11-letter words containing r, u, d, y, a
- molly-guard — /mol'ee-gard/ [University of Illinois] A shield to prevent tripping of some Big Red Switch by clumsy or ignorant hands. Originally used of the plexiglass covers improvised for the BRS on an IBM 4341 after a programmer's toddler daughter (named Molly) frobbed it twice in one day. Later generalised to covers over stop/reset switches on disk drives and networking equipment.
- near-nudity — the state of not wearing many clothes
- nonauditory — not auditory, not related to hearing or its functions
- nurserymaid — Nursemaid.
- pedagoguery — a teacher; schoolteacher.
- plaid cymru — the Welsh nationalist party
- play around — a dramatic composition or piece; drama.
- pleurodynia — pain in the chest or side.
- polyandrous — of, pertaining to, characterized by, or practicing polyandry; polyandric.
- prudhoe bay — an inlet of the Beaufort Sea, N of Alaska: large oil and gas fields.
- quadraphony — high-fidelity sound reproduction involving signals transmitted through four different channels.
- quadricycle — a vehicle similar to the bicycle and tricycle but having four wheels.
- quarter day — (in England, Ireland, and Wales) one of the four days, Lady Day, Midsummer Day, Michaelmas, or Christmas, regarded as marking off the quarters of the year, on which quarterly payments are due, tenancies begin and end, etc.
- rajahmundry — a city in Andhra Pradesh state, SE India, on the Godavari River.
- rally round — show solidarity
- redundantly — characterized by verbosity or unnecessary repetition in expressing ideas; prolix: a redundant style.
- repudiatory — the act of repudiating.
- rudimentary — pertaining to rudiments or first principles; elementary: a rudimentary knowledge of geometry.
- rue the day — If you rue the day that you did something, you are sorry that you did it, because it has had unpleasant results.
- southwardly — toward the south
- square yard — a unit of area measurement equal to a square measuring one yard on each side; 0.8361 square meters. 2 , sq. yd. Abbreviation: yd.
- subdeaconry — the position or office of a subdeacon
- subdermally — in, located, or placed in a subdermal manner
- subordinacy — a subordinate person or thing.
- subordinary — any of several heraldic bearings of secondary importance to the ordinary, such as the lozenge, the orle, and the fret
- sugar candy — large crystals of sugar formed by suspending strings in a strong sugar solution that hardens on the strings, used chiefly for sweetening coffee
- sugar daddy — a wealthy, middle-aged man who spends freely on a young woman in return for her companionship or intimacy.
- sugar-candy — excessively sweet; saccharine: sugar-candy stories in family magazines.
- superdainty — very dainty
- thunder bay — a port in W Ontario, in S Canada, on Lake Superior: created in 1970 by the merger of twin cities (Fort William and Port Arthur) and two adjoining townships.
- touch-ready — (of software) ready to work on touch-screen computers and devices
- traducingly — in a traducing manner
- un-hydrated — (of paper pulp) beaten until gelatinous for making into water-resistant paper.
- unassuredly — guaranteed; sure; certain; secure: an assured income.
- unendurably — in an unendurable manner
- unmandatory — authoritatively ordered; obligatory; compulsory: It is mandatory that all students take two years of math.
- upper darby — a town in SE Pennsylvania, near Philadelphia.
- urban decay — the decay and deterioration of an urban area due to neglect or age
- urodynamics — the study and measurement of the flow of urine in the urinary tract
- xyridaceous — (of a plant) pertaining to or belonging to the order Xyrideae
- year-around — year-round.