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14-letter words containing d, y, s, a

  • doomsday clock — an image of a clockface representing the time remaining before the onset of a global catastrophe in terms of a number of minutes before midnight
  • dorcas society — a society of women of a church whose work it is to provide clothing for the poor.
  • dorsoventrally — In a dorsoventral manner.
  • doubly serrate — biserrate
  • dream analysis — the analysis of dreams as a means of gaining access to the unconscious mind, typically involving free association.
  • drepanocytosis — Sickle-cell anemia.
  • dress-down day — a day on which employees are allowed to wear informal clothing
  • dry-stone wall — A dry-stone wall is a wall that has been built by fitting stones together without using any cement.
  • ectrodactylism — the congenital absence of part or all of one or more fingers or toes.
  • encyclopaedism — Alt form encyclopedism.
  • encyclopaedist — Alternative spelling of encyclopedist.
  • end one's days — to pass the end of one's life
  • endoscopically — By means of an endoscope.
  • falseheartedly — In a falsehearted manner.
  • faraday shield — an enclosure constructed of grounded wire mesh or parallel wires that shields sensitive electrical instruments from electrostatic interference.
  • find one's way — If you find your way somewhere, you successfully get there by choosing the right way to go.
  • flanders poppy — corn poppy.
  • fluid dynamics — the branch of fluid mechanics dealing with the properties of fluids in motion.
  • friday prayers — the congregational prayers observed by Muslims every Friday
  • friendiversary — the yearly recurrence of the date that two or more people first became friends: Next Thursday is our third friendiversary!
  • glycosidically — In a glycosidic manner; by means of a glycoside.
  • graveyard slot — the hours from late night until early morning when the number of people watching television is at its lowest
  • graveyard stew — milk toast.
  • group dynamics — (used with a plural verb) the interactions that influence the attitudes and behavior of people when they are grouped with others through either choice or accidental circumstances.
  • grylloblattids — Plural form of grylloblattid.
  • guy fawkes day — (in Britain) November 5, celebrating the anniversary of the capture of Guy Fawkes.
  • gynandromorphs — Plural form of gynandromorph.
  • gyrostabilized — stabilized by means of a gyrostabilizer.
  • heavy industry — bulk materials manufacturing
  • hedonistically — a person whose life is devoted to the pursuit of pleasure and self-gratification.
  • holiday resort — self-contained vacation spot
  • holiday season — period: November to January
  • hydroacoustics — the study of sound travelling through water
  • hydrocephalous — Having a swollen head.
  • hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
  • hydromechanics — hydrodynamics.
  • hypoadrenalism — underactivity of the adrenal gland, as in Addison's disease.
  • hypochondriacs — Plural form of hypochondriac.
  • idealistically — of or relating to idealism or idealists.
  • idiosyncracies — Plural form of idiosyncracy.
  • idiosyncrasies — a characteristic, habit, mannerism, or the like, that is peculiar to an individual.
  • inadvisability — not advisable; inexpedient; unwise.
  • incandescently — (of light) produced by incandescence.
  • inconsiderably — To an inconsiderable degree.
  • indemonstrably — In a way that cannot be demonstrated.
  • innocents' day — December 28, a day of religious observance commemorating the slaughter of the children of Bethlehem by Herod's order.
  • insecticidally — in an insecticidal manner
  • isocyanic acid — an unstable acid, CHNO, tautomeric with cyanic acid, known only in the form of its salts.
  • juridical days — days on which the courts are in session
  • kidney disease — medical condition affecting the kidneys
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