13-letter words containing s, y, a, d
- disordinately — in a manner that lacks order
- disparagingly — that disparages; tending to belittle or bring reproach upon: a disparaging remark.
- display panel — an electronic screen on which information can be displayed
- disposability — designed for or capable of being thrown away after being used or used up: disposable plastic spoons; a disposable cigarette lighter.
- dispraisingly — By way of dispraise.
- dispurveyance — the lack of provisions
- disqualifying — Present participle of disqualify.
- dissatisfying — Present participle of dissatisfy.
- dissimilarity — unlikeness; difference.
- dissimilatory — to modify by dissimilation.
- distastefully — In a distasteful manner.
- 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.
- disyllabicity — The state or characteristic of having two syllables.
- domesday book — a record of a survey of the lands of England made by order of William the Conqueror about 1086, giving ownership, extent, value, etc., of the properties.
- donkey's tail — a succulent Mexican plant, Sedum morganianum, of the stonecrop family, bearing small, rose-colored flowers and long, hanging, nearly cylindrical stems with closely packed whitish-green leaves.
- doomsday book — Domesday Book.
- doomsday cult — A doomsday cult is a religious cult whose members believe that the world is about to end.
- dressy casual — (of clothes) informal yet expensive, smart, or stylish
- dualistically — of, relating to, or of the nature of dualism.
- dynamic scope — (language) In a dynamically scoped language, e.g. most versions of Lisp, an identifier can be referred to, not only in the block where it is declared, but also in any function or procedure called from within that block, even if the called procedure is declared outside the block. This can be implemented as a simple stack of (identifier, value) pairs, accessed by searching down from the top of stack for the most recent instance of a given identifier. The opposite is lexical scope. A common implementation of dynamic scope is shallow binding.
- dynamogenesis — the output of raised activity of the nervous system
- dysfunctional — not performing normally, as an organ or structure of the body; malfunctioning.
- dyslipidaemia — Alternative spelling of dyslipidemia.
- dysmenorrheal — painful menstruation.
- dysmenorrhoea — painful menstruation.
- dysrationalia — The inability to think and behave rationally despite adequate intelligence.
- dysregulation — A failure to regulate properly.
- easter monday — the day after Easter, observed as a holiday in some places.
- easter sunday — Easter (def 2).
- embarrassedly — In an embarrassed manner.
- encyclopedias — Plural form of encyclopedia.
- english daisy — a small perennial plant (Bellis perennis) of the composite family, having single stalked heads with white or pinkish ray flowers
- equidistantly — In an equidistant manner or to an equidistant degree.
- exasperatedly — In an exasperated manner.
- exercise yard — a piece of enclosed ground in a prison on which inmates can exercise in order to get fit and to remain healthy
- feudal system — the political, military, and social system in the Middle Ages, based on the holding of lands in fief or fee and on the resulting relations between lord and vassal.
- free and easy — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
- free-and-easy — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
- general synod — the governing body, under Parliament, of the Church of England, made up of the bishops and elected clerical and lay representatives
- good old days — past times viewed with nostalgia
- haemodialyses — Plural form of haemodialysis.
- haemodialysis — (medicine) the use of dialysis to remove waste products from the blood in the case of kidney failure.
- haemodynamics — a branch of physiology that deals with the circulation of the blood
- hasty pudding — New England. cornmeal mush.
- headmistressy — typical of the duties and behaviour of a headmistress
- hexadactylism — Sexdactyly.
- hexadactylous — hexadactylic
- high holidays — either of two holy days of special significance, Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur.
- hip dysplasia — a genetic disorder, typically affecting young dogs of medium- to large-sized breeds, characterized by alteration and malformation of the hip joint.