expressing praise: overwhelmed by the speaker's laudatory remarks.
  • self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
  • semi-legendary — somewhat legendary; having something of the nature of a legend; almost legendary
  • semi-paralyzed — to affect with paralysis.
  • sergiyev posad — a city in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Moscow.
  • sesquipedality — given to using long words.
  • seward's folly — the purchase of Alaska in 1867, through the negotiations of Secretary of State W. H. Seward.
  • shrove tuesday — the last day of Shrovetide, long observed as a season of merrymaking before Lent.
  • sivananda yoga — a gentle form of yoga which concentrates on breathing control, stretching, and silent meditation
  • skiing holiday — a holiday taken (esp to somewhere that it snows) for the purpose of going skiing
  • slave cylinder — a small cylinder containing a piston that operates the brake shoes or pads in hydraulic brakes or the working part in any other hydraulically operated system
  • sodium cyanide — a white, crystalline, deliquescent, water-soluble, poisonous powder, NaCN, prepared by heating sodium amide with charcoal: used chiefly in casehardening alloys, in the leaching and flotation of ore, and in electroplating.
  • somoza debayle — Anastasio [ah-nahs-tah-syaw] /ˌɑ nɑsˈtɑ syɔ/ (Show IPA), 1925–80, Nicaraguan army officer, businessman, and political leader: president 1967–72, 1974–79 (brother of Luis Somoza Debayle).
  • st. john's day — the saint's day of St. John the Baptist, celebrated on June 24, being one of the four quarter days in England.
  • standard money — money made of a metal that has utility and value apart from its use as a unit of monetary exchange.
  • stanley dancer — Stanley, 1927–2005, U.S. harness racer and trainer.
  • statutory body — a body set up by the government to consider evidence and make judgements in some field of activity
  • steely-hearted — hard-hearted
  • strait-lacedly — in a strait-laced manner
  • subinfeudatory — a person who holds by subinfeudation.
  • sunday morning — a poem (1923) by Wallace Stevens.
  • sunday opening — the act of allowing shops and businesses to open on a Sunday
  • sunday painter — a nonprofessional painter, usually unschooled and generally painting during spare time.
  • sunday trading — the fact of opening a shop or business on a Sunday
  • syllable-timed — having a rhythm in which syllables are approximately equal in duration and thus tend to follow each other at regular intervals of time.
  • tailor's dummy — a mannequin used to help tailor or fit clothes
  • tank destroyer — a high-speed, self-propelled, armored combat vehicle with antitank cannon.
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