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13-letter words containing d, y, s, a, n, i

  • hydrodynamics — the branch of fluid dynamics that deals with liquids, including hydrostatics and hydrokinetics.
  • hyperadenosis — abnormal enlargement of the glands, especially of the lymph nodes.
  • ichthyopsidan — a member of the class Ichthyopsida
  • idiosyncratic — pertaining to the nature of idiosyncrasy, or something peculiar to an individual: The best minds are idiosyncratic and unpredictable as they follow the course of scientific discovery.
  • indescribably — not describable; too extraordinary for description: a scene of indescribable confusion; indescribable euphoria.
  • indian physic — American ipecac.
  • indispensably — absolutely necessary, essential, or requisite: an indispensable member of the staff.
  • indissociably — In a way that does not allow dissociation; having an inextricable link.
  • indissuadably — in an indissuadable way
  • kidney-shaped — having the general shape of a long oval indented at one side; reniform: a kidney-shaped swimming pool.
  • land registry — In Britain, a land registry is a government office where records are kept about each area of land in a country or region, including information about who owns it.
  • libyan desert — a desert in N Africa, in E Libya, W Egypt, and NW Sudan, W of the Nile: part of the Sahara. About 650,000 sq. mi. (1,683,500 sq. km).
  • lymphadenitis — inflammation of a lymphatic gland.
  • macrodynamics — Large-scale dynamics.
  • monkey island — a flying bridge on top of a pilothouse or chart house.
  • nearsightedly — In a nearsighted manner; as if nearsighted; myopically.
  • never say die — to cease to live; undergo the complete and permanent cessation of all vital functions; become dead.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • semilegendary — having some historical basis, but legendary in part
  • semisedentary — partially or somewhat sedentary
  • 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)
  • sporting lady — a prostitute.
  • squanderingly — in a squandering manner
  • standing army — a permanently organized military force maintained by a nation.
  • 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.
  • superordinary — that is superior to the ordinary
  • 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).
  • yieldableness — the quality of being submissive or compliant
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