13-letter words containing r, a, l, y, d
- railway guide — a publication containing routes and timetables for train journeys
- rally driving — the sport of taking part in motor rallies
- rayleigh disc — a small light disc suspended in the path of a sound wave, used to measure the intensity of the sound by analysing the resulting deflection of the disc
- rayleigh disk — a small circular disk, usually of mica, that is suspended from a fiber and tends to be deflected at right angles to a stream of air, indicating by its deflection the intensity of a sound wave.
- reality-based — (especially of television) portraying or alleging to portray events as they actually happened.
- recommendably — in a way that is recommendable
- record player — phonograph.
- redbelly dace — any of the small, brightly colored North American freshwater cyprinids, especially Phoxinus oreas (northern redbelly dace) and P. erythrogaster (southern redbelly dace)
- refundability — to give back or restore (especially money); repay.
- remediability — the state of being able to be remedied
- residentially — of or relating to residence or to residences: a residential requirement for a doctorate.
- roman holiday — a public spectacle or controversy marked by barbarism, vindictiveness, or scandal.
- royal academy — a society founded in 1768 by George III of England for the establishment of a school of design and the holding of an annual exhibition of the works of living artists.
- rudimentarily — pertaining to rudiments or first principles; elementary: a rudimentary knowledge of geometry.
- sandfly fever — a usually mild viral disease occurring in hot, dry areas, characterized by fever, eye pain, and sometimes a rash, transmitted by sandflies of the genus Phlebotomus.
- scotland yard — a short street in central London, England: formerly the site of the London police headquarters, which were removed 1890 to a Thames embankment (New Scotland Yard, ).
- scullery maid — a maid whose duties include washing up and vegetable preparation
- semilegendary — having some historical basis, but legendary in part
- sidereal year — year (def 4c).
- six-yard line — the line marking the limits of the goal area
- solderability — the characteristic of being solderable
- sound library — a collection of sounds stored on file (for example on CDs, DVDs, or as digital audio files)
- sporting lady — a prostitute.
- spreadability — capable of being spread; easily spread: a soft, spreadable cheese.
- squanderingly — in a squandering manner
- 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.
- synarthrodial — synarthrosis.
- taylor's gold — a variety of pear from New Zealand
- 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
- 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
- thyroid gland — a two-lobed endocrine gland, located at the base of the neck that secretes two hormones that regulate the rates of metabolism, growth, and development.
- traditionally — of or relating to tradition.
- transportedly — in a passionate or rapturous manner
- tread lightly — to proceed with delicacy or tact
- tyndallimetry — the determination of the concentration of suspended material in a liquid by measuring the amount of light scattered
- understatedly — in an understated manner
- unpredictably — not predictable; not to be foreseen or foretold: an unpredictable occurrence.
- unwarrantedly — in an unwarranted manner
- upgradability — an incline going up in the direction of movement.
- uridylic acid — nucleotide consisting of uracil, ribose, and a phosphate group. It is a constituent of RNA
- victory medal — a round bronze medal awarded to all those who served in the armed forces of the U.S. during World War I.
- video library — video and dvd lending service
- vindicatorily — in a vindicatory manner
- warmheartedly — Alternative form of warm-heartedly.
- wrongheadedly — In a wrongheaded manner.
- yelizavetgrad — a former name of Kirovograd.
- young ireland — a movement or party of Irish patriots in the 1840s who split with Daniel O'Connell because they favoured a more violent policy than that which he promoted