11-letter words containing d, y, s, a, n
- draftsmanly — Befitting a draftsman; geometrically artistic.
- dry-cleanse — to dry-clean.
- dues-paying — gaining experience, especially by hard and often unpleasant or uncongenial work: He spent his dues-paying years as a cocktail pianist.
- dynasticism — a system of government in which the rulers are all drawn from the same family
- dysharmonic — relating to abnormal bone development
- dyspareunia — painful coitus.
- dyssynergia — (medicine) Failure of parts of the anatomy to work together correctly.
- dysthanasia — (medicine, rare) The undue prolongation of life by artificial means in a person who cannot otherwise survive.
- edi analyst — (job) A person who introduces EDI standards and technology. An EDI analyst makes decisions for information construction and selects resources for EDI processing and application expansion. He coordinates processing and transmission schedules and mapping of standard data formats. He generally serves as a key contact for trading partners and value-added network consultants.
- endosteally — in the manner of the endosteum
- fancy dress — a costume for a ball, masquerade, etc., chosen to please the fancy, usually a costume characteristic of a particular period or place, class of persons, or historical or fictitious character.
- fancy goods — small decorative gifts; knick-knacks
- fanny adams — absolutely nothing at all
- fantasyland — a place or circumstance existing only in the imagination or as an ideal; dream world.
- gastrodynia — (pathology) gastralgia (stomach pain).
- gay gordons — an energetic old-time dance
- geodynamics — (used with a singular verb) the science dealing with dynamic processes or forces within the earth.
- glossodynia — a condition characterized by a burning or tingling mouth region
- grandiosely — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
- grandiosity — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
- handyperson — a person who is practiced at doing maintenance work.
- holy island — Also called Lindisfarne. an island off the E coast of Northumberland, England. 3 miles (4.8 km) long.
- hydrogenase — an enzyme in certain microorganisms that speeds up the reversible oxidation of hydrogen
- hydroplanes — Plural form of hydroplane.
- inadvisably — not advisable; inexpedient; unwise.
- inadvisedly — In a manner that is not advisable.
- increasedly — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
- isoantibody — (formerly) an alloantibody.
- isocyanides — Plural form of isocyanide.
- jackson day — January 8, a holiday commemorating Andrew Jackson's victory at the Battle of New Orleans in 1815: a legal holiday in Louisiana.
- ladyfingers — Plural form of ladyfinger.
- loadsamoney — an extremely wealthy person
- misanalyzed — Simple past tense and past participle of misanalyze.
- moshe dayan — Moshe [maw-she;; English moh-shuh] /mɔˈʃɛ;; English ˈmoʊ ʃə/ (Show IPA), 1915–81, Israeli politician and military leader: defense minister 1967–74, foreign minister 1977–79.
- nurserymaid — Nursemaid.
- on stand-by — in a state of readiness for action or use
- pachysandra — any plant of the genus Pachysandra, as the Allegheny spurge or Japanese spurge, the leaves of which grow in a rounded clump, widely used as a ground cover in the U.S.
- palm sunday — the Sunday before Easter, celebrated in commemoration of Christ's triumphal entry into Jerusalem.
- polyandrist — a woman who practices or favors polyandry.
- polyandrous — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or practicing polyandry; polyandric.
- predynastic — of, relating to, or belonging to a time or period before the first dynasty of a nation, especially the period in Egypt before c3200 b.c.
- present-day — current; modern: present-day techniques; present-day English.
- prison yard — a piece of enclosed ground attached to a prison, where prisoners may take exercise at certain times
- saint's day — a day of celebration commemorating a particular saint.
- sand myrtle — an evergreen shrub, Leiophyllum buxifolium, of the heath family, native to the eastern U.S., having simple, leathery leaves and clusters of white or pink flowers.
- schenectady — a city in E New York, on the Mohawk River.
- secondarily — next after the first in order, place, time, etc.
- sedimentary — of, relating to, or of the nature of sediment.
- seditionary — of or relating to sedition; seditious.
- seventh-day — designating certain Christian denominations that make Saturday their chief day of rest and religious observance: Seventh-Day Adventists.