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13-letter words containing e, d, r, y

  • slippery dick — a wrasse, Halichoeres bivittatus, inhabiting tropical regions of the Atlantic Ocean.
  • soapbox derby — a race between children in homemade racing carts
  • solderability — the characteristic of being solderable
  • spheroidicity — a spheroidal state or form.
  • spider monkey — any of several tropical American monkeys of the genus Ateles, having a slender body, long, slender limbs, and a long, prehensile tail: some are endangered.
  • spreadability — capable of being spread; easily spread: a soft, spreadable cheese.
  • sprint medley — a medley relay in which the first member of a team runs 440 yards, the second and third members run 220 yards each, and the fourth member runs 880 yards.
  • squanderingly — in a squandering manner
  • 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.
  • super tuesday — the Tuesday, typically in March, on which party members in over 20 states vote in primary elections to select their party's presidential candidate
  • superfluidity — a fluid that exhibits frictionless flow, very high heat conductivity, and other unusual physical properties, helium below 2.186 K being the only known example.
  • 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.
  • syrian desert — a desert in N Saudi Arabia, SE Syria, W Iraq, and NE Jordan. About 125,000 sq. mi. (323,750 sq. km).
  • ten-yard rule — the rule allowing a referee, when a player disputes the award of a penalty or free kick, to penalize the offending side further by moving the place from which the kick is to be taken ten yards further forward
  • tetradynamous — having four long and two short stamens, as a cruciferous flower.
  • the adversary — Satan
  • the iron lady — a nickname often used to describe female heads of government around the world, meaning 'strong-willed woman'. Most famously used of the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom (1979 to 1990) Margaret Thatcher
  • the other day — several days ago
  • the ryder cup — the trophy awarded in a professional golfing competition between teams representing Europe and the US
  • the secondary — cornerbacks and safeties collectively
  • thermodynamic — of or relating to thermodynamics.
  • thirty-second — next after the thirty-first; being the ordinal number for 32.
  • thyroidectomy — excision of all or a part of the thyroid gland.
  • tom and jerry — a hot drink made of rum and water or milk, beaten eggs, spices, and sugar.
  • transcendency — the quality or state of being transcendent.
  • transportedly — in a passionate or rapturous manner
  • tread lightly — to proceed with delicacy or tact
  • treasury bond — any of various interest-bearing bonds issued by the U.S. Treasury Department, usually maturing over a long period of time.
  • treaty indian — a status Indian who is a member of a group that has signed a treaty with the federal government.
  • triglycerides — an ester obtained from glycerol by the esterification of three hydroxyl groups with fatty acids, naturally occurring in animal and vegetable tissues: an important energy source forming much of the fat stored by the body.
  • trolley dolly — a female flight attendant
  • twin-cylinder — (of an engine) having twin cylinders
  • tyndallimetry — the determination of the concentration of suspended material in a liquid by measuring the amount of light scattered
  • tyne and wear — a metropolitan county in N England.
  • typhoid fever — Also called typhoid fever. an infectious, often fatal, febrile disease, usually of the summer months, characterized by intestinal inflammation and ulceration, caused by the typhoid bacillus, which is usually introduced with food or drink.
  • underactivity — insufficient activity
  • underemployed — employed at a job that does not fully use one's skills or abilities.
  • understatedly — in an understated manner
  • undeservingly — in an undeserving manner
  • undiscernedly — in an undiscerned manner
  • undisturbedly — in an undisturbed manner
  • unperceivedly — without being perceived; so as not to be perceived
  • unpredictably — not predictable; not to be foreseen or foretold: an unpredictable occurrence.
  • unsupportedly — in an unsupported fashion, without support
  • unsymmetrized — not made symmetrical; not symmetrized
  • unthriftyhead — thriftlessness
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