13-letter words containing r, u, d, y, a
- hard currency — money that is backed by gold reserves and is readily convertible into foreign currencies.
- holy saturday — the Saturday in Holy Week.
- holy thursday — Ascension Day.
- honey buzzard — a long-tailed Old World hawk, Pernis apivorus, that feeds on the larvae of bees as well as on small rodents, reptiles, and insects.
- hyaluronidase — Biochemistry. a mucolytic enzyme found in the testes, in snake venom, and in hemolytic streptococci and certain other bacteria, that decreases the viscosity of the intercellular matrix by breaking down hyaluronic acid.
- hydraulic ram — a device by which the energy of descending water is utilized to raise a part of the water to a height greater than that of the source.
- hydraulically — operated by, moved by, or employing water or other liquids in motion.
- hydraulicking — a type of mining that uses water to move rock
- hydrocephalus — an accumulation of serous fluid within the cranium, especially in infancy, due to obstruction of the movement of cerebrospinal fluid, often causing great enlargement of the head; water on the brain.
- hydrofracture — (geology) Rock fracture caused by the pressure of freezing water.
- hydrosulphate — a salt formed by the direct union of sulfuric acid with an organic base, especially an alkaloid, and usually more soluble than the base.
- injured party — victim
- laundry-woman — laundress.
- many-coloured — having many colours
- medullary ray — (in the stems of woody plants) one of the vertical bands or plates of unspecialized tissue that radiate between the pith and the bark.
- midsummer day — the saint's day of St. John the Baptist, celebrated on June 24, being one of the four quarter days in England.
- monkey around — any mammal of the order Primates, including the guenons, macaques, langurs, and capuchins, but excluding humans, the anthropoid apes, and, usually, the tarsier and prosimians. Compare New World monkey, Old World monkey.
- non-budgetary — an estimate, often itemized, of expected income and expense for a given period in the future.
- non-fiduciary — Law. a person to whom property or power is entrusted for the benefit of another.
- on your guard — If you are on your guard or on guard, you are being very careful because you think a situation might become difficult or dangerous.
- partly cloudy — sky: not constantly clear
- plug and pray — (humour) The Windows 95 equivalent of the Macintosh's plug and play, referring to difficulties encountered when setting up new hardware under Windows 95.
- prejudicially — causing prejudice or disadvantage; detrimental.
- private study — the act or process of studying outwith classes
- prudentiality — prudential nature or practice
- quadratically — square.
- quadrennially — Every four years.
- quadringenary — a 400th anniversary
- quadrupedally — In the manner of an animal that walks on four feet or four legs.
- quadruplicity — the state or fact of being quadruple or fourfold.
- quandary peak — a mountain in central Colorado, in the Park Range, in the Rocky Mountains, NE of Leadville. 14,265 feet (4348 meters).
- railway guide — a publication containing routes and timetables for train journeys
- refundability — to give back or restore (especially money); repay.
- road surveyor — a person who does surveying work for road building
- rudimentarily — pertaining to rudiments or first principles; elementary: a rudimentary knowledge of geometry.
- scullery maid — a maid whose duties include washing up and vegetable preparation
- shrove sunday — the Sunday before Ash Wednesday; Quinquagesima.
- shunting yard — a place where railway coaches are manoeuvred
- sound library — a collection of sounds stored on file (for example on CDs, DVDs, or as digital audio files)
- 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.
- 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
- superordinary — that is superior to the ordinary
- 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.
- transboundary — something that indicates bounds or limits; a limiting or bounding line.
- treasury bond — any of various interest-bearing bonds issued by the U.S. Treasury Department, usually maturing over a long period of time.
- underactivity — insufficient activity
- understatedly — in an understated manner