13-letter words containing d, y, n, a, s
- ordinary loss — An ordinary loss is a loss in the course of normal business.
- outstandingly — prominent; conspicuous; striking: an outstanding example of courage.
- parry islands — former name of the Queen Elizabeth Islands.
- phony disease — a disease of peaches, characterized by dwarfing, dark-green leaves, premature leafing and flowering, and the production of reduced numbers of small fruit, caused by a virus, Nanus mirabilis.
- photodynamics — the science dealing with light and its effects on living organisms.
- play on words — a pun or the act of punning.
- playing cards — cards used in playing various games, arranged in decks of four suits (spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs): a standard deck has 52 cards
- polydaemonism — the belief in many evil spirits.
- postsecondary — of or relating to education beyond high school: She completed her postsecondary education at a two-year college.
- psychodynamic — Psychology. any clinical approach to personality, as Freud's, that sees personality as the result of a dynamic interplay of conscious and unconscious factors.
- residentially — of or relating to residence or to residences: a residential requirement for a doctorate.
- rogation days — Usually, rogations. Ecclesiastical. solemn supplication, especially as chanted during procession on the three days (Rogation Days) before Ascension Day.
- safety island — an area provided for the safety of pedestrians from vehicular traffic, as between lanes on a busy street or highway.
- sand-yachting — the sport of riding in a sand yacht
- sandfly fever — a usually mild viral disease occurring in hot, dry areas, characterized by fever, eye pain, and sometimes a rash, transmitted by sandflies of the genus Phlebotomus.
- scotland yard — a short street in central London, England: formerly the site of the London police headquarters, which were removed 1890 to a Thames embankment (New Scotland Yard, ).
- secondary era — the period from the beginning of the Triassic to the end of the Cretaceous
- self-analyzed — having undergone self-analysis.
- semilegendary — having some historical basis, but legendary in part
- semisedentary — partially or somewhat sedentary
- send away for — order by post
- shetland pony — one of a breed of small but sturdy, rough-coated ponies, raised originally in the Shetland Islands.
- shrove monday — the Monday before Ash Wednesday.
- shrove sunday — the Sunday before Ash Wednesday; Quinquagesima.
- shunting yard — a place where railway coaches are manoeuvred
- six-yard line — the line marking the limits of the goal area
- sound library — a collection of sounds stored on file (for example on CDs, DVDs, or as digital audio files)
- spend a penny — to urinate
- sporting lady — a prostitute.
- spotted hyena — a long-legged carnivorous doglike mammal native to Africa and S Asia (Crocuta crocuta)
- spy wednesday — (in Ireland) the Wednesday before Easter, named for Judas' becoming a spy for the Sanhedrin
- squanderingly — in a squandering manner
- standing army — a permanently organized military force maintained by a nation.
- steady-handed — having steady hands; having self-control; calm.
- stony-hearted — hardhearted.
- 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.
- sunday school — a school, now usually in connection with a church, for religious instruction on Sunday.
- superordinary — that is superior to the ordinary
- sword bayonet — a short sword that may be attached to the muzzle of a gun and used as a bayonet.
- synarthrodial — synarthrosis.
- 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).
- tetradynamous — having four long and two short stamens, as a cruciferous flower.
- the secondary — cornerbacks and safeties collectively
- thousand days — the presidential administration of John F. Kennedy, which lasted 1037 days (January 20, 1961, to November 22, 1963).
- transboundary — something that indicates bounds or limits; a limiting or bounding line.
- transcendency — the quality or state of being transcendent.
- transportedly — in a passionate or rapturous manner