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13-letter words containing d, y, e, i

  • residentially — of or relating to residence or to residences: a residential requirement for a doctorate.
  • richard petty — Richard, born 1937, U.S. racing-car driver.
  • rudimentarily — pertaining to rudiments or first principles; elementary: a rudimentary knowledge of geometry.
  • safety device — A safety device is a piece of equipment such as a fire extinguisher, safety belt, or burglar alarm that reduces loss or damage from a fire, accident, or break-in.
  • safety island — an area provided for the safety of pedestrians from vehicular traffic, as between lanes on a busy street or highway.
  • scullery maid — a maid whose duties include washing up and vegetable preparation
  • sedimentology — the study of sedimentary rocks.
  • self-deifying — to make a god of; exalt to the rank of a deity; personify as a deity: to deify a beloved king.
  • self-identify — identify (defs 7, 8): to self-identify as gay; to self-identify with others in the same situation.
  • self-identity — the identity or consciousness of identity of a thing with itself.
  • semilegendary — having some historical basis, but legendary in part
  • semisedentary — partially or somewhat sedentary
  • seventy-third — next after the seventy-second; being the ordinal number for 73.
  • sidereal year — year (def 4c).
  • sigmoidectomy — surgical removal of the sigmoid colon
  • six-yard line — the line marking the limits of the goal area
  • slippery dick — a wrasse, Halichoeres bivittatus, inhabiting tropical regions of the Atlantic Ocean.
  • solderability — the characteristic of being solderable
  • spheroidicity — a spheroidal state or form.
  • spider monkey — any of several tropical American monkeys of the genus Ateles, having a slender body, long, slender limbs, and a long, prehensile tail: some are endangered.
  • spreadability — capable of being spread; easily spread: a soft, spreadable cheese.
  • sprint medley — a medley relay in which the first member of a team runs 440 yards, the second and third members run 220 yards each, and the fourth member runs 880 yards.
  • squanderingly — in a squandering manner
  • striped hyena — a hyena, Hyaena hyaena, of northern Africa, Arabia, and India, having a grayish coat with distinct blackish stripes.
  • sulfapyridine — a sulfanilamide derivative, C 1 1 H 1 1 N 3 O 2 S, formerly used for infections caused by pneumococci, now used primarily for a particular dermatitis.
  • sunday driver — a person who drives a car inexpertly, especially slowly or overcautiously, in the manner of one who drives infrequently.
  • sunny side up — (of an egg) fried without breaking the yolk or being turned over, with the yolk remaining visible and somewhat liquid inside.
  • sunny-side up — (of an egg) fried without breaking the yolk or being turned over, with the yolk remaining visible and somewhat liquid inside.
  • superfluidity — a fluid that exhibits frictionless flow, very high heat conductivity, and other unusual physical properties, helium below 2.186 K being the only known example.
  • superordinary — that is superior to the ordinary
  • symbolic code — a program code unrelated to the hardware of a particular computer and requiring conversion to the code used by the computer before the program can be used.
  • synecdochical — a figure of speech in which a part is used for the whole or the whole for a part, the special for the general or the general for the special, as in ten sail for ten ships or a Croesus for a rich man.
  • syrian desert — a desert in N Saudi Arabia, SE Syria, W Iraq, and NE Jordan. About 125,000 sq. mi. (323,750 sq. km).
  • the iron lady — a nickname often used to describe female heads of government around the world, meaning 'strong-willed woman'. Most famously used of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1979 to 1990) Margaret Thatcher
  • thermodynamic — of or relating to thermodynamics.
  • thirty-second — next after the thirty-first; being the ordinal number for 32.
  • this day week — a week (counting backward or forward) from today (or yesterday, etc.)
  • thyroidectomy — excision of all or a part of the thyroid gland.
  • toile de jouy — a cotton or linen fabric characterized by monochromatic prints on a light background.
  • tread lightly — to proceed with delicacy or tact
  • treaty indian — a status Indian who is a member of a group that has signed a treaty with the federal government.
  • triglycerides — an ester obtained from glycerol by the esterification of three hydroxyl groups with fatty acids, naturally occurring in animal and vegetable tissues: an important energy source forming much of the fat stored by the body.
  • twin-cylinder — (of an engine) having twin cylinders
  • tyndallimetry — the determination of the concentration of suspended material in a liquid by measuring the amount of light scattered
  • typhoid fever — Also called typhoid fever. an infectious, often fatal, febrile disease, usually of the summer months, characterized by intestinal inflammation and ulceration, caused by the typhoid bacillus, which is usually introduced with food or drink.
  • underactivity — insufficient activity
  • undeservingly — in an undeserving manner
  • undeviatingly — to turn aside, as from a route, way, course, etc.
  • undiscernedly — in an undiscerned manner
  • undisguisedly — in an undisguised manner
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