13-letter words containing d, y, s, a, n
- disqualifying — Present participle of disqualify.
- dissatisfying — Present participle of dissatisfy.
- distortionary — an act or instance of distorting.
- distractingly — to draw away or divert, as the mind or attention: The music distracted him from his work.
- donkey's tail — a succulent Mexican plant, Sedum morganianum, of the stonecrop family, bearing small, rose-colored flowers and long, hanging, nearly cylindrical stems with closely packed whitish-green leaves.
- dynamic scope — (language) In a dynamically scoped language, e.g. most versions of Lisp, an identifier can be referred to, not only in the block where it is declared, but also in any function or procedure called from within that block, even if the called procedure is declared outside the block. This can be implemented as a simple stack of (identifier, value) pairs, accessed by searching down from the top of stack for the most recent instance of a given identifier. The opposite is lexical scope. A common implementation of dynamic scope is shallow binding.
- dynamogenesis — the output of raised activity of the nervous system
- dysfunctional — not performing normally, as an organ or structure of the body; malfunctioning.
- dysmenorrheal — painful menstruation.
- dysmenorrhoea — painful menstruation.
- dysrationalia — The inability to think and behave rationally despite adequate intelligence.
- dysregulation — A failure to regulate properly.
- easter monday — the day after Easter, observed as a holiday in some places.
- easter sunday — Easter (def 2).
- encyclopedias — Plural form of encyclopedia.
- english daisy — a small perennial plant (Bellis perennis) of the composite family, having single stalked heads with white or pinkish ray flowers
- equidistantly — In an equidistant manner or to an equidistant degree.
- free and easy — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
- free-and-easy — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
- general synod — the governing body, under Parliament, of the Church of England, made up of the bishops and elected clerical and lay representatives
- haemodynamics — a branch of physiology that deals with the circulation of the blood
- hasty pudding — New England. cornmeal mush.
- hyaluronidase — Biochemistry. a mucolytic enzyme found in the testes, in snake venom, and in hemolytic streptococci and certain other bacteria, that decreases the viscosity of the intercellular matrix by breaking down hyaluronic acid.
- hybridisation — Alternative form of hybridization.
- 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
- jefferson day — April 13, Thomas Jefferson's birthday, a legal holiday in Alabama, sometimes celebrated by the Democratic Party by the holding of fund-raising dinners.
- kidney-shaped — having the general shape of a long oval indented at one side; reniform: a kidney-shaped swimming pool.
- lady's mantle — any of various rosaceous plants of the N temperate genus Alchemilla, having small green flowers
- 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.
- mend o's ways — If someone who has been behaving badly mends their ways, they begin to behave well.
- merry dancers — the aurora borealis
- modesty panel — a panel across the front of a desk, especially an office desk, designed to conceal the legs of a person seated at it.
- monkey island — a flying bridge on top of a pilothouse or chart house.
- monodactylous — having only one digit or claw.
- 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.
- non-sedentary — accustomed to sit or rest a great deal or to take little exercise.
- of many words — talkative
- on a suddenty — suddenly, unexpectedly