13-letter words containing r, y, s
- deleteriously — In a deleterious manner; harmfully.
- demonstratory — having the quality of demonstrating
- denmark vesey — Denmark, 1767–1822, black freedman, born probably on St. Thomas, Danish West Indies: hanged as alleged leader of a slave insurrection, in Charleston, S.C.
- dermatophytes — Plural form of dermatophyte.
- dermatoplasty — any surgical operation on the skin, esp skin grafting
- descriptively — having the quality of describing; characterized by description: a descriptive passage in an essay.
- descriptivity — The quality or state of being descriptive.
- designer baby — People sometimes refer to a baby that has developed from an embryo with certain desired characteristics as a designer baby.
- destructively — tending to destroy; causing destruction or much damage (often followed by of or to): a very destructive windstorm.
- desynchronize — Disturb the synchronization of; put out of step or phase.
- digressionary — Serving as a digression.
- dioristically — in a dioristic manner
- dirty realism — a style of writing, originating in the US in the 1980s, which depicts in great detail the seamier or more mundane aspects of ordinary life
- disconformity — Geology. the surface of a division between parallel rock strata, indicating interruption of sedimentation: a type of unconformity.
- discovery bay — an inlet of the Indian Ocean in SE Australia
- discovery day — Columbus Day.
- discreditably — In a discreditable manner.
- discretionary — subject or left to one's own discretion.
- discriminably — So as to be discriminable; distinguishably.
- disgracefully — In a disgraceful manner.
- disgruntledly — In a disgruntled manner.
- dishonourably — (British) alternative spelling of dishonorably.
- disinhibitory — (esp of a drug) causing temporary loss of inhibition
- disobligatory — not obligatory
- disordinately — in a manner that lacks order
- disparagingly — that disparages; tending to belittle or bring reproach upon: a disparaging remark.
- dispiritingly — In a dispiriting manner.
- dispossessory — to put (a person) out of possession, especially of real property; oust.
- dispraisingly — By way of dispraise.
- dispurveyance — the lack of provisions
- dissimilarity — unlikeness; difference.
- dissimilatory — to modify by dissimilation.
- dissymmetries — Plural form of dissymmetry.
- distortionary — an act or instance of distorting.
- distractingly — to draw away or divert, as the mind or attention: The music distracted him from his work.
- distressfully — In a distressful way; showing distress.
- distressingly — great pain, anxiety, or sorrow; acute physical or mental suffering; affliction; trouble.
- distrustfully — In a distrustful manner.
- distrustingly — In a distrusting manner.
- dog's mercury — a hairy somewhat poisonous euphorbiaceous perennial, Mercurialis perennis, having broad lanceolate toothed leaves and small greenish male and female flowers, the males borne in catkins. It often carpets shady woodlands
- 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.
- dressy casual — (of clothes) informal yet expensive, smart, or stylish
- dry scrubbing — Dry scrubbing is the removal of solid particles from a gas onto a liquid surface, but with a solid discharge.
- dry ski slope — A dry ski slope is a slope made of an artificial substance on which you can practise skiing.
- dyer's rocket — weld2 .
- dysmenorrheal — painful menstruation.
- dysmenorrheic — Of, pertaining to, or experiencing dysmenorrhea.
- dysmenorrhoea — painful menstruation.
- dysmorphology — The study of genetic defects, especially congenital malformations.
- dysrationalia — The inability to think and behave rationally despite adequate intelligence.