13-letter words containing n, o, s, y
- countryperson — Someone who is from a countryside background.
- county prison — the prison of a particular county
- crop spraying — the spraying of crops with insecticide, fungicide, etc
- cross-country — Cross-country is the sport of running, riding, or skiing across open countryside rather than along roads or around a running track.
- cryptoanalyst — Alternative form of cryptanalyst.
- cybershopping — Shopping by means of computers or the Internet.
- cylindraceous — having a form similar to a cylinder
- cystathionine — an amino acid, C 7 H 14 O 4 N 2 S, that is an intermediate in the transfer of sulfur from methionine to cysteine.
- cytochalasins — Plural form of cytochalasin.
- cytodiagnosis — the diagnosis of disease through the study of cells in the body
- cytopharynges — Plural form of cytopharynx.
- cytoskeletons — Plural form of cytoskeleton.
- dalton system — a method of progressive education whereby students contract to carry through on their own responsibility the year's work as divided up into monthly assignments.
- dehydrogenase — an enzyme, such as any of the respiratory enzymes, that activates oxidation-reduction reactions by transferring hydrogen from substrate to acceptor
- demonstratory — having the quality of demonstrating
- deposit money — checks, letters of credit, etc., that circulate and are payable on demand.
- desynchronize — Disturb the synchronization of; put out of step or phase.
- digressionary — Serving as a digression.
- dimensionally — Mathematics. a property of space; extension in a given direction: A straight line has one dimension, a parallelogram has two dimensions, and a parallelepiped has three dimensions. the generalization of this property to spaces with curvilinear extension, as the surface of a sphere. the generalization of this property to vector spaces and to Hilbert space. the generalization of this property to fractals, which can have dimensions that are noninteger real numbers. extension in time: Space-time has three dimensions of space and one of time.
- disconformity — Geology. the surface of a division between parallel rock strata, indicating interruption of sedimentation: a type of unconformity.
- discontiguity — the quality of being discontiguous
- discontinuity — lack of continuity; irregularity: The plot of the book was marred by discontinuity.
- discretionary — subject or left to one's own discretion.
- disemployment — to put out of work; cause to become unemployed.
- dishonourably — (British) alternative spelling of dishonorably.
- disinhibitory — (esp of a drug) causing temporary loss of inhibition
- disobediently — In a disobedient manner.
- disobligingly — So as to disoblige.
- disordinately — in a manner that lacks order
- disponibility — Availability.
- distortionary — an act or instance of distorting.
- 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.
- down syndrome — Down syndrome is a disorder that some people are born with. People who have Down syndrome have physical differences, such as shorter stature, and learning difficulties.
- 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.
- dysmenorrheic — Of, pertaining to, or experiencing dysmenorrhea.
- dysmenorrhoea — painful menstruation.
- dysrationalia — The inability to think and behave rationally despite adequate intelligence.
- dysregulation — A failure to regulate properly.
- early closing — shop closure at earlier hour
- earnest money — money given by a buyer to a seller to bind a contract.
- east by north — a point on the compass 11°15′ north of east. Abbreviation: EbN.
- easter monday — the day after Easter, observed as a holiday in some places.
- easygoingness — The quality of being easygoing.
- economy class — a low-priced type of accommodation for travel, especially on an airplane.
- ectosymbionts — Plural form of ectosymbiont.
- emotionlessly — Without emotion.
- encyclopedias — Plural form of encyclopedia.