14-letter words containing e, d, r, y
- dental surgery — a place where a dentist can be consulted
- denumerability — the quality of being countable
- departmentally — In a departmental manner; affecting departments.
- depreciatingly — So as to disparage or belittle.
- deputy sheriff — a person that is authorized to act as sheriff in certain circumstances
- derivationally — In a derivational manner.
- dermatoglyphic — relating to skin markings (such as fingerprints) or the study thereof
- dermatomycoses — a superficial fungal infection of the skin.
- dermatomycosis — a superficial fungal infection of the skin.
- describability — The quality of being describable.
- dessert cherry — the fruit of a cherry tree
- desynchronized — Simple past tense and past participle of desynchronize.
- detrimentality — causing detriment, as loss or injury; damaging; harmful.
- deuteromycetes — any fungus of the class Fungi Imperfecti.
- devil-may-care — If you say that someone has a devil-may-care attitude, you mean that they seem relaxed and do not seem worried about the consequences of their actions.
- dextrorotatory — turning or circling to the right, in a clockwise direction
- dialect survey — a survey carried out in order to ascertain which dialect forms are used in which area
- diathermaneity — the quality of being diathermanous
- diethylpropion — a sympathomimetic substance, C 13 H 19 NO⋅HCl, used as an appetite suppressor and a short-term adjunct in the management of certain kinds of obesity.
- differentially — of or relating to difference or diversity.
- diffractometry — The elucidation of the structures of crystalline materials by the use of X-ray diffraction.
- dihydrocodeine — a synthetic drug similar to codeine, used as an analgesic, an antidiarrhoeal, and to relieve coughing, or used recreationally
- dimenhydrinate — a synthetic, crystalline, antihistamine powder, C 17 H 22 NO⋅C 7 H 6 ClN 4 O 2 , used in the treatment of allergic disorders and as a preventive for seasickness and airsickness.
- dimethyl ether — Dimethyl ether is a compound used as a propellant in aerosol canisters.
- dinner trolley — a small table on casters used for conveying food, drink, etc
- direct primary — a primary in which members of a party nominate its candidates by direct vote.
- directionality — of, relating to, or indicating direction in space.
- discernability — The state of being discernable.
- discernibility — The state or quality of being discernible.
- discerpibility — the quality of being able to be discerped
- disconcertedly — In a disconcerted manner.
- discourteously — In a discourteous manner.
- discovery club — a division of Camp Fire, Inc., for members who are 12 or 13 years of age.
- discretionally — At one's discretion.
- discriminately — to make a distinction in favor of or against a person or thing on the basis of the group, class, or category to which the person or thing belongs rather than according to actual merit; show partiality: The new law discriminates against foreigners. He discriminates in favor of his relatives.
- disintegratory — Causing or relating to disintegration.
- dispensatorily — in the manner of dispensation
- dispersibility — to drive or send off in various directions; scatter: to disperse a crowd.
- disregardfully — In a disregardful manner; negligently; heedlessly.
- distributively — serving to distribute, assign, allot, or divide; characterized by or pertaining to distribution.
- divine liturgy — liturgy (def 5).
- dna polymerase — any of a class of enzymes involved in the synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid from its deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate precursors.
- do-it-yourself — of or designed for construction or use by amateurs without special training: a do-it-yourself kit for building a radio.
- don't you dare — If you say to someone 'don't you dare' do something, you are telling them not to do it and letting them know that you are angry.
- donkey's years — a very long time; eons.
- door-key child — latchkey child.
- 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
- drag your feet — dawdle