13-letter words containing s, t, y, r, a
- data security — the protection of data stored on computers
- demonstratory — having the quality of demonstrating
- dermatophytes — Plural form of dermatophyte.
- dermatoplasty — any surgical operation on the skin, esp skin grafting
- 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
- discreditably — In a discreditable manner.
- discretionary — subject or left to one's own discretion.
- disobligatory — not obligatory
- disordinately — in a manner that lacks order
- dissimilarity — unlikeness; difference.
- dissimilatory — to modify by dissimilation.
- 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.
- dysrationalia — The inability to think and behave rationally despite adequate intelligence.
- dysregulation — A failure to regulate properly.
- earnest money — money given by a buyer to a seller to bind a contract.
- east ayrshire — a council area of SW Scotland, comprising the E part of the historical county of Ayrshire: part of Strathclyde region from 1975 to 1996: chiefly agricultural. Administrative centre: Kilmarnock. Pop: 119 530 (2003 est). Area: 1252 sq km (483 sq miles)
- east by north — a point on the compass 11°15′ north of east. Abbreviation: EbN.
- east rockaway — a town in SE New York.
- easter monday — the day after Easter, observed as a holiday in some places.
- easter sunday — Easter (def 2).
- easterly wave — a westward-moving, wavelike disturbance of low atmospheric pressure embedded in tropical easterly winds.
- ecclesiolatry — excessive reverence for churchly forms and traditions.
- empyreumatise — to render empyreumatic
- eretz yisrael — the Holy Land; Israel
- erythematosus — (pathology) An eruption of red lesions.
- erythroblasts — Plural form of erythroblast.
- escort agency — an agency where people, esp young women, may be hired to accompany someone for entertainment, etc
- evangelistary — a book containing passages from the gospels to be used as part of the liturgy
- everlastingly — In an everlasting manner; so as to be everlasting.
- exasperatedly — In an exasperated manner.
- exit strategy — In politics and business, an exit strategy is a way of ending your involvement in a situation such as a military operation or a business arrangement.
- expostulatory — Of, characterized by, or exhibiting expostulation.
- extrasystoles — Plural form of extrasystole.
- extrasystolia — (medicine) An alteration in the rhythm of the heart due to extrasystoles.
- extrasystolic — Relating to extrasystole, the premature contraction of the heart.
- extrinsically — In an extrinsic manner.
- factory-fresh — coming directly from the factory; brand new
- feature story — a newspaper or magazine article or report of a person, event, an aspect of a major event, or the like, often having a personal slant and written in an individual style. Compare follow-up (def 3b), hard news, news story.
- featurelessly — In a featureless way; without features.
- fish hatchery — a facility where fish eggs are hatched and the fry raised, especially to stock lakes, streams, and ponds.
- flirtatiously — given or inclined to flirtation.
- floristically — In a floristic manner.
- formal system — an uninterpreted symbolic system whose syntax is precisely defined, and on which a relation of deducibility is defined in purely syntactic terms; a logistic system
- four-way stop — an intersection of two roads with four stop signs, one facing in each direction
- french pastry — fine, rich, or fancy dessert pastry, especially made from puff paste and filled with cream or fruit preparations.
- frontal gyrus — any of several convolutions on the outer surface of the frontal lobe of the cerebrum.
- frustratingly — to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.
- galois theory — the branch of mathematics that deals with the application of the theory of finite groups to the solution of algebraic equations.